Linden

Linden recorded 74 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 22.5 per 1,000 residents across about 3,291 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 Linden is 22.5 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 74 recorded offences across about 3,291 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 Linden is burglary, with 36 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 49% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is theft (32).

Recorded offences in Linden have fallen 41.7% 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.

Linden ranks 126 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 Linden only with other suburbs in Wellington Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Linden, 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.