Linwood East Safety Snapshot

Is Linwood East safe? It has more recorded crime than most NZ suburbs. Linwood East has a safety score of 2/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 2% of New Zealand suburbs, with 378.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #286 safest of 288 ranked suburbs in Canterbury.

The annual total crime rate in Linwood East is 378.9 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #286 safest of 288 ranked suburbs in Canterbury Region. The overall crime trend in the area has increased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in September 2025, October 2025, June 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 84.6%
  Theft accounts for 84.6 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 10.3%
  Burglary accounts for 10.3 percent of incidents.
• Assault 4.4%
  Assault accounts for 4.4 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 0.5%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 0.5 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 0.2%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 0.2 percent of incidents.

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Linwood East Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

2,160

Households

786

Median income

$70,830

Median rent

$319

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

429 (19.9%)

Age 15-64

1,401 (64.9%)

Age 65+

288 (13.3%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

1,626 (76.1%)

Born overseas

510 (23.9%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

1,443 · 57.2%

Māori

456 · 18.1%

Pacific

225 · 8.9%

Asian

333 · 13.2%

MELAA

21 · 0.8%

Other

45 · 1.8%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

1,566 · 99.8%

Not owned

834 · 53.2%

Other

153 · 9.8%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

483 (20.8%)

Two families

21 (0.9%)

Three+ families

3 (0.1%)

Other composition

1,815 (78.2%)

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

FAQ

• Is Linwood East a safe suburb to live in?

  Linwood East has a safety score of 2/100, making it the #286 safest of 288 ranked suburbs in Canterbury Region. 95% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Linwood East?

  The annual crime rate in Linwood East is 378.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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• Linwood North (Canterbury)
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• Bromley North (Canterbury)
• Bexley (Canterbury)
• Woolston East (Canterbury)