Wairoa

Wairoa recorded 258 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 54.6 per 1,000 residents across about 4,725 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 Wairoa is 54.6 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 258 recorded offences across about 4,725 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 Wairoa is theft, with 103 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 40% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (93).

Recorded offences in Wairoa have fallen 5.8% 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.

Wairoa ranks 23 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 Wairoa only with other suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Wairoa, Wairoa 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.