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
Maruia is an Area Unit in Buller District covering 1076.07 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 71 reported victimisations here — an average of 1.5 per month, which is 0.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Maruia is theft (50 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 157.1% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $420.3K — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Maruia.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land7.0%
- Agricultural Outbuilding5.6%
- Dwelling N.F.D.4.2%
- Dwelling Outbuilding2.8%
- Service Station2.8%