The people of West Auckland are used to weathering a few storms, but these frightening statistics have people wondering just what is going on.
A shocked West Auckland business community is reeling after yet another violent death in its midst today.
The cordoned off scene of this morning's fatal stabbing at a dairy in the heart of Henderson is just 50 metres away from Norcross Fishing World where staff members were attacked by a man with a knife in 2005 and an elderly passerby was knifed to death a few minutes later.
50 metres or so in the opposite direction is the building where a woman was killed in a deliberate explosion that tore apart a dentist's office in 2007 - injuring two other occupants and resulting in a murder trial.
Today's death also comes just a few weeks after a fatal double stabbing at nearby Pooks Rd and a fatal shooting at Luanda Drive, both in Ranui.