Te Awamutu Central

Te Awamutu Central recorded 345 offences in the last 12 months. It has about 363 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 Te Awamutu Central is theft, with 254 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 74% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (57).

Recorded offences in Te Awamutu Central have risen 25.8% 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 Awamutu Central ranks 7 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 Awamutu Central only with other suburbs in Waikato Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Te Awamutu Central, Waipa 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.