The safest suburb in Nelson is Marybank, with a safety score of 100/100 and 1.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Suffolk and Atawhai come next. These rankings cover 23 Nelson suburbs, using NZ Police data.
Police data to August 2026
| # | Suburb | Safety score | Crimes per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marybank | 100/100 | 1.8 |
| 2 | Suffolk | 95/100 | 9.4 |
| 3 | Atawhai | 90/100 | 9.1 |
| 4 | Toi Toi | 88/100 | 10.8 |
| 5 | Aldinga | 88/100 | 5.7 |
| 6 | Tahuna Hills | 84/100 | 10.3 |
| 7 | Broadgreen-Monaco | 76/100 | 11.5 |
| 8 | Enner Glynn | 75/100 | 13.2 |
| 9 | Nayland | 75/100 | 17.4 |
| 10 | Maitai | 71/100 | 14 |
| 11 | The Brook | 66/100 | 8.5 |
| 12 | Nelson Rural | 64/100 | 13.7 |
| 13 | Washington | 62/100 | 15 |
| 14 | Maitlands | 60/100 | 9.3 |
| 15 | Tāhunanui | 58/100 | 28 |
| 16 | Daelyn | 54/100 | 12.9 |
| 17 | Britannia | 45/100 | 28 |
| 18 | Rutherford | 43/100 | 37 |
| 19 | The Wood | 40/100 | 21 |
| 20 | Omaio | 37/100 | 33 |
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.
