Pōkeno Rural Safety Snapshot

Is Pōkeno Rural safe? About average. Pōkeno Rural has a safety score of 46/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 46% of New Zealand suburbs, with 40.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #104 safest of 237 ranked suburbs in Waikato.

The annual total crime rate in Pōkeno Rural is 40.1 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #104 safest of 237 ranked suburbs in Waikato Region. The overall crime trend in the area has remained the same in recent months with criminal activity peaking in December 2025, June 2026, July 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 38.0%
  Theft accounts for 38.0 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 23.0%
  Burglary accounts for 23.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 7.0%
  Assault accounts for 7.0 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 1.0%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Pōkeno Rural Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

1,734

Households

561

Median income

$135,343

Median rent

$475

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

381 (22%)

Age 15-64

1,110 (64%)

Age 65+

240 (13.8%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

1,356 (78.5%)

Born overseas

372 (21.5%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

1,413 · 71.1%

Māori

309 · 15.6%

Pacific

75 · 3.8%

Asian

147 · 7.4%

MELAA

6 · 0.3%

Other

36 · 1.8%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

1,236 · 100%

Not owned

507 · 41%

Other

123 · 10%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

408 (24.8%)

Two families

33 (2%)

Three+ families

6 (0.4%)

Other composition

1,200 (72.9%)

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

FAQ

• Is Pōkeno Rural a safe suburb to live in?

  Pōkeno Rural has a safety score of 46/100, making it the #104 safest of 237 ranked suburbs in Waikato Region. 88% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Pōkeno Rural?

  The annual crime rate in Pōkeno Rural is 40.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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Nearby Suburbs

• Pōkeno North (Waikato)
• Pōkeno South (Waikato)
• Bombay Hills (Auckland)
• Tuakau Rural (Waikato)
• Tuakau North (Waikato)
• Tuakau South (Waikato)