The safest suburb in Tasman is Waimea Inlet, with a safety score of 99/100 and 4.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Wakefield Rural and Ben Cooper Park come next. These rankings cover 30 Tasman suburbs, using NZ Police data.
Police data to August 2026
| # | Suburb | Safety score | Crimes per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waimea Inlet | 99/100 | 4.1 |
| 2 | Wakefield Rural | 99/100 | 6.7 |
| 3 | Ben Cooper Park | 99/100 | 4.2 |
| 4 | Golden Downs | 98/100 | 9.5 |
| 5 | Ruby Bay | 98/100 | 6.3 |
| 6 | Hope | 98/100 | 12 |
| 7 | Richmond South (Tasman District) | 97/100 | 11.7 |
| 8 | Fairose | 97/100 | 3.3 |
| 9 | Moutere Hills | 94/100 | 7.9 |
| 10 | Māpua | 93/100 | 9.3 |
| 11 | Upper Moutere | 91/100 | 15.9 |
| 12 | Wilkes Park | 91/100 | 6.1 |
| 13 | Brightwater | 89/100 | 12.4 |
| 14 | Lower Moutere | 86/100 | 18.5 |
| 15 | Wakefield | 85/100 | 9.8 |
| 16 | Templemore | 84/100 | 14.8 |
| 17 | Easby Park | 83/100 | 10.6 |
| 18 | Takaka Hills | 81/100 | 13.9 |
| 19 | Golden Bay/Mohua | 81/100 | 11.2 |
| 20 | Pōhara-Abel Tasman | 72/100 | 10.4 |
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.
