Cooks Beach-Ferry Landing Safety Snapshot

Is Cooks Beach-Ferry Landing safe? Yes. Cooks Beach-Ferry Landing has a safety score of 96/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 96% of New Zealand suburbs, with 9.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #3 safest of 237 ranked suburbs in Waikato.

The annual total crime rate in Cooks Beach-Ferry Landing is 9.4 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #3 safest of 237 ranked suburbs in Waikato Region. The overall crime trend in the area has increased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in September 2025, January 2026, July 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Burglary 2.0%
  Burglary accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.
• Theft 2.0%
  Theft accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 1.0%
  Assault accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Cooks Beach-Ferry Landing Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

555

Households

231

Median income

$67,895

Median rent

$415

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

69 (12.4%)

Age 15-64

279 (50.3%)

Age 65+

201 (36.2%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

447 (81.9%)

Born overseas

99 (18.1%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

525 · 84.1%

Māori

63 · 10.1%

Pacific

12 · 1.9%

Asian

12 · 1.9%

MELAA

3 · 0.5%

Other

9 · 1.4%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

432 · 100%

Not owned

87 · 20.1%

Other

54 · 12.5%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

165 (23.7%)

Two families

3 (0.4%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

528 (75.9%)

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

FAQ

• Is Cooks Beach-Ferry Landing a safe suburb to live in?

  Cooks Beach-Ferry Landing has a safety score of 96/100, making it the #3 safest of 237 ranked suburbs in Waikato Region. 80% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Cooks Beach-Ferry Landing?

  The annual crime rate in Cooks Beach-Ferry Landing is 9.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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