Is Kaimanawa a safe suburb to live in?

Kaimanawa has only 312 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 Kaimanawa?

The annual crime rate in Kaimanawa is 38.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

Kaimanawa Safety Snapshot

Waikato, New Zealand

Police data to August 2026

Generates a printable report with charts & summary.

Is Kaimanawa 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 Kaimanawa is 38.5 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 (312 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; Kaimanawa is excluded from regional rankings.

Safety Score (NZCHI-adjusted)

iHow it works

18 / 100

Crimes per 1,000 residents

38.5

Regional rank not available

3-Month Trend

▼100%(improving)

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

Theft 5.0%
Theft accounts for 5.0 percent of incidents.
Burglary 4.0%
Burglary accounts for 4.0 percent of incidents.
Assault 1.0%
Assault accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.
Sexual Offences 1.0%
Sexual Offences accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.
Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 1.0%
Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Kaimanawa Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

312

Households

Median income

—

Median rent

—

Data quality flags

Population exists but households are zero.

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

0 (0%)

Age 15-64

267 (85.6%)

Age 65+

42 (13.5%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

276 (91.1%)

Born overseas

27 (8.9%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

168 · 43.4%

Māori

180 · 46.5%

Pacific

18 · 4.7%

Asian

15 · 3.9%

MELAA

0 · 0%

Other

6 · 1.6%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

114 · 100%

Not owned

105 · 92.1%

Other

198 · 100%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

0 (0%)

Two families

0 (0%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

0 (0%)

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

FAQ

Is Kaimanawa a safe suburb to live in?

Kaimanawa has only 312 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 Kaimanawa?

The annual crime rate in Kaimanawa is 38.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.