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
Newtown West is an Area Unit in Wellington City covering 0.66 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.9K reported victimisations here — an average of 39.9 per month, which is 2.9× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Newtown West is theft (1.5K reports). Year-on-year reports held steady 0.6% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $9.0M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Newtown West.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.3.5%
- Retail N.E.C.2.5%
- Dwelling Land2.4%
- Dwelling Outbuilding1.0%
- Health0.4%