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
Waikanae Beach is an Area Unit in Kapiti Coast District covering 4.37 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 358 reported victimisations here — an average of 6.8 per month, which is 0.5× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waikanae Beach is theft (181 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 38.7% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $3.1M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Waikanae Beach.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land45.8%
- Dwelling N.F.D.26.1%
- Dwelling Outbuilding19.0%
- Residential Location N.F.D.4.2%
- Recreational2.1%