Is Outer Wānaka a safe suburb to live in?

Outer Wānaka has only 432 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 Outer Wānaka?

The annual crime rate in Outer Wānaka is 13.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

Outer Wānaka Safety Snapshot

Otago, New Zealand

Police data to August 2026

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Is Outer Wānaka 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 Outer Wānaka is 13.9 crimes per thousand residents. The overall crime trend in the area has increased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in December 2025, February 2026, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Few residents live here (432 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; Outer Wānaka is excluded from regional rankings.

Safety Score (NZCHI-adjusted)

iHow it works

79 / 100

Crimes per 1,000 residents

13.9

Regional rank not available

3-Month Trend

■0%(flat)

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

Theft 4.0%
Theft accounts for 4.0 percent of incidents.
Burglary 2.0%
Burglary accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.

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Outer Wānaka Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

438

Households

162

Median income

$100,531

Median rent

$263

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

54 (12.3%)

Age 15-64

297 (67.8%)

Age 65+

72 (16.4%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

327 (77.3%)

Born overseas

96 (22.7%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

414 · 87.9%

Māori

27 · 5.7%

Pacific

3 · 0.6%

Asian

12 · 2.5%

MELAA

6 · 1.3%

Other

9 · 1.9%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

327 · 100%

Not owned

111 · 33.9%

Other

39 · 11.9%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

90 (20%)

Two families

9 (2%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

351 (78%)

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

FAQ

Is Outer Wānaka a safe suburb to live in?

Outer Wānaka has only 432 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 Outer Wānaka?

The annual crime rate in Outer Wānaka is 13.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.