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
Palmerston is an Area Unit in Waitaki District covering 3.60 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 124 reported victimisations here — an average of 2.4 per month, which is 0.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Palmerston is theft (60 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 75% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.1M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Palmerston.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land27.7%
- Retail N.E.C.21.3%
- Dwelling N.F.D.19.1%
- Other Location N.F.D.8.5%
- Agricultural6.4%