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
Waimairi Beach is an Area Unit in Christchurch City covering 1.77 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 621 reported victimisations here — an average of 11.7 per month, which is 0.9× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waimairi Beach is theft (418 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 16.4% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $3.9M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Waimairi Beach.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land59.1%
- Dwelling N.F.D.20.1%
- Retail N.E.C.8.4%
- Dwelling Outbuilding3.2%
- Recreational1.9%