Crime in New Zealand

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Crime rates in New Zealand

Level of crime	49.31	Moderate
Crime increasing in the past 3 years	68.26	High
Worries home broken and things stolen	46.57	Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed	37.99	Low
Worries car stolen	43.39	Moderate
Worries things from car stolen	49.99	Moderate
Worries attacked	41.35	Moderate
Worries being insulted	45.05	Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	32.41	Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs	58.40	Moderate
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	55.42	Moderate
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	44.68	Moderate
Problem corruption and bribery	29.26	Low

Safety walking alone during daylight		71.23	High
Safety walking alone during night		42.61	Moderate

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Last update: March 2023

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

City	Crime Index	Safety Index
Hamilton	52.3	47.7
Auckland	48.4	51.6
Christchurch	44.1	55.9
Wellington	32.3	67.7

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Index
Crime Index:	46.29
Safety Index:	53.71