Is Taharua a safe suburb to live in?

Taharua has only 81 residents, so its per-resident crime rate is not a reliable guide to safety and it is not ranked. Crime here is mostly recorded in commercial or public spaces rather than homes.

What is the crime rate in Taharua?

The annual crime rate in Taharua is 49.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

Taharua Safety Snapshot

Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Police data to August 2026

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Is Taharua safe? Its score is unreliable because few people live here: crime in a commercial or public area divided by under 500 residents gives an extreme rate, so it is not ranked.

The annual total crime rate in Taharua is 49.4 crimes per thousand residents. The overall crime trend in the area has increased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in September 2025, October 2025, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Few residents live here (81 at the 2023 Census). Crime in a commercial, industrial or harbour area is counted where it happens, so dividing it by a small resident population produces an extreme per-1,000 rate. Treat the score and rate here as unreliable; Taharua is excluded from regional rankings.

Safety Score (NZCHI-adjusted)

iHow it works

63 / 100

Crimes per 1,000 residents

49.4

Regional rank not available

3-Month Trend

■0%(flat)

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

Assault 2.0%
Assault accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.
Burglary 1.0%
Burglary accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.
Theft 1.0%
Theft accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Taharua Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

Households

Median income

$97,900

Median rent

$260

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

18 (21.4%)

Age 15-64

57 (67.9%)

Age 65+

3 (3.6%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

63 (77.8%)

Born overseas

18 (22.2%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

42 · 43.8%

Māori

30 · 31.3%

Pacific

0 · 0%

Asian

21 · 21.9%

MELAA

0 · 0%

Other

3 · 3.1%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

48 · 100%

Not owned

45 · 93.8%

Other

12 · 25%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

15 (19.2%)

Two families

0 (0%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

63 (80.8%)

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

FAQ

Is Taharua a safe suburb to live in?

Taharua has only 81 residents, so its per-resident crime rate is not a reliable guide to safety and it is not ranked. Crime here is mostly recorded in commercial or public spaces rather than homes.
What is the crime rate in Taharua?

The annual crime rate in Taharua is 49.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.