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
Sylvester is an Area Unit in Hamilton City covering 3.21 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 756 reported victimisations here — an average of 14.8 per month, which is 1.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Sylvester is theft (439 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 14.9% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $5.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Sylvester.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land68.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.20.8%
- Retail N.E.C.4.2%
- Residential Location N.F.D.1.9%
- Dwelling Outbuilding1.2%