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
Te Anau is an Area Unit in Southland District covering 4.60 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 162 reported victimisations here — an average of 3.4 per month, which is 0.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Te Anau is theft (95 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 43.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Te Anau.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.11.7%
- Dwelling Land5.6%
- Community Location N.F.D.1.9%
- Service Station1.2%
- Conveyance In Transit0.6%