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
Waituna is an Area Unit in Southland District covering 595.33 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 150 reported victimisations here — an average of 3.1 per month, which is 0.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waituna is burglary (96 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 9.5% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.5M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Waituna.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.18.0%
- Agricultural Outbuilding10.0%
- Dwelling Land8.7%
- Agricultural7.3%
- Dwelling Outbuilding7.3%