Wadestown Safety Snapshot

Is Wadestown safe? Yes. Wadestown has a safety score of 72/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 72% of New Zealand suburbs, with 21.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #70 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington.

The annual total crime rate in Wadestown is 21.1 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #70 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 September 2025, January 2026, February 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 64.0%
  Theft accounts for 64.0 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 11.0%
  Burglary accounts for 11.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 1.0%
  Assault accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 1.0%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 1.0 percent of incidents.

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Wadestown Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

3,693

Households

1,371

Median income

$183,872

Median rent

$605

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

516 (14%)

Age 15-64

2,700 (73.1%)

Age 65+

486 (13.2%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

2,697 (73.4%)

Born overseas

975 (26.6%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

3,321 · 80.9%

Māori

279 · 6.8%

Pacific

45 · 1.1%

Asian

339 · 8.3%

MELAA

78 · 1.9%

Other

42 · 1%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

3,111 · 100%

Not owned

1,356 · 43.7%

Other

60 · 1.9%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

972 (23.8%)

Two families

24 (0.6%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

3,081 (75.6%)

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

FAQ

• Is Wadestown a safe suburb to live in?

  Wadestown has a safety score of 72/100, making it the #70 safest of 215 ranked suburbs in Wellington Region. 97% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Wadestown?

  The annual crime rate in Wadestown is 21.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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