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
Kaikoura Township is an Area Unit in Kaikoura District covering 6.78 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 409 reported victimisations here — an average of 8.0 per month, which is 0.6× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Kaikoura Township is theft (288 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 21.1% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $2.5M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Kaikoura Township.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.33.9%
- Dwelling Land22.0%
- Retail N.E.C.13.6%
- Other Location N.F.D.11.9%
- Dwelling Outbuilding5.1%