Glenside-Churton Park East

Glenside-Churton Park East recorded 21 offences in the last 12 months. It has about 474 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 Glenside-Churton Park East is burglary, with 10 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 48% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is theft (10).

Recorded offences in Glenside-Churton Park East have fallen 25.0% 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.

Glenside-Churton Park East ranks 58 of 232 suburbs in Wellington Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Glenside-Churton Park East only with other suburbs in Wellington Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Glenside-Churton Park East, Wellington City 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.