Easby Park

Easby Park recorded 209 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 76.1 per 1,000 residents across about 2,748 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 Easby Park is 76.1 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 209 recorded offences across about 2,748 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 Easby Park is theft, with 163 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 78% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is assault (21).

Recorded offences in Easby Park have fallen 19.7% 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.

Easby Park ranks 3 of 36 suburbs in Tasman Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Easby Park only with other suburbs in Tasman Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Easby Park, Tasman 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.