Ngāruawāhia Central

Ngāruawāhia Central recorded 195 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 59.7 per 1,000 residents across about 3,264 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 Ngāruawāhia Central is 59.7 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 195 recorded offences across about 3,264 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 Ngāruawāhia Central is theft, with 109 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 56% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (49).

Recorded offences in Ngāruawāhia Central have fallen 27.1% 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.

Ngāruawāhia Central ranks 55 of 258 suburbs in Waikato Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Ngāruawāhia Central only with other suburbs in Waikato Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Ngāruawāhia Central, Waikato 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.