Taupō Central West

Taupō Central West recorded 676 offences in the last 12 months. It has about 378 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 Taupō Central West is theft, with 518 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 77% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is assault (90).

Recorded offences in Taupō Central West have fallen 18.5% 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.

Taupō Central West ranks 5 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 Taupō Central West only with other suburbs in Waikato Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Taupō Central West, Taupo 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.