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
Otaki is an Area Unit in Kapiti Coast District covering 16.07 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 2.0K reported victimisations here — an average of 41.4 per month, which is 3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Otaki is theft (1.3K reports). Year-on-year reports fell 18.3% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $12.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Otaki.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land9.0%
- Dwelling N.F.D.7.5%
- Other Location N.F.D.2.8%
- Dwelling Outbuilding2.3%
- Retail N.E.C.1.6%