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 West is an Area Unit in Kapiti Coast District covering 4.67 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 812 reported victimisations here — an average of 15.9 per month, which is 1.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waikanae West is theft (640 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 6.7% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $4.3M — 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 West.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land36.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.25.8%
- Dwelling Outbuilding7.0%
- Other Location N.F.D.7.0%
- Retail N.E.C.4.7%