The safest suburb in Auckland is Dannemora South, with a safety score of 99/100 and 3.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Point View and Greenhithe East come next. These rankings cover 598 Auckland suburbs, using NZ Police data.
Police data to August 2026
| # | Suburb | Safety score | Crimes per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dannemora South | 99/100 | 3.8 |
| 2 | Point View | 99/100 | 4.3 |
| 3 | Greenhithe East | 99/100 | 4.7 |
| 4 | Surfdale | 99/100 | 6.4 |
| 5 | Awaruku | 98/100 | 5.7 |
| 6 | Half Moon Bay West | 98/100 | 9.8 |
| 7 | Saint Heliers West | 98/100 | 7.2 |
| 8 | Stonefields East | 98/100 | 9.2 |
| 9 | Huntington Park | 97/100 | 9.7 |
| 10 | Castor Bay South | 97/100 | 7.2 |
| 11 | Shelly Park | 97/100 | 8.5 |
| 12 | Millwater Central | 97/100 | 8.3 |
| 13 | Totara Vale North | 97/100 | 9.1 |
| 14 | Orewa North | 97/100 | 8.1 |
| 15 | Mahurangi Peninsula | 96/100 | 15.9 |
| 16 | Rothesay Bay | 96/100 | 10.1 |
| 17 | Stillwater | 95/100 | 5.4 |
| 18 | Castor Bay North | 95/100 | 9 |
| 19 | Forrest Hill North | 95/100 | 9 |
| 20 | Eastern Beach | 95/100 | 10.7 |
Scores compare each suburb with every ranked suburb in New Zealand; higher is safer. How the score works. Suburbs with very few residents or incomplete Police records are not ranked.
