Mount Roskill South East Safety Snapshot

Is Mount Roskill South East safe? About average. Mount Roskill South East has a safety score of 53/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 53% of New Zealand suburbs, with 20.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #263 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland.

The annual total crime rate in Mount Roskill South East is 20.4 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #263 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland. The overall crime trend in the area has remained the same in recent months with criminal activity peaking in September 2025, November 2025, June 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 29.0%
  Theft accounts for 29.0 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 24.0%
  Burglary accounts for 24.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 9.0%
  Assault accounts for 9.0 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 2.0%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 2.0%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.

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Mount Roskill South East Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

3,234

Households

912

Median income

$98,523

Median rent

$363

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

678 (21%)

Age 15-64

2,205 (68.2%)

Age 65+

342 (10.6%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

1,443 (45.2%)

Born overseas

1,752 (54.8%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

588 · 16.4%

Māori

291 · 8.1%

Pacific

942 · 26.3%

Asian

1,557 · 43.4%

MELAA

174 · 4.9%

Other

33 · 0.9%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

2,322 · 99.9%

Not owned

1,704 · 73.3%

Other

240 · 10.3%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

579 (21.7%)

Two families

78 (2.9%)

Three+ families

6 (0.2%)

Other composition

2,001 (75.1%)

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

FAQ

• Is Mount Roskill South East a safe suburb to live in?

  Mount Roskill South East has a safety score of 53/100, making it the #263 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland. 80% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Mount Roskill South East?

  The annual crime rate in Mount Roskill South East is 20.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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