Lumsden-Balfour

Lumsden-Balfour recorded 26 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 20.1 per 1,000 residents across about 1,293 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 Lumsden-Balfour is 20.1 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 26 recorded offences across about 1,293 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 Lumsden-Balfour is burglary, with 10 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 38% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is theft (9).

Recorded offences in Lumsden-Balfour have fallen 27.3% 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.

Lumsden-Balfour ranks 30 of 64 suburbs in Southland Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Lumsden-Balfour only with other suburbs in Southland Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Lumsden-Balfour, Southland 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.