Taurekaitai Safety Snapshot

Is Taurekaitai safe? About average. Taurekaitai has a safety score of 62/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 62% of New Zealand suburbs, with 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #26 safest of 79 ranked suburbs in Hawke's Bay.

The annual total crime rate in Taurekaitai is 22 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #26 safest of 79 ranked suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region. The overall crime trend in the area has remained the same in recent months with criminal activity peaking in December 2025, January 2026, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Burglary 17.0%
  Burglary accounts for 17.0 percent of incidents.
• Theft 15.0%
  Theft accounts for 15.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 11.0%
  Assault accounts for 11.0 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 2.0%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.

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Taurekaitai Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

2,073

Households

747

Median income

$88,471

Median rent

$260

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

441 (21.3%)

Age 15-64

1,161 (56%)

Age 65+

444 (21.4%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

1,881 (91.3%)

Born overseas

180 (8.7%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

1,782 · 75.2%

Māori

483 · 20.4%

Pacific

33 · 1.4%

Asian

24 · 1%

MELAA

9 · 0.4%

Other

39 · 1.6%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

1,479 · 98.6%

Not owned

516 · 34.4%

Other

141 · 9.4%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

522 (23.7%)

Two families

18 (0.8%)

Three+ families

3 (0.1%)

Other composition

1,656 (75.3%)

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

FAQ

• Is Taurekaitai a safe suburb to live in?

  Taurekaitai has a safety score of 62/100, making it the #26 safest of 79 ranked suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region. 71% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Taurekaitai?

  The annual crime rate in Taurekaitai is 22 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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