Tareha Reserve

Tareha Reserve recorded 56 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 17.2 per 1,000 residents across about 3,255 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 Tareha Reserve is 17.2 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 56 recorded offences across about 3,255 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 Tareha Reserve is theft, with 35 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 63% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (10).

Recorded offences in Tareha Reserve have fallen 42.9% 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.

Tareha Reserve ranks 70 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 Tareha Reserve only with other suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Tareha Reserve, 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.