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
Waikato Western Hills is an Area Unit in Waikato District covering 503.61 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 452 reported victimisations here — an average of 9.4 per month, which is 0.7× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waikato Western Hills is burglary (203 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 26.9% 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 Waikato Western Hills.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land13.5%
- Dwelling N.F.D.10.8%
- Dwelling Outbuilding8.4%
- Agricultural Outbuilding4.0%
- Agricultural3.3%