The safest suburb in Canterbury is Gleniti North, with a safety score of 100/100 and 1.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Levels and Tinwald North come next. These rankings cover 288 Canterbury suburbs, using NZ Police data.
Police data to August 2026
| # | Suburb | Safety score | Crimes per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gleniti North | 100/100 | 1.9 |
| 2 | Levels | 100/100 | 8.1 |
| 3 | Tinwald North | 100/100 | 2.7 |
| 4 | Hakataramea | 100/100 | 11.7 |
| 5 | Governors Bay | 100/100 | 6.9 |
| 6 | Gleniti South | 99/100 | 3.6 |
| 7 | Hadlow | 99/100 | 3.2 |
| 8 | Lincoln South | 99/100 | 2.9 |
| 9 | Ashley Forest | 99/100 | 6.2 |
| 10 | Rolleston North East | 99/100 | 7.8 |
| 11 | Lincoln North | 98/100 | 7.2 |
| 12 | Fairview | 98/100 | 11.9 |
| 13 | Winchmore-Wakanui | 97/100 | 8.7 |
| 14 | Ealing-Lowcliffe | 97/100 | 8.3 |
| 15 | Charing Cross | 97/100 | 12.4 |
| 16 | Okuku | 97/100 | 5.3 |
| 17 | Broken Run | 97/100 | 12.7 |
| 18 | Oxford Estate | 97/100 | 7.3 |
| 19 | Allenton North | 96/100 | 6.3 |
| 20 | Chertsey | 96/100 | 7.1 |
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.
