Waihī Beach-Bowentown Safety Snapshot

Is Waihī Beach-Bowentown safe? About average. Waihī Beach-Bowentown has a safety score of 50/100, meaning less recorded crime harm per resident than about 50% of New Zealand suburbs, with 25.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is the #68 safest of 138 ranked suburbs in Bay of Plenty.

The annual total crime rate in Waihī Beach-Bowentown is 25.4 crimes per thousand residents, making it the #68 safest of 138 ranked suburbs in Bay of Plenty Region. The overall crime trend in the area has increased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in October 2025, January 2026, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

• Theft 32.0%
  Theft accounts for 32.0 percent of incidents.
• Burglary 25.0%
  Burglary accounts for 25.0 percent of incidents.
• Assault 5.0%
  Assault accounts for 5.0 percent of incidents.
• Sexual Offences 2.0%
  Sexual Offences accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.

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Waihī Beach-Bowentown Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

2,553

Households

1,110

Median income

$70,508

Median rent

$380

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

306 (12%)

Age 15-64

1,308 (51.2%)

Age 65+

945 (37%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

2,202 (87.5%)

Born overseas

315 (12.5%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

2,331 · 81.4%

Māori

423 · 14.8%

Pacific

30 · 1%

Asian

36 · 1.3%

MELAA

6 · 0.2%

Other

36 · 1.3%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

2,010 · 99.6%

Not owned

570 · 28.2%

Other

228 · 11.3%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

684 (20.7%)

Two families

18 (0.5%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

2,598 (78.7%)

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

FAQ

• Is Waihī Beach-Bowentown a safe suburb to live in?

  Waihī Beach-Bowentown has a safety score of 50/100, making it the #68 safest of 138 ranked suburbs in Bay of Plenty Region. 89% of recorded crime is property crime (theft, burglary, fraud or damage).

• What is the crime rate in Waihī Beach-Bowentown?

  The annual crime rate in Waihī Beach-Bowentown is 25.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

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• Athenree (Bay of Plenty)
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