Port Taranaki

Port Taranaki recorded 12 offences in the last 12 months. It has about 6 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 Port Taranaki is burglary, with 7 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 58% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is theft (5).

Recorded offences in Port Taranaki have fallen 50.0% 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.

Port Taranaki ranks 2 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 Port Taranaki only with other suburbs in Taranaki Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Port Taranaki, 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.