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
Punaruku-Kiripaka is an Area Unit in Whangarei District covering 614.95 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 506 reported victimisations here — an average of 9.9 per month, which is 0.7× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Punaruku-Kiripaka is theft (224 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 11.4% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $4.1M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Punaruku-Kiripaka.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.37.7%
- Dwelling Land26.8%
- Dwelling Outbuilding10.9%
- Agricultural6.8%
- Agricultural Outbuilding4.1%