Alicetown-Melling Safety Snapshot

Is Alicetown-Melling safe? It has more recorded crime than most NZ suburbs. Alicetown-Melling has a safety score of 11/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 11% of New Zealand suburbs, with 90.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #189 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington.

The annual total crime rate in Alicetown-Melling is 90.3 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #189 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington Region. The overall crime trend in the area has remained the same in recent months with criminal activity peaking in April 2026, June 2026, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 68.7%
  Theft accounts for 68.7 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 21.4%
  Burglary accounts for 21.4 percent of incidents.
• Assault 8.6%
  Assault accounts for 8.6 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 0.8%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 0.8 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 0.4%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 0.4 percent of incidents.

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Alicetown-Melling Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

2,691

Households

1,047

Median income

$117,116

Median rent

$434

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

498 (18.5%)

Age 15-64

1,866 (69.3%)

Age 65+

291 (10.8%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

1,887 (70.8%)

Born overseas

780 (29.2%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

1,848 · 59.6%

Māori

402 · 13%

Pacific

216 · 7%

Asian

543 · 17.5%

MELAA

48 · 1.5%

Other

45 · 1.5%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

2,064 · 99.7%

Not owned

1,083 · 52.3%

Other

126 · 6.1%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

618 (20.2%)

Two families

18 (0.6%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

2,427 (79.2%)

Demographic data sourced from Stats NZ , licensed under CC BY 4.0

FAQ

• Is Alicetown-Melling a safe suburb to live in?

  Alicetown-Melling has a safety score of 11/100, making it the #189 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington Region. 90% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Alicetown-Melling?

  The annual crime rate in Alicetown-Melling is 90.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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