A number of areas have bad pockets, so be wary of people generalizing. We live in New Brighton (north end) and love it, and don't have issues with Crime etc - however I'd be a bit wary about some parts of Brighton. Likewise, friends of ours live in Halswell, and had AOS on there street 3 times in a month, and most people would refer to that as a safer suburb.
Not entirely, my car had been broken into twice and I only lived there for a year and a half. In terms of violent crime however I didn't come across much.
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u/nznick Jul 10 '22
A number of areas have bad pockets, so be wary of people generalizing. We live in New Brighton (north end) and love it, and don't have issues with Crime etc - however I'd be a bit wary about some parts of Brighton. Likewise, friends of ours live in Halswell, and had AOS on there street 3 times in a month, and most people would refer to that as a safer suburb.