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
Mahia is an Area Unit in Wairoa District covering 224.23 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 166 reported victimisations here — an average of 3.5 per month, which is 0.3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Mahia is burglary (86 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 16.2% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.5M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Mahia.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.16.3%
- Dwelling Outbuilding12.0%
- Dwelling Land11.4%
- Unspecified Location7.2%
- Agricultural1.8%