[Scotty69]

Hi could someone give me a rough idea on crime rate in new zealand. :confused: My OHs mother and I got into a heated argument this weekend about crime in NZ as i think she is getting fed up with me talking non-stop about NZ also her brother is filling her head with nonsence about crime in NZ and beleive me it cant be any worse where i am in Glasgow. Thank you all Natasha:exit

[veronica]

don't know the crime rate figures but we live in one of the inner city areas in Chch and we don't have any problems. you are going to get crime whereever you have people and its really a case of picking where you live to a certain extent. I have noticed that an amount of the assault crime here is between certain elements of society. not so much random.

Put it this way, the other morning I came into work on the edge of an industrial area next door to a busy cafe., and got involved in a phone call leaving my car door open. 2 hours later I realised it and went out to shut it and nothing had been touched. Ok I was lucky, but I certainly feel a lot safer here in christchurch than I have in certain areas of the UK.

[The Hodges]

If it's Crime Statistics you want try here (http://www.stats.govt.nz/people/justice-crime/default.htm).

HTH.

[Bromley86]

An earlier thread might be of use:
http://www.emigratenz.org/oldforum/archive/violent-crime-in-new-zealand-176.htm

The key feature of the OP there is that NZ crime statistics count each crime, whereas many others just count the worst crime.

On the other hand, see here:
http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=8219&highlight=Violent+Crime+Zealand

Where the OP had a bad time (although in most of the responses I looked at the opposite was true).