Hastings Central Safety Snapshot

Is Hastings Central 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 Hastings Central is 3,441.1 crimes per thousand residents. The overall crime trend in the area has remained the same in recent months with criminal activity peaking in September 2025, May 2026, June 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 84.4%
  Theft accounts for 84.4 percent of incidents.
• Assault 7.8%
  Assault accounts for 7.8 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 6.8%
  Burglary accounts for 6.8 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 0.7%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 0.7 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 0.4%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 0.4 percent of incidents.

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Hastings Central Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

429

Households

177

Median income

$66,783

Median rent

$407

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

66 (15.4%)

Age 15-64

288 (67.1%)

Age 65+

39 (9.1%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

261 (61.7%)

Born overseas

162 (38.3%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

219 · 45.1%

Māori

102 · 21%

Pacific

39 · 8%

Asian

111 · 22.8%

MELAA

12 · 2.5%

Other

3 · 0.6%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

321 · 100%

Not owned

249 · 78.3%

Other

42 · 13.2%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

78 (15.3%)

Two families

9 (1.8%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

423 (82.9%)

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

FAQ

• Is Hastings Central a safe suburb to live in?

  Hastings Central has only 399 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 Hastings Central?

  The annual crime rate in Hastings Central is 3,441.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

For deeper suburb insights visit CrimeStats.co.nz

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