Ngapuna Safety Snapshot

Is Ngapuna 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 Ngapuna is 817.4 crimes per thousand residents. The overall crime trend in the area has increased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in November 2025, January 2026, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 83.7%
  Theft accounts for 83.7 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 12.1%
  Burglary accounts for 12.1 percent of incidents.
• Assault 2.8%
  Assault accounts for 2.8 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 0.7%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 0.7 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 0.7%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 0.7 percent of incidents.

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Ngapuna Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

345

Households

105

Median income

$87,603

Median rent

$393

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

81 (23.5%)

Age 15-64

222 (64.3%)

Age 65+

54 (15.7%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

333 (97.4%)

Born overseas

9 (2.6%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

72 · 16.8%

Māori

330 · 76.9%

Pacific

18 · 4.2%

Asian

6 · 1.4%

MELAA

0 · 0%

Other

3 · 0.7%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

195 · 100%

Not owned

99 · 50.8%

Other

72 · 36.9%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

57 (19%)

Two families

9 (3%)

Three+ families

3 (1%)

Other composition

231 (77%)

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

FAQ

• Is Ngapuna a safe suburb to live in?

  Ngapuna has only 345 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 Ngapuna?

  The annual crime rate in Ngapuna is 817.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

For deeper suburb insights visit CrimeStats.co.nz

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