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
Island Bay West is an Area Unit in Wellington City covering 1.28 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 336 reported victimisations here — an average of 7.0 per month, which is 0.5× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Island Bay West is theft (250 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 3.2% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.8M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Island Bay West.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land7.1%
- Dwelling N.F.D.4.8%
- Retail N.E.C.2.4%
- Dwelling Outbuilding2.1%
- Religious0.6%