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
Waerenga is an Area Unit in Waikato District covering 458.02 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 806 reported victimisations here — an average of 15.2 per month, which is 1.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waerenga is assault (414 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 1.6% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $10.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Waerenga.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land25.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.16.2%
- Dwelling Outbuilding14.7%
- Agricultural Outbuilding9.4%
- Other Location N.F.D.5.8%