Karanema-St Hill

Karanema-St Hill recorded 144 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 72.5 per 1,000 residents across about 1,986 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 Karanema-St Hill is 72.5 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 144 recorded offences across about 1,986 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 Karanema-St Hill is theft, with 102 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 71% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is assault (19).

Recorded offences in Karanema-St Hill have risen 33.3% 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.

Karanema-St Hill ranks 15 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 Karanema-St Hill only with other suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Karanema-St Hill, Hastings District 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.