The safest suburb in Bay of Plenty is Matua North, with a safety score of 99/100 and 5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Bethlehem South and Pyes Pa North come next. These rankings cover 138 Bay of Plenty suburbs, using NZ Police data.
Police data to August 2026
| # | Suburb | Safety score | Crimes per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matua North | 99/100 | 5 |
| 2 | Bethlehem South | 97/100 | 11.7 |
| 3 | Pyes Pa North | 96/100 | 6.8 |
| 4 | Waitao | 95/100 | 7.7 |
| 5 | Woodlands | 94/100 | 10.4 |
| 6 | Pyes Pa West | 93/100 | 7.8 |
| 7 | Pahoia East | 92/100 | 11.3 |
| 8 | Pahoia West | 92/100 | 12.6 |
| 9 | Kopurererua | 92/100 | 12.9 |
| 10 | Ohauiti | 91/100 | 8.3 |
| 11 | Manawahe | 88/100 | 16.5 |
| 12 | Pyes Pa North West | 88/100 | 10.3 |
| 13 | Pyes Pa South | 87/100 | 8.9 |
| 14 | Matua South | 87/100 | 6.6 |
| 15 | Hamurana | 86/100 | 7.7 |
| 16 | Pacific Lakes | 85/100 | 12 |
| 17 | Mokorua Bush | 84/100 | 14 |
| 18 | Waiorohi | 84/100 | 13.2 |
| 19 | Te Puke South | 84/100 | 13.8 |
| 20 | Ōmokoroa North | 83/100 | 7.8 |
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.
