Tareha Reserve Safety Snapshot

Is Tareha Reserve safe? About average. Tareha Reserve has a safety score of 67/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 67% of New Zealand suburbs, with 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #20 safest of 79 ranked suburbs in Hawke's Bay.

The annual total crime rate in Tareha Reserve is 20 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #20 safest of 79 ranked suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region. The overall crime trend in the area has increased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in September 2025, December 2025, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 43.0%
  Theft accounts for 43.0 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 10.0%
  Burglary accounts for 10.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 9.0%
  Assault accounts for 9.0 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 2.0%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 1.0%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Tareha Reserve Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

3,252

Households

1,221

Median income

$84,010

Median rent

$447

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

564 (17.3%)

Age 15-64

1,992 (61.3%)

Age 65+

678 (20.8%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

2,541 (78.6%)

Born overseas

690 (21.4%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

2,610 · 70.4%

Māori

594 · 16%

Pacific

81 · 2.2%

Asian

342 · 9.2%

MELAA

33 · 0.9%

Other

48 · 1.3%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

2,460 · 100%

Not owned

1,092 · 44.6%

Other

231 · 9.4%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

789 (21.7%)

Two families

24 (0.7%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

2,820 (77.6%)

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

FAQ

• Is Tareha Reserve a safe suburb to live in?

  Tareha Reserve has a safety score of 67/100, making it the #20 safest of 79 ranked suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region. 82% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Tareha Reserve?

  The annual crime rate in Tareha Reserve is 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

For deeper suburb insights visit CrimeStats.co.nz

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