Pahurehure Safety Snapshot

Is Pahurehure safe? About average. Pahurehure has a safety score of 45/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 45% of New Zealand suburbs, with 37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #315 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland.

The annual total crime rate in Pahurehure is 37.3 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #315 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland. The overall crime trend in the area has remained the same in recent months with criminal activity peaking in October 2025, January 2026, June 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 66.7%
  Theft accounts for 66.7 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 19.8%
  Burglary accounts for 19.8 percent of incidents.
• Assault 11.1%
  Assault accounts for 11.1 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 1.6%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 1.6 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 0.8%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 0.8 percent of incidents.

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Pahurehure Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

3,366

Households

1,074

Median income

$120,179

Median rent

$565

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

702 (20.9%)

Age 15-64

2,193 (65.2%)

Age 65+

465 (13.8%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

2,358 (70.9%)

Born overseas

966 (29.1%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

2,025 · 49.6%

Māori

690 · 16.9%

Pacific

477 · 11.7%

Asian

771 · 18.9%

MELAA

66 · 1.6%

Other

54 · 1.3%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

2,466 · 99.9%

Not owned

1,149 · 46.5%

Other

195 · 7.9%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

759 (24%)

Two families

66 (2.1%)

Three+ families

3 (0.1%)

Other composition

2,334 (73.8%)

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

FAQ

• Is Pahurehure a safe suburb to live in?

  Pahurehure has a safety score of 45/100, making it the #315 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland. 87% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Pahurehure?

  The annual crime rate in Pahurehure is 37.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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