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
Kawerau is an Area Unit in Kawerau District covering 23.63 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.6K reported victimisations here — an average of 31.7 per month, which is 2.3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Kawerau is theft (877 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 41.4% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $12.9M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Kawerau.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land42.5%
- Dwelling N.F.D.16.1%
- Other Location N.F.D.8.9%
- Retail N.E.C.7.8%
- Manufacturing5.0%