Corstorphine Safety Snapshot

Is Corstorphine safe? It has more recorded crime than most NZ suburbs. Corstorphine has a safety score of 28/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 28% of New Zealand suburbs, with 31.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #105 safest of 120 ranked suburbs in Otago.

The annual total crime rate in Corstorphine is 31.3 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #105 safest of 120 ranked suburbs in Otago Region. The overall crime trend in the area has remained the same in recent months with criminal activity peaking in December 2025, March 2026, June 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Burglary 25.0%
  Burglary accounts for 25.0 percent of incidents.
• Theft 23.0%
  Theft accounts for 23.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 10.0%
  Assault accounts for 10.0 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 3.0%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 3.0 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 2.0%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.

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Corstorphine Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

2,046

Households

789

Median income

$67,238

Median rent

$253

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

432 (21.1%)

Age 15-64

1,308 (63.9%)

Age 65+

306 (15%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

1,608 (78.8%)

Born overseas

432 (21.2%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

1,587 · 67%

Māori

291 · 12.3%

Pacific

162 · 6.8%

Asian

231 · 9.7%

MELAA

75 · 3.2%

Other

24 · 1%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

1,515 · 99%

Not owned

789 · 51.6%

Other

90 · 5.9%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

474 (20.1%)

Two families

21 (0.9%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

1,866 (79%)

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

FAQ

• Is Corstorphine a safe suburb to live in?

  Corstorphine has a safety score of 28/100, making it the #105 safest of 120 ranked suburbs in Otago Region. 76% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Corstorphine?

  The annual crime rate in Corstorphine is 31.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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