Mount Cook East

Mount Cook East recorded 234 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 88.5 per 1,000 residents across about 2,643 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 Mount Cook East is 88.5 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 234 recorded offences across about 2,643 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 Mount Cook East is theft, with 148 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 63% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (49).

Recorded offences in Mount Cook East have risen 48.5% 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.

Mount Cook East ranks 25 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 Mount Cook East only with other suburbs in Wellington Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Mount Cook 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.