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
Whangarei Central is an Area Unit in Whangarei District covering 1.62 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 7.1K reported victimisations here — an average of 148.3 per month, which is 10.9× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Whangarei Central is theft (6.0K reports). Year-on-year reports rose 12.1% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $31.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Whangarei Central.
// Where crime happens
- Retail N.E.C.2.4%
- Other Location N.F.D.0.6%
- Dwelling N.F.D.0.3%
- Administrative/Professional0.1%
- Warehousing/Storage0.1%