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 West is an Area Unit in Lower Hutt City covering 0.99 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 846 reported victimisations here — an average of 16.0 per month, which is 1.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Epuni West is theft (487 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 19% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $6.4M — 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 West.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.37.3%
- Dwelling Land36.8%
- Dwelling Outbuilding7.7%
- Other Location N.E.C.6.2%
- Residential Location N.F.D.3.8%