Pioneer West

Pioneer West recorded 33 offences in the last 12 months. It has about 264 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 Pioneer West is burglary, with 18 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 55% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is theft (10).

Recorded offences in Pioneer West have risen 71.4% 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.

Pioneer West ranks 12 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 Pioneer West only with other suburbs in Manawatū-Whanganui Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Pioneer West, 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.