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 West is an Area Unit in Christchurch City covering 0.62 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.1K reported victimisations here — an average of 20.9 per month, which is 1.6× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Riccarton West is theft (631 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 25.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $7.8M — 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 West.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.46.6%
- Dwelling Land39.7%
- Dwelling Outbuilding4.2%
- Retail N.E.C.2.1%
- Other Location N.F.D.1.6%