Is Waitaha a safe suburb to live in?

Waitaha has only 462 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 Waitaha?

The annual crime rate in Waitaha is 19.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.

Waitaha Safety Snapshot

West Coast, New Zealand

Police data to August 2026

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Is Waitaha 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 Waitaha is 19.5 crimes per thousand residents. The overall crime trend in the area has decreased in recent months with criminal activity peaking in March 2026, June 2026, August 2026.

How the safety score works

Few residents live here (462 at the 2023 Census). Crime in a commercial, industrial or harbour area is counted where it happens, so dividing it by a small resident population produces an extreme per-1,000 rate. Treat the score and rate here as unreliable; Waitaha is excluded from regional rankings.

Safety Score (NZCHI-adjusted)

iHow it works

87 / 100

Crimes per 1,000 residents

19.5

Regional rank not available

3-Month Trend

▼50%(improving)

Offence breakdown · past 12 months

Based on total incidents. Police data to August 2026

Theft 4.0%
Theft accounts for 4.0 percent of incidents.
Burglary 3.0%
Burglary accounts for 3.0 percent of incidents.
Assault 2.0%
Assault accounts for 2.0 percent of incidents.

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Waitaha Demographics

2023 Census data

Loaded live from the API for this suburb.

Population

471

Households

222

Median income

$63,511

Median rent

$200

Age distribution

Share of total population.

Age 0-14

66 (14%)

Age 15-64

288 (61.1%)

Age 65+

117 (24.8%)

Birthplace

Share of stated birthplace records.

Born in NZ

408 (90.1%)

Born overseas

45 (9.9%)

Ethnicity

Normalised to ethnicity responses (can exceed population).

European

429 · 81.3%

Māori

66 · 12.5%

Pacific

3 · 0.6%

Asian

15 · 2.8%

MELAA

3 · 0.6%

Other

12 · 2.3%

Home tenure (as stored)

Normalised to stated total when present.

Owned

366 · 100%

Not owned

123 · 33.6%

Other

39 · 10.7%

Household composition

Normalised to household composition total.

One family

129 (19.9%)

Two families

0 (0%)

Three+ families

0 (0%)

Other composition

519 (80.1%)

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

FAQ

Is Waitaha a safe suburb to live in?

Waitaha has only 462 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 Waitaha?

The annual crime rate in Waitaha is 19.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents.