Frankton Junction Safety Snapshot

Is Frankton Junction safe? It has more recorded crime than most NZ suburbs. Frankton Junction has a safety score of 1/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 1% of New Zealand suburbs, with 1,035.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #235 safest of 237 ranked suburbs in Waikato.

The annual total crime rate in Frankton Junction is 1,035.3 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #235 safest of 237 ranked suburbs in Waikato Region. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in October 2025, December 2025, March 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 68.9%
  Theft accounts for 68.9 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 20.0%
  Burglary accounts for 20.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 8.8%
  Assault accounts for 8.8 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 1.2%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 1.2 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 1.1%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 1.1 percent of incidents.

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Frankton Junction Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

678

Households

294

Median income

$86,815

Median rent

$436

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

99 (14.6%)

Age 15-64

513 (75.7%)

Age 65+

36 (5.3%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

453 (67.7%)

Born overseas

216 (32.3%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

312 · 40.2%

Māori

195 · 25.1%

Pacific

69 · 8.9%

Asian

186 · 23.9%

MELAA

9 · 1.2%

Other

6 · 0.8%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

474 · 99.4%

Not owned

369 · 77.4%

Other

87 · 18.2%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

138 (16.7%)

Two families

6 (0.7%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

684 (82.6%)

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

FAQ

• Is Frankton Junction a safe suburb to live in?

  Frankton Junction has a safety score of 1/100, making it the #235 safest of 237 ranked suburbs in Waikato Region. 89% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Frankton Junction?

  The annual crime rate in Frankton Junction is 1,035.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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