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
Kaitaia West is an Area Unit in Far North District covering 4.55 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.8K reported victimisations here — an average of 35.1 per month, which is 2.6× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Kaitaia West is theft (1.0K reports). Year-on-year reports rose 7.1% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $13.3M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Kaitaia West.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land32.2%
- Dwelling N.F.D.30.4%
- Retail N.E.C.8.8%
- Dwelling Outbuilding6.8%
- Other Location N.F.D.4.8%