Petone Central

Petone Central recorded 1,215 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 1,035.8 per 1,000 residents across about 1,173 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 Petone Central is 1,035.8 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 1,215 recorded offences across about 1,173 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 Petone Central is theft, with 1,087 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 89% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (88).

Recorded offences in Petone Central have fallen 4.9% 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.

Petone Central ranks 4 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 Petone Central only with other suburbs in Wellington Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Petone Central, Lower Hutt 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.