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The chart below shows how residents of New Zealand’s eight largest cities rate safety in different
locations.
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The vast majority of residents felt safe during the daytime in all locations.
After dark however, residents’ sense of safety declined in all situations, with over one third (36%) feeling unsafe in their city centre after dark.
The tables below show the percentage of residents who felt unsafe/very unsafe in different locations\
and situations - by city, gender and ethnicity.
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Percentage of Residents of New Zealand’s Eight Largest Cities Who Felt Unsafe/Very Unsafe in Various Situations – by City
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| Situation |
Eight Cities (n=4,000)
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North Shore (n=500)
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Waitak (n=500)
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Auck (n=500)
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Manuk (n=500)
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Ham (n=500)
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Wgtn (n=500)
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ChCh (n=500)
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Ddn (n=500)
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| DURING DAY |
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| At home |
2
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2
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4
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4
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3
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-
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1
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-
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1
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| Local Neighbourhood |
2
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1
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3
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3
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3
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1
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1
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-
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1
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| City Centre |
4
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2
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4
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6
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6
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2
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2
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4
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1
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| AFTER DARK |
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| At home |
6
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4
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8
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10
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10
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7
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3
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4
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3
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| Local Neighbourhood |
16
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8
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20
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20
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24
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20
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9
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14
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10
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| City Centre |
36
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23
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36
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39
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48
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37
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23
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42
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26
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All residents felt relatively safe in every daytime situation. After dark however, residents of Auckland City and Manukau City were more likely to feel unsafe in their home and local neighbourhood. In the city centre, residents of both Manukau City and Christchurch City were significantly more likely to feel unsafe.
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Percentage of Residents of New Zealand’s Eight Largest Cities Who Felt Unsafe/Very Unsafe in Various
Situations – by Gender and Ethnicity
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| Situation |
Eight Cities (n=4,000)
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Male (n=1,667)
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Female (n=2,333)
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European (n=2,954)
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Maori (n=348)
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Pacific Islands (n=206) |
Asian/ Indian (n=358)
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| DURING DAY |
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| At home |
2
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2
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2
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2
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1
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4
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5
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| Local Neighbourhood |
2
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2
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2
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1
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1
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7
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3
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| City Centre |
4
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3
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5
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3
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5
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8
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5
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| AFTER DARK |
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| At home |
6
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6
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7
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5
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9
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16
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9
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| Local Neighbourhood |
16
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9
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23
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16
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18
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22
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13
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| City Centre |
36
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27
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44
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37
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34
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30
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33
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Again, all groups felt relatively safe in all daytime situations. However, Asian/Indian residents were
more likely to feel unsafe during the day at home, while Pacific Island residents were more likely to
feel unsafe during the day in their local neighbourhood and city centre.
After dark, females were far less likely to feel safe outside of their home than males.
Residents were asked to consider the safety of the local neighbourhood for the unsupervised play of
children.
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Just over one quarter (26%) of all residents felt it was unsafe for children to play unsupervised in their local neighbourhood.
This was significantly higher in Waitakere/Auckland and Manukau cities, where 30% and 33% respectively felt the neighbourhood was unsafe for children to play in unsupervised.
In contrast, residents of Dunedin and North Shore cities were less likely to feel the neighbourhood was unsafe.
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Compared with other ethnic groups, residents of Maori and Pacific Island ethnicity were far more likely to feel that their local neighbourhood was unsafe for children to play in unsupervised.
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Females were more likely to feel the neighbourhood was unsafe for children to play in unsupervised than males (30% versus 23% respectively).
Residents who felt that their local neighbourhood was unsafe or very unsafe for unsupervised play of
children were asked their reasons why.
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The two main reasons residents felt their local neighbourhood was unsafe for children to play in unsupervised were because of stranger danger (50%) and traffic risks (42%).
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