Is Ngamatea a safe suburb to live in?

Ngamatea has only 21 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 Ngamatea?

The annual crime rate in Ngamatea is 47.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

Ngamatea Safety Snapshot

Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Police data to August 2026

Generates a printable report with charts & summary.

Is Ngamatea 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 Ngamatea is 47.6 crimes per thousand residents. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in April 2026.

How the safety score works

Few residents live here (21 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; Ngamatea is excluded from regional rankings.

Safety Score (NZCHI-adjusted)

iHow it works

1 / 100

Crimes per 1,000 residents

47.6

Regional rank not available

3-Month Trend

▼100%(improving)

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

Sexual Offences 1.0%
Sexual Offences accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Ngamatea Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

Households

Median income

$94,900

Median rent

—

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

0 (0%)

Age 15-64

0 (0%)

Age 65+

0 (0%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

24 (100%)

Born overseas

0 (0%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

18 · 66.7%

Māori

9 · 33.3%

Pacific

0 · 0%

Asian

0 · 0%

MELAA

0 · 0%

Other

0 · 0%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

12 · 100%

Not owned

12 · 100%

Other

6 · 50%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

0 (0%)

Two families

0 (0%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

6 (100%)

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

FAQ

Is Ngamatea a safe suburb to live in?

Ngamatea has only 21 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 Ngamatea?

The annual crime rate in Ngamatea is 47.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.