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
Kaponga is an Area Unit in South Taranaki District covering 2.26 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 63 reported victimisations here — an average of 1.3 per month, which is 0.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Kaponga is burglary (35 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 20% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $560.7K — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Kaponga.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land19.0%
- Dwelling N.F.D.15.9%
- Other Location N.F.D.4.8%
- Dwelling Outbuilding3.2%
- Manufacturing3.2%