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
Halswell West is an Area Unit in Christchurch City covering 8.37 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 561 reported victimisations here — an average of 11.7 per month, which is 0.9× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Halswell West is theft (347 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 15.9% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $3.8M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Halswell West.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land14.8%
- Residential Location N.F.D.5.9%
- Dwelling N.F.D.3.4%
- Retail N.E.C.3.2%
- Dwelling Outbuilding1.4%