Tomoana Safety Snapshot

Is Tomoana 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 Tomoana is 84.1 crimes per thousand residents. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in October 2025, May 2026, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 16.0%
  Theft accounts for 16.0 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 8.0%
  Burglary accounts for 8.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 4.0%
  Assault accounts for 4.0 percent of incidents.
• Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion 1.0%
  Robbery, Blackmail, And Extortion accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Tomoana Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

348

Households

108

Median income

$104,931

Median rent

$293

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

87 (25%)

Age 15-64

213 (61.2%)

Age 65+

45 (12.9%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

315 (91.3%)

Born overseas

30 (8.7%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

168 · 40.9%

Māori

210 · 51.1%

Pacific

24 · 5.8%

Asian

6 · 1.5%

MELAA

3 · 0.7%

Other

0 · 0%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

213 · 100%

Not owned

111 · 52.1%

Other

42 · 19.7%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

63 (20.4%)

Two families

6 (1.9%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

240 (77.7%)

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

FAQ

• Is Tomoana a safe suburb to live in?

  Tomoana has only 345 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 Tomoana?

  The annual crime rate in Tomoana is 84.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

For deeper suburb insights visit CrimeStats.co.nz

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