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
Taita South is an Area Unit in Lower Hutt City covering 3.11 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.1K reported victimisations here — an average of 22.2 per month, which is 1.6× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Taita South is theft (538 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 16.7% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $8.1M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Taita South.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land11.5%
- Dwelling N.F.D.11.4%
- Dwelling Outbuilding3.0%
- Other Location N.F.D.1.8%
- Warehousing/Storage1.0%