Aorangi Forest Safety Snapshot

Is Aorangi Forest safe? About average. Aorangi Forest has a safety score of 62/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 62% of New Zealand suburbs, with 17.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #97 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington.

The annual total crime rate in Aorangi Forest is 17.3 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #97 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington Region. The overall crime trend in the area has increased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in October 2025, December 2025, February 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 15.0%
  Theft accounts for 15.0 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 9.0%
  Burglary accounts for 9.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 2.0%
  Assault accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 2.0%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.

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Aorangi Forest Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

1,635

Households

672

Median income

$101,933

Median rent

$320

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

255 (15.6%)

Age 15-64

1,020 (62.4%)

Age 65+

348 (21.3%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

1,389 (85.4%)

Born overseas

237 (14.6%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

1,491 · 79.9%

Māori

285 · 15.3%

Pacific

24 · 1.3%

Asian

30 · 1.6%

MELAA

3 · 0.2%

Other

33 · 1.8%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

1,260 · 100%

Not owned

429 · 34.3%

Other

126 · 10.1%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

462 (23.4%)

Two families

15 (0.8%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

1,500 (75.9%)

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

FAQ

• Is Aorangi Forest a safe suburb to live in?

  Aorangi Forest has a safety score of 62/100, making it the #97 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington Region. 86% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Aorangi Forest?

  The annual crime rate in Aorangi Forest is 17.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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