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
Riccarton South is an Area Unit in Christchurch City covering 0.80 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.1K reported victimisations here — an average of 21.7 per month, which is 1.6× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Riccarton South is theft (839 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 4.4% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $5.2M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Riccarton South.
// Where crime happens
- Retail N.E.C.34.3%
- Other Location N.F.D.16.9%
- Dwelling Land11.6%
- Dwelling N.F.D.7.2%
- Warehousing/Storage6.3%