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
Blenheim Central is an Area Unit in Marlborough District covering 2.22 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 2.3K reported victimisations here — an average of 44.5 per month, which is 3.3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Blenheim Central is theft (1.6K reports). Year-on-year reports fell 1.6% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $19.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Blenheim Central.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.27.4%
- Retail N.E.C.19.8%
- Other Location N.F.D.13.9%
- Dwelling Land11.4%
- Dwelling Outbuilding5.9%