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
Ngaruawahia is an Area Unit in Waikato District covering 7.59 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.6K reported victimisations here — an average of 33.5 per month, which is 2.5× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Ngaruawahia is theft (976 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 2.5% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $11.9M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Ngaruawahia.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land10.2%
- Dwelling N.F.D.5.5%
- Dwelling Outbuilding1.7%
- Retail N.E.C.1.6%
- Educational0.9%