Bluff Hill Safety Snapshot

Is Bluff Hill safe? It has more recorded crime than most NZ suburbs. Bluff Hill has a safety score of 27/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 27% of New Zealand suburbs, with 41.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #56 safest of 79 ranked suburbs in Hawke's Bay.

The annual total crime rate in Bluff Hill is 41.2 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #56 safest of 79 ranked suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in December 2025, April 2026, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 60.7%
  Theft accounts for 60.7 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 20.6%
  Burglary accounts for 20.6 percent of incidents.
• Assault 15.0%
  Assault accounts for 15.0 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 2.8%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 2.8 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 0.9%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 0.9 percent of incidents.

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Bluff Hill Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

2,640

Households

1,116

Median income

$102,531

Median rent

$479

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

342 (13%)

Age 15-64

1,680 (63.6%)

Age 65+

561 (21.3%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

1,905 (73.2%)

Born overseas

696 (26.8%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

2,352 · 80.7%

Māori

312 · 10.7%

Pacific

42 · 1.4%

Asian

108 · 3.7%

MELAA

45 · 1.5%

Other

54 · 1.9%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

2,094 · 99.6%

Not owned

780 · 37.1%

Other

177 · 8.4%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

729 (22.2%)

Two families

21 (0.6%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

2,538 (77.2%)

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

FAQ

• Is Bluff Hill a safe suburb to live in?

  Bluff Hill has a safety score of 27/100, making it the #56 safest of 79 ranked suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region. 81% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Bluff Hill?

  The annual crime rate in Bluff Hill is 41.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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