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
Wairau South is an Area Unit in Marlborough District covering 2292.44 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 78 reported victimisations here — an average of 1.5 per month, which is 0.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Wairau South is burglary (40 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 6.3% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $654.4K — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Wairau South.
// Where crime happens
- Agricultural25.0%
- Dwelling Land17.5%
- Dwelling N.F.D.17.5%
- Agricultural Outbuilding12.5%
- Dwelling Outbuilding12.5%