Is Oponae a safe suburb to live in?

Oponae has only 363 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 Oponae?

The annual crime rate in Oponae is 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

Oponae Safety Snapshot

Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Police data to August 2026

Generates a printable report with charts & summary.

Is Oponae 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 Oponae is 22 crimes per thousand residents. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in September 2025, May 2026, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Few residents live here (363 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; Oponae is excluded from regional rankings.

Safety Score (NZCHI-adjusted)

iHow it works

25 / 100

Crimes per 1,000 residents

Regional rank not available

3-Month Trend

▼33.3%(improving)

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

Theft 5.0%
Theft accounts for 5.0 percent of incidents.
Assault 1.0%
Assault accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.
Sexual Offences 1.0%
Sexual Offences accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.
Burglary 1.0%
Burglary accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Oponae Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

363

Households

144

Median income

$59,050

Median rent

$180

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

90 (24.8%)

Age 15-64

219 (60.3%)

Age 65+

54 (14.9%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

318 (90.6%)

Born overseas

33 (9.4%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

174 · 38.7%

Māori

249 · 55.3%

Pacific

15 · 3.3%

Asian

6 · 1.3%

MELAA

0 · 0%

Other

6 · 1.3%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

204 · 98.6%

Not owned

99 · 47.8%

Other

69 · 33.3%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

57 (14.7%)

Two families

9 (2.3%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

321 (82.9%)

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

FAQ

Is Oponae a safe suburb to live in?

Oponae has only 363 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 Oponae?

The annual crime rate in Oponae is 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.