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Welcome Bay East Crime Statistics

Tauranga City · 5.97 km2 · 445reported victimisations · Feb 2022 – Jan 2026

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.

Vs national avg
0.7×
Monthly avg
9.3
Total (4 yrs)
445

// Summary

Welcome Bay East is an Area Unit in Tauranga City covering 5.97 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 445 reported victimisations here — an average of 9.3 per month, which is 0.7× the national area-unit average.

The most common reported offence type in Welcome Bay East is theft (217 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 20.2% 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 Welcome Bay East.

// Where crime happens

  • Dwelling Land16.0%
  • Dwelling N.F.D.6.7%
  • Dwelling Outbuilding2.5%
  • Residential Location N.F.D.2.2%
  • Educational1.3%

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