Gardens (Dunedin City) Safety Snapshot

Is Gardens (Dunedin City) safe? It has more recorded crime than most NZ suburbs. Gardens (Dunedin City) has a safety score of 25/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 25% of New Zealand suburbs, with 33.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #106 safest of 120 ranked suburbs in Otago.

The annual total crime rate in Gardens (Dunedin City) is 33.5 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #106 safest of 120 ranked suburbs in Otago Region. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in September 2025, February 2026, March 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Burglary 40.5%
  Burglary accounts for 40.5 percent of incidents.
• Theft 36.6%
  Theft accounts for 36.6 percent of incidents.
• Assault 17.6%
  Assault accounts for 17.6 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 3.8%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 3.8 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 1.5%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 1.5 percent of incidents.

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Gardens (Dunedin City) Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

3,909

Households

915

Median income

$38,901

Median rent

$597

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

54 (1.4%)

Age 15-64

3,765 (96.3%)

Age 65+

93 (2.4%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

2,832 (72.8%)

Born overseas

1,056 (27.2%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

3,153 · 70.1%

Māori

456 · 10.1%

Pacific

174 · 3.9%

Asian

588 · 13.1%

MELAA

99 · 2.2%

Other

30 · 0.7%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

3,798 · 100%

Not owned

3,675 · 96.9%

Other

57 · 1.5%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

111 (4.1%)

Two families

6 (0.2%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

2,601 (95.7%)

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

FAQ

• Is Gardens (Dunedin City) a safe suburb to live in?

  Gardens (Dunedin City) has a safety score of 25/100, making it the #106 safest of 120 ranked suburbs in Otago Region. 77% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Gardens (Dunedin City)?

  The annual crime rate in Gardens (Dunedin City) is 33.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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