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
Hamilton Central is an Area Unit in Hamilton City covering 2.70 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 16.2K reported victimisations here — an average of 317.6 per month, which is 23.5× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Hamilton Central is theft (12.7K reports). Year-on-year reports held steady 0.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $84.8M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Hamilton Central.
// Where crime happens
- Retail N.E.C.32.6%
- Dwelling N.F.D.22.4%
- Dwelling Land14.7%
- Other Location N.F.D.5.9%
- Administrative/Professional4.8%