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
Lambton is an Area Unit in Wellington City covering 0.98 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 7.4K reported victimisations here — an average of 144.4 per month, which is 10.7× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Lambton is theft (5.6K reports). Year-on-year reports fell 3.2% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $45.7M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Lambton.
// Where crime happens
- Retail N.E.C.30.8%
- Dwelling N.F.D.24.4%
- Dwelling Land9.9%
- Other Location N.F.D.6.9%
- Administrative/Professional6.1%