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 Aroha is an Area Unit in Matamata-Piako District covering 11.59 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 967 reported victimisations here — an average of 20.1 per month, which is 1.5× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Te Aroha is theft (488 reports). Year-on-year reports held steady 0.9% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $8.0M — 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 Aroha.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land13.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.6.2%
- Retail N.E.C.3.7%
- Dwelling Outbuilding2.7%
- Other Location N.F.D.2.0%