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
New Plymouth Central is an Area Unit in New Plymouth District covering 1.04 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 3.5K reported victimisations here — an average of 72.0 per month, which is 5.3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in New Plymouth Central is theft (2.6K reports). Year-on-year reports rose 6.7% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $21.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for New Plymouth Central.
// Where crime happens
- Retail N.E.C.2.4%
- Dwelling N.F.D.1.2%
- Other Location N.F.D.0.5%
- Dwelling Land0.2%
- Dwelling Outbuilding0.2%