Newmarket Safety Snapshot

Is Newmarket safe? It has more recorded crime than most NZ suburbs. Newmarket has a safety score of 1/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 1% of New Zealand suburbs, with 549 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #588 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland.

The annual total crime rate in Newmarket is 549 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #588 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 December 2025, May 2026, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 89.4%
  Theft accounts for 89.4 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 5.0%
  Burglary accounts for 5.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 4.1%
  Assault accounts for 4.1 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 0.8%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 0.8 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 0.6%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 0.6 percent of incidents.

---

View full safety overview for Newmarket ›

Newmarket Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

2,616

Households

1,098

Median income

$107,427

Median rent

$615

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

279 (10.7%)

Age 15-64

2,091 (79.9%)

Age 65+

249 (9.5%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

858 (33.2%)

Born overseas

1,728 (66.8%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

804 · 29.1%

Māori

96 · 3.5%

Pacific

81 · 2.9%

Asian

1,686 · 61%

MELAA

78 · 2.8%

Other

21 · 0.8%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

2,130 · 100%

Not owned

1,644 · 77.3%

Other

195 · 9.2%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

612 (19.1%)

Two families

18 (0.6%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

2,574 (80.3%)

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

FAQ

• Is Newmarket a safe suburb to live in?

  Newmarket has a safety score of 1/100, making it the #588 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland. 94% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Newmarket?

  The annual crime rate in Newmarket is 549 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

For deeper suburb insights visit CrimeStats.co.nz

Nearby Suburbs

• Newmarket Park (Auckland)
• Mount Eden North East (Auckland)
• Remuera West (Auckland)
• Epsom North (Auckland)
• Grafton (Auckland)
• Grafton West (Auckland)
• Parnell West (Auckland)
• Mount Eden North (Auckland)
• Symonds Street East (Auckland)
• Eden Terrace (Auckland)