Onehunga-Te Papapa Industrial Safety Snapshot

Is Onehunga-Te Papapa Industrial safe? It has more recorded crime than most NZ suburbs. Onehunga-Te Papapa Industrial has a safety score of 3/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 3% of New Zealand suburbs, with 223.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #575 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland.

The annual total crime rate in Onehunga-Te Papapa Industrial is 223.7 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #575 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in November 2025, March 2026, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 58.3%
  Theft accounts for 58.3 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 25.1%
  Burglary accounts for 25.1 percent of incidents.
• Assault 12.1%
  Assault accounts for 12.1 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 2.4%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 2.4 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 2.0%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.

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Onehunga-Te Papapa Industrial Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

1,134

Households

531

Median income

$91,004

Median rent

$456

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

198 (17.5%)

Age 15-64

807 (71.2%)

Age 65+

135 (11.9%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

693 (61.4%)

Born overseas

435 (38.6%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

567 · 41.7%

Māori

195 · 14.3%

Pacific

261 · 19.2%

Asian

270 · 19.9%

MELAA

45 · 3.3%

Other

21 · 1.5%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

828 · 100%

Not owned

522 · 63.3%

Other

111 · 13.5%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

270 (17.4%)

Two families

6 (0.4%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

1,278 (82.2%)

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

FAQ

• Is Onehunga-Te Papapa Industrial a safe suburb to live in?

  Onehunga-Te Papapa Industrial has a safety score of 3/100, making it the #575 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland. 83% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Onehunga-Te Papapa Industrial?

  The annual crime rate in Onehunga-Te Papapa Industrial is 223.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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