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
Tawhero is an Area Unit in Wanganui District covering 1.06 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 227 reported victimisations here — an average of 4.7 per month, which is 0.3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Tawhero is burglary (104 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 6.7% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $2.3M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Tawhero.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land17.2%
- Dwelling N.F.D.14.1%
- Educational6.6%
- Dwelling Outbuilding2.6%
- Unspecified Location2.2%