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 Invercargill is an Area Unit in Invercargill City covering 18.99 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 961 reported victimisations here — an average of 18.8 per month, which is 1.4× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in West Invercargill is theft (770 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 25.1% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $3.7M — 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 Invercargill.
// Where crime happens
- Other Location N.F.D.37.7%
- Retail N.E.C.24.5%
- Dwelling N.F.D.7.5%
- Manufacturing6.9%
- Warehousing/Storage5.7%