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
West End is an Area Unit in Palmerston North City covering 2.53 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 3.3K reported victimisations here — an average of 68.6 per month, which is 5× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in West End is theft (2.5K reports). Year-on-year reports rose 23.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $16.2M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for West End.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land5.9%
- Dwelling N.F.D.4.2%
- Retail N.E.C.2.9%
- Dwelling Outbuilding0.8%
- Recreational0.5%