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
Fernside is an Area Unit in Waimakariri District covering 72.82 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 126 reported victimisations here — an average of 2.6 per month, which is 0.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Fernside is theft (57 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 7.1% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.0M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Fernside.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land11.9%
- Dwelling N.F.D.6.3%
- Dwelling Outbuilding5.6%
- Agricultural3.2%
- Agricultural Outbuilding2.4%