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
Caversham is an Area Unit in Dunedin City covering 2.47 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 733 reported victimisations here — an average of 13.8 per month, which is 1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Caversham is theft (431 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 40% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $5.8M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Caversham.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.46.7%
- Dwelling Land28.4%
- Dwelling Outbuilding7.1%
- Other Location N.E.C.3.0%
- Retail N.E.C.3.0%