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
Lincoln is an Area Unit in Selwyn District covering 13.28 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 700 reported victimisations here — an average of 14.6 per month, which is 1.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Lincoln is theft (427 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 37.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $5.0M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Lincoln.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land11.0%
- Dwelling N.F.D.4.1%
- Retail N.E.C.2.9%
- Educational2.1%
- Other Location N.F.D.1.7%