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
Waterloo East is an Area Unit in Lower Hutt City covering 2.10 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 690 reported victimisations here — an average of 14.4 per month, which is 1.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waterloo East is theft (397 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 5.7% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $4.8M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Waterloo East.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land12.0%
- Dwelling N.F.D.11.6%
- Dwelling Outbuilding2.6%
- Residential Location N.F.D.1.0%
- Retail N.E.C.0.9%