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 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 332 reported victimisations here — an average of 6.9 per month, which is 0.5× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waipawa is theft (162 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 20.2% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $3.4M — 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.10.8%
- Dwelling Land10.2%
- Dwelling Outbuilding4.2%
- Other Location N.F.D.2.4%
- Unspecified Location2.1%