Rosehill Safety Snapshot

Is Rosehill safe? It has more recorded crime than most NZ suburbs. Rosehill has a safety score of 14/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 14% of New Zealand suburbs, with 88.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #512 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland.

The annual total crime rate in Rosehill is 88.3 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #512 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in December 2025, April 2026, May 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 77.5%
  Theft accounts for 77.5 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 13.7%
  Burglary accounts for 13.7 percent of incidents.
• Assault 7.8%
  Assault accounts for 7.8 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 0.8%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 0.8 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 0.3%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 0.3 percent of incidents.

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Rosehill Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

4,251

Households

1,146

Median income

$109,616

Median rent

$508

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

1,041 (24.5%)

Age 15-64

2,808 (66.1%)

Age 65+

381 (9%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

2,904 (69.4%)

Born overseas

1,281 (30.6%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

1,755 · 34%

Māori

1,254 · 24.3%

Pacific

894 · 17.3%

Asian

1,134 · 22%

MELAA

60 · 1.2%

Other

69 · 1.3%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

2,811 · 99.5%

Not owned

1,695 · 60%

Other

369 · 13.1%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

777 (22.9%)

Two families

90 (2.7%)

Three+ families

21 (0.6%)

Other composition

2,508 (73.9%)

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

FAQ

• Is Rosehill a safe suburb to live in?

  Rosehill has a safety score of 14/100, making it the #512 safest of 598 ranked suburbs in Auckland. 91% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Rosehill?

  The annual crime rate in Rosehill is 88.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

For deeper suburb insights visit CrimeStats.co.nz

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