The safest suburb in Wellington is Woodridge, with a safety score of 100/100 and 3.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Camborne and Opaki come next. These rankings cover 215 Wellington suburbs, using NZ Police data.
Police data to August 2026
| # | Suburb | Safety score | Crimes per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodridge | 100/100 | 3.2 |
| 2 | Camborne | 99/100 | 4.5 |
| 3 | Opaki | 99/100 | 5.3 |
| 4 | Gladstone (Carterton District) | 99/100 | 9.6 |
| 5 | Newlands East | 98/100 | 8.7 |
| 6 | Churton Park South | 96/100 | 5.6 |
| 7 | Churton Park North | 96/100 | 9.2 |
| 8 | Mangaroa | 96/100 | 13.6 |
| 9 | Tirohanga | 94/100 | 11.2 |
| 10 | Whitby | 94/100 | 4.2 |
| 11 | Aotea | 94/100 | 9.9 |
| 12 | Khandallah South | 94/100 | 8.7 |
| 13 | Grenada Village | 94/100 | 8.3 |
| 14 | Ngaio South | 93/100 | 11.2 |
| 15 | Miramar East | 92/100 | 12.4 |
| 16 | Mount Holdsworth | 92/100 | 12.4 |
| 17 | Kopuaranga | 92/100 | 11.1 |
| 18 | Belmont (Lower Hutt City) | 91/100 | 11.2 |
| 19 | Raumati South | 91/100 | 13.3 |
| 20 | Riverstone Terraces | 91/100 | 7.7 |
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.
