Putāruru Rural Safety Snapshot

Is Putāruru Rural safe? It has more recorded crime than most NZ suburbs. Putāruru Rural has a safety score of 39/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 39% of New Zealand suburbs, with 33.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #126 safest of 237 ranked suburbs in Waikato.

The annual total crime rate in Putāruru Rural is 33.1 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #126 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 October 2025, March 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 33.0%
  Burglary accounts for 33.0 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 6.0%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 6.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 5.0%
  Assault accounts for 5.0 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 1.0%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Putāruru Rural Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

2,535

Households

921

Median income

$96,473

Median rent

$277

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

609 (24%)

Age 15-64

1,593 (62.8%)

Age 65+

354 (14%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

2,187 (86.8%)

Born overseas

333 (13.2%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

2,205 · 75.8%

Māori

501 · 17.2%

Pacific

63 · 2.2%

Asian

96 · 3.3%

MELAA

12 · 0.4%

Other

33 · 1.1%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

1,800 · 100%

Not owned

849 · 47.6%

Other

147 · 8.2%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

660 (24.1%)

Two families

21 (0.8%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

2,052 (75.1%)

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

FAQ

• Is Putāruru Rural a safe suburb to live in?

  Putāruru Rural has a safety score of 39/100, making it the #126 safest of 237 ranked suburbs in Waikato Region. 86% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Putāruru Rural?

  The annual crime rate in Putāruru Rural is 33.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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Nearby Suburbs

• Putāruru (Waikato)