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
Bethlehem is an Area Unit in Tauranga City covering 16.88 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 4.7K reported victimisations here — an average of 92.9 per month, which is 6.9× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Bethlehem is theft (4.1K reports). Year-on-year reports rose 20.2% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $17.3M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Bethlehem.
// Where crime happens
- Retail N.E.C.22.5%
- Other Location N.E.C.15.8%
- Dwelling Land15.8%
- Other Location N.F.D.11.8%
- Dwelling N.F.D.10.8%