Balmoral Safety Snapshot

Is Balmoral safe? It has more recorded crime than most NZ suburbs. Balmoral has a safety score of 22/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 22% of New Zealand suburbs, with 57.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #453 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland.

The annual total crime rate in Balmoral is 57.6 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #453 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in September 2025, December 2025, July 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 56.5%
  Theft accounts for 56.5 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 32.2%
  Burglary accounts for 32.2 percent of incidents.
• Assault 9.0%
  Assault accounts for 9.0 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 1.7%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 1.7 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 0.6%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 0.6 percent of incidents.

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Balmoral Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

3,138

Households

1,041

Median income

$139,327

Median rent

$557

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

531 (16.9%)

Age 15-64

2,304 (73.4%)

Age 65+

288 (9.2%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

1,893 (60.8%)

Born overseas

1,218 (39.2%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

1,992 · 56.8%

Māori

246 · 7%

Pacific

246 · 7%

Asian

888 · 25.3%

MELAA

93 · 2.7%

Other

42 · 1.2%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

2,472 · 99.9%

Not owned

1,479 · 59.8%

Other

111 · 4.5%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

681 (22.1%)

Two families

33 (1.1%)

Three+ families

6 (0.2%)

Other composition

2,364 (76.7%)

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

FAQ

• Is Balmoral a safe suburb to live in?

  Balmoral has a safety score of 22/100, making it the #453 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland. 89% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Balmoral?

  The annual crime rate in Balmoral is 57.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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