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
East Cape is an Area Unit in Gisborne District covering 2797.79 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 439 reported victimisations here — an average of 8.3 per month, which is 0.6× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in East Cape is burglary (208 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 16% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $4.1M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for East Cape.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land24.0%
- Dwelling N.F.D.19.2%
- Other Location N.F.D.14.4%
- Agricultural8.7%
- Dwelling Outbuilding7.7%