Queenstown Hill

Queenstown Hill recorded 1 offence in the last 12 months. It has about 0 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 Queenstown Hill is burglary, with 1 recorded offence in the last 12 months — about 100% of all offences recorded there.

Recorded offences in Queenstown Hill have stayed level 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.

Queenstown Hill ranks 128 of 138 suburbs in Otago Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Queenstown Hill only with other suburbs in Otago Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Queenstown Hill, Queenstown-Lakes 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.