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
Sockburn is an Area Unit in Christchurch City covering 2.74 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 3.3K reported victimisations here — an average of 68.3 per month, which is 5× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Sockburn is theft (2.6K reports). Year-on-year reports fell 5.9% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $14.2M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Sockburn.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land3.4%
- Dwelling N.F.D.3.4%
- Retail N.E.C.1.9%
- Dwelling Outbuilding1.0%
- Other Location N.F.D.0.9%