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
Epuni East is an Area Unit in Lower Hutt City covering 1.46 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 624 reported victimisations here — an average of 13.0 per month, which is 1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Epuni East is theft (300 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 22.9% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $6.7M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Epuni East.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land13.1%
- Dwelling N.F.D.12.3%
- Other Location N.E.C.1.9%
- Dwelling Outbuilding1.1%
- Residential Location N.F.D.1.1%