Marlborough Sounds Coastal Marine

Marlborough Sounds Coastal Marine recorded 7 offences in the last 12 months. It has about 24 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 Marlborough Sounds Coastal Marine is theft, with 5 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 71% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (2).

Recorded offences in Marlborough Sounds Coastal Marine have fallen 100.0% 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.

Marlborough Sounds Coastal Marine ranks 2 of 27 suburbs in Marlborough Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Marlborough Sounds Coastal Marine only with other suburbs in Marlborough Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Marlborough Sounds Coastal Marine, Marlborough 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.