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
Prestons is an Area Unit in Christchurch City covering 5.87 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.4K reported victimisations here — an average of 28.9 per month, which is 2.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Prestons is theft (1.2K reports). Year-on-year reports held steady 0.3% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $4.9M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Prestons.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land4.8%
- Retail N.E.C.1.3%
- Residential Location N.F.D.1.1%
- Dwelling N.F.D.0.9%
- Dwelling Outbuilding0.7%