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
Masterton Central is an Area Unit in Masterton District covering 1.00 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 3.1K reported victimisations here — an average of 58.3 per month, which is 4.3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Masterton Central is theft (2.5K reports). Year-on-year reports rose 2.5% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $14.6M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Masterton Central.
// Where crime happens
- Retail N.E.C.34.2%
- Other Location N.F.D.14.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.11.6%
- Dwelling Land8.9%
- Administrative/Professional4.4%