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
Fernlea is an Area Unit in Lower Hutt City covering 2.99 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 370 reported victimisations here — an average of 7.0 per month, which is 0.5× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Fernlea is theft (252 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 29.3% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $2.5M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Fernlea.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land54.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.21.9%
- Dwelling Outbuilding6.2%
- Residential Location N.F.D.4.7%
- Retail N.E.C.3.1%