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
Leithfield is an Area Unit in Hurunui District covering 456.23 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 286 reported victimisations here — an average of 5.4 per month, which is 0.4× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Leithfield is theft (130 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 27.6% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $2.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Leithfield.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land32.1%
- Agricultural16.0%
- Dwelling Outbuilding14.2%
- Recreational10.4%
- Other Location N.F.D.7.5%