Lower Vogeltown

Lower Vogeltown recorded 77 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 25.6 per 1,000 residents across about 3,006 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 Lower Vogeltown is 25.6 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 77 recorded offences across about 3,006 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 Lower Vogeltown is theft, with 49 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 64% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (19).

Recorded offences in Lower Vogeltown have fallen 21.1% 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.

Lower Vogeltown ranks 22 of 66 suburbs in Taranaki Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Lower Vogeltown only with other suburbs in Taranaki Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Lower Vogeltown, New Plymouth 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.