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 886 reported victimisations here — an average of 18.5 per month, which is 1.4× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in West Invercargill is theft (706 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 7.4% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $3.4M — 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.6.3%
- Retail N.E.C.4.2%
- Dwelling N.F.D.1.2%
- Manufacturing1.1%
- Warehousing/Storage1.0%