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
Hamilton Central is an Area Unit in Hamilton City covering 2.70 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 15.3K reported victimisations here — an average of 318.2 per month, which is 23.4× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Hamilton Central is theft (12.0K reports). Year-on-year reports fell 9.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $79.8M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Hamilton Central.
// Where crime happens
- Retail N.E.C.2.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.1.9%
- Dwelling Land1.2%
- Other Location N.F.D.0.5%
- Administrative/Professional0.4%