Esplanade

Esplanade recorded 144 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 69.9 per 1,000 residents across about 2,061 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 Esplanade is 69.9 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 144 recorded offences across about 2,061 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 Esplanade is theft, with 106 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 74% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (23).

Recorded offences in Esplanade have risen 2.9% 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.

Esplanade ranks 25 of 143 suburbs in Manawatū-Whanganui Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Esplanade only with other suburbs in Manawatū-Whanganui Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Esplanade, Palmerston North 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.