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
Pongakawa is an Area Unit in Western Bay of Plenty District covering 387.07 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 516 reported victimisations here — an average of 9.7 per month, which is 0.7× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Pongakawa is theft (279 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 38% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $3.9M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Pongakawa.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land27.3%
- Dwelling N.F.D.17.1%
- Agricultural16.6%
- Dwelling Outbuilding15.0%
- Agricultural Outbuilding9.6%