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
Waipawa is an Area Unit in Central Hawke's Bay District covering 6.94 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 383 reported victimisations here — an average of 7.2 per month, which is 0.5× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waipawa is theft (197 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 9.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $3.6M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Waipawa.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.29.8%
- Dwelling Land28.2%
- Dwelling Outbuilding12.2%
- Other Location N.F.D.7.6%
- Unspecified Location5.3%