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==Gang-related Crime==
* The suburb of [[Highbury]] has had the most gang-related, violent crime incidents (including shootings, serious assaults and stabbings) nationwide in the past decade.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} Members of the Highbury community have attempted to alleviate the negative aspects and perceptions of the suburb, but its violent past has made it known to other residents of [[Palmerston North]] as the most dangerous part of the city.
* The main event which led to a series of violent offences occurred on [[Waitangi Day]], 2002. A Black-Power "prospect", aged 16 was fatally shot by a member of the Mongrel Mob gang. There have been numerous serious assaults since this incident, some of which have reached national newspapers and television broadcasts.
 
==Local Government Representation==