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
Highlands Park is an Area Unit in New Plymouth District covering 3.24 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 78 reported victimisations here — an average of 1.6 per month, which is 0.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Highlands Park is theft (37 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 30.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $658.5K — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Highlands Park.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.19.2%
- Dwelling Land14.1%
- Dwelling Outbuilding1.3%
- Open Space1.3%