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
Papakowhai South is an Area Unit in Porirua City covering 2.62 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 211 reported victimisations here — an average of 4.1 per month, which is 0.3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Papakowhai South is theft (109 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 20.4% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.8M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Papakowhai South.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land43.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.21.1%
- Residential Location N.F.D.14.1%
- Other Location N.E.C.7.0%
- Dwelling Outbuilding2.8%