Poets Block Safety Snapshot

Is Poets Block safe? About average. Poets Block has a safety score of 56/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 56% of New Zealand suburbs, with 26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #111 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington.

The annual total crime rate in Poets Block is 26.9 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #111 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington Region. The overall crime trend in the area has remained the same in recent months with criminal activity peaking in October 2025, December 2025, April 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 27.0%
  Theft accounts for 27.0 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 25.0%
  Burglary accounts for 25.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 11.0%
  Assault accounts for 11.0 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 1.0%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 1.0%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Poets Block Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

2,424

Households

900

Median income

$100,261

Median rent

$531

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

486 (20%)

Age 15-64

1,602 (66.1%)

Age 65+

315 (13%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

1,842 (76.8%)

Born overseas

555 (23.2%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

1,803 · 62.9%

Māori

444 · 15.5%

Pacific

150 · 5.2%

Asian

381 · 13.3%

MELAA

54 · 1.9%

Other

33 · 1.2%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

1,857 · 100%

Not owned

780 · 42.3%

Other

87 · 4.7%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

633 (23.7%)

Two families

33 (1.2%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

2,010 (75.1%)

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

FAQ

• Is Poets Block a safe suburb to live in?

  Poets Block has a safety score of 56/100, making it the #111 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington Region. 80% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Poets Block?

  The annual crime rate in Poets Block is 26.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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