Te Mata Hills Safety Snapshot

Is Te Mata Hills safe? Yes. Te Mata Hills has a safety score of 71/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 71% of New Zealand suburbs, with 13.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #18 safest of 79 ranked suburbs in Hawke's Bay.

The annual total crime rate in Te Mata Hills is 13.8 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #18 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 December 2025, February 2026, July 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 5.0%
  Theft accounts for 5.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 4.0%
  Assault accounts for 4.0 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 3.0%
  Burglary accounts for 3.0 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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Te Mata Hills Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

1,104

Households

405

Median income

$169,556

Median rent

$770

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

159 (14.4%)

Age 15-64

696 (63%)

Age 65+

261 (23.6%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

879 (80.3%)

Born overseas

216 (19.7%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

1,062 · 90.8%

Māori

69 · 5.9%

Pacific

6 · 0.5%

Asian

27 · 2.3%

MELAA

0 · 0%

Other

6 · 0.5%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

897 · 100%

Not owned

195 · 21.9%

Other

45 · 5.1%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

354 (29.2%)

Two families

9 (0.7%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

849 (70%)

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

FAQ

• Is Te Mata Hills a safe suburb to live in?

  Te Mata Hills has a safety score of 71/100, making it the #18 safest of 79 ranked suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region. 53% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Te Mata Hills?

  The annual crime rate in Te Mata Hills is 13.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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