Havelock North-Central Safety Snapshot

Is Havelock North-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 Havelock North-Central is 370.1 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

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 78.8%
  Theft accounts for 78.8 percent of incidents.
• Assault 8.6%
  Assault accounts for 8.6 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 7.9%
  Burglary accounts for 7.9 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 2.6%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 2.6 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 2.0%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.

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Havelock North-Central Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

423

Households

219

Median income

$57,816

Median rent

$442

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

48 (11.3%)

Age 15-64

201 (47.5%)

Age 65+

162 (38.3%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

294 (70%)

Born overseas

126 (30%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

357 · 76.3%

Māori

42 · 9%

Pacific

12 · 2.6%

Asian

39 · 8.3%

MELAA

9 · 1.9%

Other

9 · 1.9%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

354 · 100%

Not owned

171 · 48.7%

Other

30 · 8.5%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

99 (15.6%)

Two families

0 (0%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

534 (84.4%)

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

FAQ

• Is Havelock North-Central a safe suburb to live in?

  Havelock North-Central has only 408 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 Havelock North-Central?

  The annual crime rate in Havelock North-Central is 370.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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