Houghton Bay

Houghton Bay recorded 37 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 23.6 per 1,000 residents across about 1,569 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 Houghton Bay is 23.6 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 37 recorded offences across about 1,569 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 Houghton Bay is theft, with 23 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 62% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (13).

Recorded offences in Houghton Bay have fallen 71.4% 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.

Houghton Bay ranks 124 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 Houghton Bay only with other suburbs in Wellington Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Houghton Bay, 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.