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
Turitea is an Area Unit in Palmerston North City covering 225.18 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 237 reported victimisations here — an average of 4.9 per month, which is 0.4× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Turitea is theft (114 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 6.6% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $2.1M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Turitea.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land12.2%
- Dwelling N.F.D.8.9%
- Dwelling Outbuilding6.8%
- Other Location N.F.D.3.8%
- Residential Location N.F.D.2.1%