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
Waitoa is an Area Unit in Matamata-Piako District covering 5.87 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 38 reported victimisations here — an average of 0.8 per month, which is 0.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waitoa is burglary (21 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 41.7% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $376.5K — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Waitoa.