Is Hakataramea a safe suburb to live in?

Hakataramea has a safety score of 100/100, making it the #4 safest of 288 ranked suburbs in Canterbury Region. 100% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

What is the crime rate in Hakataramea?

The annual crime rate in Hakataramea is 11.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

Hakataramea Safety Snapshot

Canterbury, New Zealand

Police data to August 2026

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Is Hakataramea safe? Yes. Hakataramea has a safety score of 100/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 100% of New Zealand suburbs, with 11.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #4 safest of 288 ranked suburbs in Canterbury.

The annual total crime rate in Hakataramea is 11.7 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #4 safest of 288 ranked suburbs in Canterbury Region. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in October 2025, April 2026, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Safety Score (NZCHI-adjusted)

iHow it works

100 / 100

Crimes per 1,000 residents

11.7

Regional rank #4 / 288 (Top 25%)

3-Month Trend

▼33.3%(improving)

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

Burglary 8.0%
Burglary accounts for 8.0 percent of incidents.
Theft 2.0%
Theft accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.

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Hakataramea Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

870

Households

339

Median income

$74,998

Median rent

$177

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

168 (19.3%)

Age 15-64

567 (65.2%)

Age 65+

141 (16.2%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

750 (85.9%)

Born overseas

123 (14.1%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

816 · 89.5%

Māori

45 · 4.9%

Pacific

3 · 0.3%

Asian

30 · 3.3%

MELAA

6 · 0.7%

Other

12 · 1.3%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

636 · 99.1%

Not owned

267 · 41.6%

Other

57 · 8.9%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

234 (23.4%)

Two families

0 (0%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

768 (76.6%)

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

FAQ

Is Hakataramea a safe suburb to live in?

Hakataramea has a safety score of 100/100, making it the #4 safest of 288 ranked suburbs in Canterbury Region. 100% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).
What is the crime rate in Hakataramea?

The annual crime rate in Hakataramea is 11.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.