Safety score
Personal safety, institutional trust, and resilience signals informed by international safety and crime data.
Safety in Wellington90/100
Safety
Safety in Wellington
Wellington scores high on safety, with stable institutional response and steady public-safety perception. Safety in Wellington scores 90/100, placing it in the leading group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 90/100
Safety score
90/100
Healthy directional score.
Resident perception
Very high
Day-to-day perception is widely positive.
Watch item
Property crime
Opportunistic property risks remain the practical pain point.
Wellington safety data table
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 90/100 | Stable institutional response supports the score. |
| Resident perception | Very high | Pedestrian perception is widely positive. |
| Watch item | Property crime | Common-sense precautions still useful. |
Safety city comparison
A crawlable comparison across a selection of same-country and top-scoring cities. The complete set is reachable via the rankings, the cities index, and each city profile.
| City | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Wellington (this page) | 90/100 | Wellington scores high on safety, with stable institutional response and steady public-safety perception. |
| Auckland | 86/100 | Auckland is among the safer large global cities, with low violent-crime context and strong institutional response. |
| Tauranga | 73/100 | Tauranga's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Christchurch | 72/100 | Christchurch's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Dunedin | 72/100 | Dunedin's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Queenstown | 71/100 | Queenstown's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Lower Hutt | 69/100 | Lower Hutt's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Invercargill | 69/100 | Invercargill's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Napier | 69/100 | Napier's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Porirua | 65/100 | Porirua's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Hastings | 64/100 | Hastings's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Blenheim | 63/100 | Blenheim's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Hibiscus Coast | 63/100 | Hibiscus Coast's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Upper Hutt | 62/100 | Upper Hutt's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Paraparaumu | 61/100 | Paraparaumu's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Gisborne | 59/100 | Gisborne's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Whanganui | 59/100 | Whanganui's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Palmerston North | 50/100 | Palmerston North's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Nelson | 50/100 | Nelson's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Rotorua | 50/100 | Rotorua's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| New Plymouth | 50/100 | New Plymouth's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Whangārei | 50/100 | Whangārei's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Hamilton | 50/100 | Hamilton's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available. |
| Singapore | 95/100 | Singapore is among the safest cities globally, with very low violent-crime context and strong institutional response. |
| Tokyo | 93/100 | Tokyo scores at the very top globally on safety, with very low violent-crime context, strong institutions, and high resident perception of safety. |
| Kyoto | 93/100 | Kyoto scores very high on safety, with stable institutional response and steady public-safety perception. |
| Copenhagen | 92/100 | Copenhagen scores high on safety due to strong public trust, low violent-crime context, and reliable institutional response. |
| Osaka | 92/100 | Osaka scores high on safety, with strong institutional response and steady public-safety perception. |
| Zurich | 91/100 | Zurich is among the safest large European cities, with very low violent-crime context and strong institutional response. |
| Seoul | 90/100 | Seoul is among the safer large global cities, with low violent-crime context, strong institutional response, and consistent public-space confidence. |
| Taipei | 90/100 | Taipei is among the safer large global cities, with very low violent-crime context and consistent neighborhood experience. |
Interpretation
Safety blends violent-crime context, perception, and response capacity. Across the indexed cities the safety average is 64/100, so Wellington is 26 points above the median. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 2 institutional references.
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Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
2 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: UNODC Data Portal
Used as a directional benchmark for relative city safety framing.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
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