Quay Street-Customs Street Safety Snapshot

Is Quay Street-Customs Street safe? It has more recorded crime than most NZ suburbs. Quay Street-Customs Street has a safety score of 1/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 1% of New Zealand suburbs, with 395.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #589 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland.

The annual total crime rate in Quay Street-Customs Street is 395.9 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #589 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in March 2026, April 2026, May 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 65.0%
  Theft accounts for 65.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 22.2%
  Assault accounts for 22.2 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 7.5%
  Burglary accounts for 7.5 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 3.2%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 3.2 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 1.8%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 1.8 percent of incidents.
• Harm Or Endanger Persons 0.3%
  Harm Or Endanger Persons accounts for 0.3 percent of incidents.

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Quay Street-Customs Street Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

1,965

Households

1,014

Median income

$88,615

Median rent

$549

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

144 (7.3%)

Age 15-64

1,647 (83.8%)

Age 65+

171 (8.7%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

669 (34.5%)

Born overseas

1,269 (65.5%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

792 · 36.4%

Māori

162 · 7.4%

Pacific

120 · 5.5%

Asian

948 · 43.6%

MELAA

141 · 6.5%

Other

12 · 0.6%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

1,659 · 100%

Not owned

1,362 · 82.2%

Other

171 · 10.3%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

432 (14.5%)

Two families

3 (0.1%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

2,541 (85.4%)

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

FAQ

• Is Quay Street-Customs Street a safe suburb to live in?

  Quay Street-Customs Street has a safety score of 1/100, making it the #589 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland. 73% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Quay Street-Customs Street?

  The annual crime rate in Quay Street-Customs Street is 395.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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