Whangamatā West

Whangamatā West recorded 90 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 85.7 per 1,000 residents across about 1,050 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 Whangamatā West is 85.7 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 90 recorded offences across about 1,050 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 Whangamatā West is theft, with 40 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 44% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is assault (22).

Recorded offences in Whangamatā West have fallen 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.

Whangamatā West ranks 38 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 Whangamatā West only with other suburbs in Waikato Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Whangamatā West, Thames-Coromandel 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.