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
Makarewa is an Area Unit in Invercargill City covering 20.77 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 93 reported victimisations here — an average of 1.9 per month, which is 0.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Makarewa is burglary (41 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 109.1% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $834.3K — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Makarewa.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land12.9%
- Dwelling N.F.D.7.5%
- Residential Location N.F.D.4.3%
- Dwelling Outbuilding3.2%
- Other Location N.E.C.3.2%