Pleasant Point Safety Snapshot

Is Pleasant Point safe? Yes. Pleasant Point has a safety score of 89/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 89% of New Zealand suburbs, with 11.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #40 safest of 288 ranked suburbs in Canterbury.

The annual total crime rate in Pleasant Point is 11.3 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #40 safest of 288 ranked suburbs in Canterbury Region. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in October 2025, December 2025, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 6.0%
  Theft accounts for 6.0 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 5.0%
  Burglary accounts for 5.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 4.0%
  Assault accounts for 4.0 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 1.0%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Pleasant Point Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

1,425

Households

600

Median income

$81,999

Median rent

$321

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

237 (16.6%)

Age 15-64

858 (60.2%)

Age 65+

324 (22.7%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

1,278 (89.5%)

Born overseas

150 (10.5%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

1,308 · 83.4%

Māori

180 · 11.5%

Pacific

12 · 0.8%

Asian

39 · 2.5%

MELAA

3 · 0.2%

Other

27 · 1.7%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

1,122 · 99.5%

Not owned

327 · 29%

Other

54 · 4.8%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

417 (23.4%)

Two families

3 (0.2%)

Three+ families

3 (0.2%)

Other composition

1,359 (76.3%)

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

FAQ

• Is Pleasant Point a safe suburb to live in?

  Pleasant Point has a safety score of 89/100, making it the #40 safest of 288 ranked suburbs in Canterbury Region. 69% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Pleasant Point?

  The annual crime rate in Pleasant Point is 11.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

For deeper suburb insights visit CrimeStats.co.nz

Nearby Suburbs

• Levels Valley (Canterbury)