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
Oroua Downs-Waitohi is an Area Unit in Manawatu District covering 474.61 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 405 reported victimisations here — an average of 7.9 per month, which is 0.6× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Oroua Downs-Waitohi is burglary (212 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 11% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $3.6M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Oroua Downs-Waitohi.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land21.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.17.0%
- Dwelling Outbuilding16.5%
- Agricultural Outbuilding14.6%
- Agricultural9.4%