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
Tuakau is an Area Unit in Waikato District covering 4.66 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 624 reported victimisations here — an average of 13.0 per month, which is 1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Tuakau is theft (286 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 26.9% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $5.7M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Tuakau.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land11.2%
- Dwelling N.F.D.9.3%
- Retail N.E.C.4.2%
- Dwelling Outbuilding3.4%
- Other Location N.F.D.1.0%