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
Waitahanui is an Area Unit in Taupo District covering 14.72 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 100 reported victimisations here — an average of 2.1 per month, which is 0.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waitahanui is theft (38 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 17.9% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $802.8K — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Waitahanui.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.18.0%
- Dwelling Land14.0%
- Dwelling Outbuilding3.0%
- Agricultural1.0%