Te Aroha West

Te Aroha West recorded 48 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 23.4 per 1,000 residents across about 2,049 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 Te Aroha West is 23.4 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 48 recorded offences across about 2,049 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 Te Aroha West is theft, with 20 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 42% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (19).

Recorded offences in Te Aroha West have stayed level 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.

Te Aroha West ranks 165 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 Te Aroha West only with other suburbs in Waikato Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Te Aroha West, Matamata-Piako 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.