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
Addington is an Area Unit in Christchurch City covering 1.06 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 2.7K reported victimisations here — an average of 52.2 per month, which is 3.9× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Addington is theft (2.1K reports). Year-on-year reports fell 10.6% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $11.9M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Addington.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land41.3%
- Dwelling N.F.D.25.5%
- Retail N.E.C.10.4%
- Other Location N.F.D.5.8%
- Dwelling Outbuilding5.1%