Police victim statistics for the 2016-17 financial year reveal the most dangerous areas in Otago were Dunedin’s central city and central Queenstown. Of those, 3270 were in Dunedin City and almost 50% of those took place in the CBD between the High St and the University of Otago areas. The Stuart St-Frederick St area was the most dangerous, followed by High St-Stuart St.Queenstown Hill, Queenstown Bay and Otago University rounded out the top five. In the Stuart St-Frederick St area that figure climbed to 17%, the Otago University area accounted for 21.3% and in the High St-Stuart St area almost a third of all offences took place then. ‘‘The Dunedin areas are in close proximity to, or have the majority of, our licensed premises.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 27, 2017 18:11 UTC