Ōtaki

Ōtaki recorded 349 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 93.3 per 1,000 residents across about 3,741 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 Ōtaki is 93.3 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 349 recorded offences across about 3,741 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 Ōtaki is theft, with 214 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 61% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (103).

Recorded offences in Ōtaki have fallen 22.2% 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.

Ōtaki ranks 26 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 Ōtaki only with other suburbs in Wellington Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Ōtaki, Kapiti Coast 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.