Omahu Strip

Omahu Strip recorded 96 offences in the last 12 months. It has about 270 residents, which is below the 500-resident threshold we use for comparing rates, so its crime rate per 1,000 people is not a reliable comparison with other suburbs. Judge it on the offence count, not the rate.

The most common offence category in Omahu Strip is theft, with 66 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 69% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (21).

Recorded offences in Omahu Strip have risen 60.0% 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.

Omahu Strip ranks 4 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 Omahu Strip only with other suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Omahu Strip, 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.