Inlets Far North District

Inlets Far North District recorded 14 offences in the last 12 months. It has about 30 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 Inlets Far North District is theft, with 8 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 57% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (6).

Recorded offences in Inlets Far North District have fallen 33.3% 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.

Inlets Far North District ranks 4 of 106 suburbs in Northland Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Inlets Far North District only with other suburbs in Northland Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Inlets Far North District, Far North 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.