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
Tapapa is an Area Unit in South Waikato District covering 368.12 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 186 reported victimisations here — an average of 3.9 per month, which is 0.3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Tapapa is theft (92 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 30.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.8M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Tapapa.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land8.1%
- Agricultural Outbuilding7.5%
- Dwelling N.F.D.6.5%
- Dwelling Outbuilding5.9%
- Agricultural4.8%