Tauherenikau Safety Snapshot

Is Tauherenikau safe? About average. Tauherenikau has a safety score of 54/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 54% of New Zealand suburbs, with 27.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #118 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington.

The annual total crime rate in Tauherenikau is 27.7 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #118 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington Region. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in December 2025, January 2026, May 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Burglary 20.0%
  Burglary accounts for 20.0 percent of incidents.
• Theft 20.0%
  Theft accounts for 20.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 3.0%
  Assault accounts for 3.0 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 1.0%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Tauherenikau Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

1,611

Households

609

Median income

$116,376

Median rent

$376

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

273 (16.9%)

Age 15-64

1,035 (64.2%)

Age 65+

300 (18.6%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

1,224 (76.5%)

Born overseas

375 (23.5%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

1,449 · 81.5%

Māori

189 · 10.6%

Pacific

54 · 3%

Asian

54 · 3%

MELAA

9 · 0.5%

Other

24 · 1.3%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

1,245 · 99.5%

Not owned

393 · 31.4%

Other

90 · 7.2%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

453 (25.4%)

Two families

12 (0.7%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

1,320 (73.9%)

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

FAQ

• Is Tauherenikau a safe suburb to live in?

  Tauherenikau has a safety score of 54/100, making it the #118 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington Region. 91% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Tauherenikau?

  The annual crime rate in Tauherenikau is 27.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

For deeper suburb insights visit CrimeStats.co.nz

Nearby Suburbs

• Featherston (Wellington)
• Greytown (Wellington)