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
Whangamata is an Area Unit in Thames-Coromandel District covering 7.81 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 393 reported victimisations here — an average of 8.2 per month, which is 0.6× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Whangamata is theft (161 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 11.7% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $4.7M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Whangamata.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land8.9%
- Dwelling N.F.D.6.1%
- Dwelling Outbuilding2.8%
- Retail N.E.C.1.8%
- Other Location N.F.D.1.5%