Hospital Hill

Hospital Hill recorded 128 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 46.1 per 1,000 residents across about 2,775 residents. These are offences recorded by New Zealand Police, which reflect what was reported and recorded rather than all crime that occurred.

The crime rate in Hospital Hill is 46.1 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 128 recorded offences across about 2,775 residents. A rate counts offences against a suburb's resident population, so town centres and commercial areas can show high rates because offences there involve people who do not live there.

The most common offence category in Hospital Hill is theft, with 63 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 49% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (46).

Recorded offences in Hospital Hill have fallen 18.4% over the most recent three-month period compared with the previous three months. This is a three-month comparison, not a year-on-year one, and short windows move around a lot in small areas.

Hospital Hill ranks 27 of 94 suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Hospital Hill only with other suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Hospital Hill, Napier City come from New Zealand Police recorded victimisation data, published through police.govt.nz, and are grouped to Stats NZ Statistical Area 2 (SA2) boundaries. They count offences recorded by Police, so they reflect reporting and recording practice as well as underlying offending.