The figures below are aggregates derived from public victimisation data and are comparative against the NZ Area-Unit average — not an official assessment of any place, business, or person. Counts below 6 are suppressed to protect privacy. Read our methodology & terms and privacy notice.
// Summary
Belmont is an Area Unit in Lower Hutt City covering 20.62 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 178 reported victimisations here — an average of 3.7 per month, which is 0.3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Belmont is theft (97 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 25.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.5M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Belmont.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land16.9%
- Dwelling N.F.D.9.0%
- Dwelling Outbuilding3.4%
- Educational2.2%
- Residential Location N.F.D.1.7%