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
Hillcrest West is an Area Unit in Hamilton City covering 1.14 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.4K reported victimisations here — an average of 29.4 per month, which is 2.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Hillcrest West is theft (958 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 21.5% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $9.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Hillcrest West.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land7.6%
- Dwelling N.F.D.6.2%
- Retail N.E.C.2.6%
- Dwelling Outbuilding2.1%
- Residential Location N.F.D.0.5%