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 East is an Area Unit in Kapiti Coast District covering 4.23 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 231 reported victimisations here — an average of 4.5 per month, which is 0.3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waikanae East is theft (143 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 2.4% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.7M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Waikanae East.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land45.5%
- Dwelling N.F.D.16.4%
- Residential Location N.F.D.12.7%
- Dwelling Outbuilding5.5%
- Terminal5.5%