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
Patea is an Area Unit in South Taranaki District covering 6.15 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 264 reported victimisations here — an average of 5.5 per month, which is 0.4× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Patea is theft (123 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 30.2% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $2.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Patea.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land14.4%
- Dwelling N.F.D.7.6%
- Retail N.E.C.4.5%
- Dwelling Outbuilding1.9%
- Other Location N.F.D.1.5%