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
Papatoetoe Central is an Area Unit in Auckland covering 1.42 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 4.0K reported victimisations here — an average of 82.8 per month, which is 6.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Papatoetoe Central is theft (3.1K reports). Year-on-year reports fell 20.1% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $20.5M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Papatoetoe Central.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.5.9%
- Dwelling Land3.9%
- Retail N.E.C.1.0%
- Dwelling Outbuilding0.5%
- Other Location N.E.C.0.4%