Rūāwai-Matakohe Safety Snapshot

Is Rūāwai-Matakohe safe? We can't say from the current data. No crime has been recorded under Rūāwai-Matakohe after July 2026. Its past rate would predict several incidents by now. Its records may be counted under a neighbouring area, or it may be a genuine quiet spell; we cannot yet tell which, so Rūāwai-Matakohe has no safety score.

The annual total crime rate in Rūāwai-Matakohe is 20.6 crimes per thousand residents. The overall crime trend in the area has remained the same in recent months with criminal activity peaking in February 2026, March 2026, July 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Burglary 32.0%
  Burglary accounts for 32.0 percent of incidents.
• Theft 16.0%
  Theft accounts for 16.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 4.0%
  Assault accounts for 4.0 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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Rūāwai-Matakohe Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

2,634

Households

1,029

Median income

$63,154

Median rent

$248

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

486 (18.5%)

Age 15-64

1,533 (58.2%)

Age 65+

633 (24%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

2,307 (88.7%)

Born overseas

294 (11.3%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

2,211 · 69.3%

Māori

741 · 23.2%

Pacific

105 · 3.3%

Asian

69 · 2.2%

MELAA

9 · 0.3%

Other

57 · 1.8%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

1,893 · 100%

Not owned

801 · 42.4%

Other

243 · 12.9%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

630 (20.7%)

Two families

15 (0.5%)

Three+ families

3 (0.1%)

Other composition

2,391 (78.7%)

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

FAQ

• Is Rūāwai-Matakohe a safe suburb to live in?

  No crime has been recorded under Rūāwai-Matakohe after July 2026. Its past rate would predict several incidents by now. Its records may be counted under a neighbouring area, or it may be a genuine quiet spell; we cannot yet tell which, so Rūāwai-Matakohe has no safety score.

• What is the crime rate in Rūāwai-Matakohe?

  The annual crime rate in Rūāwai-Matakohe is 20.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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