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Sense of safety after dark

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Sense of safety after dark

The National Quality of Life Survey for 2008 questioned people about their sense of safety walking alone in their neighbourhood after dark. Those living in Wellington felt the safest and those in Manukau the least safe.

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Source: Quality of Life National Survey 2008, Wellington: Nielsen, 2008, p. 102

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Carl Walrond, Security and personal safety – Safety strategies, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/30953/sense-of-safety-after-dark (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 4 April 2011, updated 1 August 2017.