Is Hanmer Range a safe suburb to live in?

Hanmer Range has only 294 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 Hanmer Range?

The annual crime rate in Hanmer Range is 57.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

Hanmer Range Safety Snapshot

Canterbury, New Zealand

Police data to August 2026

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Is Hanmer Range 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 Hanmer Range is 57.8 crimes per thousand residents. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in November 2025, December 2025, April 2026.

How the safety score works

Few residents live here (294 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; Hanmer Range is excluded from regional rankings.

Safety Score (NZCHI-adjusted)

iHow it works

38 / 100

Crimes per 1,000 residents

57.8

Regional rank not available

3-Month Trend

▼25%(improving)

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

Theft 14.0%
Theft accounts for 14.0 percent of incidents.
Assault 2.0%
Assault accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.
Burglary 1.0%
Burglary accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Hanmer Range Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

306

Households

132

Median income

$94,140

Median rent

$197

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

48 (15.7%)

Age 15-64

207 (67.6%)

Age 65+

54 (17.6%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

237 (80.6%)

Born overseas

57 (19.4%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

273 · 80.5%

Māori

42 · 12.4%

Pacific

3 · 0.9%

Asian

9 · 2.7%

MELAA

3 · 0.9%

Other

9 · 2.7%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

222 · 98.7%

Not owned

93 · 41.3%

Other

27 · 12%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

78 (21.1%)

Two families

0 (0%)

Three+ families

3 (0.8%)

Other composition

288 (78%)

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

FAQ

Is Hanmer Range a safe suburb to live in?

Hanmer Range has only 294 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 Hanmer Range?

The annual crime rate in Hanmer Range is 57.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.