Kaipara Coastal Safety Snapshot

Is Kaipara Coastal safe? About average. Kaipara Coastal has a safety score of 44/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 44% of New Zealand suburbs, with 26.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #40 safest of 97 ranked suburbs in Northland.

The annual total crime rate in Kaipara Coastal is 26.1 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #40 safest of 97 ranked suburbs in Northland Region. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in October 2025, December 2025, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Burglary 45.0%
  Burglary accounts for 45.0 percent of incidents.
• Theft 34.0%
  Theft accounts for 34.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 16.0%
  Assault accounts for 16.0 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 3.0%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 3.0 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 1.0%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Kaipara Coastal Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

3,840

Households

1,503

Median income

$63,016

Median rent

$280

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

714 (18.6%)

Age 15-64

2,313 (60.2%)

Age 65+

822 (21.4%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

3,366 (88.4%)

Born overseas

441 (11.6%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

3,105 · 65.5%

Māori

1,290 · 27.2%

Pacific

135 · 2.8%

Asian

105 · 2.2%

MELAA

21 · 0.4%

Other

84 · 1.8%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

2,700 · 99.3%

Not owned

1,119 · 41.2%

Other

444 · 16.3%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

888 (20.3%)

Two families

48 (1.1%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

3,447 (78.6%)

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

FAQ

• Is Kaipara Coastal a safe suburb to live in?

  Kaipara Coastal has a safety score of 44/100, making it the #40 safest of 97 ranked suburbs in Northland Region. 80% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Kaipara Coastal?

  The annual crime rate in Kaipara Coastal is 26.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

For deeper suburb insights visit CrimeStats.co.nz

Nearby Suburbs

• Dargaville (Northland)