Is Kingston a safe suburb to live in?

Kingston has only 423 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 Kingston?

The annual crime rate in Kingston is 9.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

Kingston Safety Snapshot

Otago, New Zealand

Police data to August 2026

Generates a printable report with charts & summary.

Is Kingston 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 Kingston is 9.5 crimes per thousand residents. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in November 2025, January 2026, March 2026.

How the safety score works

Few residents live here (423 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; Kingston is excluded from regional rankings.

Safety Score (NZCHI-adjusted)

iHow it works

98 / 100

Crimes per 1,000 residents

9.5

Regional rank not available

3-Month Trend

▼100%(improving)

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

Theft 3.0%
Theft accounts for 3.0 percent of incidents.
Burglary 1.0%
Burglary accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Kingston Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

429

Households

189

Median income

$114,435

Median rent

$453

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

63 (14.7%)

Age 15-64

294 (68.5%)

Age 65+

36 (8.4%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

309 (72%)

Born overseas

120 (28%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

384 · 85.3%

Māori

30 · 6.7%

Pacific

9 · 2%

Asian

12 · 2.7%

MELAA

9 · 2%

Other

6 · 1.3%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

324 · 99.1%

Not owned

117 · 35.8%

Other

27 · 8.3%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

111 (20.9%)

Two families

0 (0%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

420 (79.1%)

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

FAQ

Is Kingston a safe suburb to live in?

Kingston has only 423 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 Kingston?

The annual crime rate in Kingston is 9.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.