Is Haast a safe suburb to live in?

Haast has only 255 residents, so its per-resident crime rate is not a reliable guide to safety and it is not ranked. Crime here is mostly recorded in commercial or public spaces rather than homes.

What is the crime rate in Haast?

The annual crime rate in Haast is 31.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

Haast Safety Snapshot

West Coast, New Zealand

Police data to August 2026

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Is Haast safe? Its score is unreliable because few people live here: crime in a commercial or public area divided by under 500 residents gives an extreme rate, so it is not ranked.

The annual total crime rate in Haast is 31.4 crimes per thousand residents. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in February 2026, April 2026, May 2026.

How the safety score works

Few residents live here (255 at the 2023 Census). Crime in a commercial, industrial or harbour area is counted where it happens, so dividing it by a small resident population produces an extreme per-1,000 rate. Treat the score and rate here as unreliable; Haast is excluded from regional rankings.

Safety Score (NZCHI-adjusted)

iHow it works

72 / 100

Crimes per 1,000 residents

31.4

Regional rank not available

3-Month Trend

▼100%(improving)

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

Theft 8.0%
Theft accounts for 8.0 percent of incidents.

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Haast Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

258

Households

129

Median income

$51,267

Median rent

$180

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

12 (4.7%)

Age 15-64

171 (66.3%)

Age 65+

69 (26.7%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

213 (85.5%)

Born overseas

36 (14.5%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

222 · 78.7%

Māori

42 · 14.9%

Pacific

12 · 4.3%

Asian

3 · 1.1%

MELAA

0 · 0%

Other

3 · 1.1%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

195 · 100%

Not owned

69 · 36.5%

Other

48 · 25.4%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

54 (14.9%)

Two families

0 (0%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

309 (85.1%)

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

FAQ

Is Haast a safe suburb to live in?

Haast has only 255 residents, so its per-resident crime rate is not a reliable guide to safety and it is not ranked. Crime here is mostly recorded in commercial or public spaces rather than homes.
What is the crime rate in Haast?

The annual crime rate in Haast is 31.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.