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Happy Valley-Owhiro Bay Crime Statistics

Wellington City · 2.94 km2 · 126reported victimisations · Feb 2022 – Jan 2026

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.

Vs national avg
0.2×
Monthly avg
2.6
Total (4 yrs)
126

// Summary

Happy Valley-Owhiro Bay is an Area Unit in Wellington City covering 2.94 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 126 reported victimisations here — an average of 2.6 per month, which is 0.2× the national area-unit average.

The most common reported offence type in Happy Valley-Owhiro Bay is theft (72 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 25% compared with the prior 12 months.

An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.2M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Happy Valley-Owhiro Bay.

// Where crime happens

  • Dwelling Land7.9%
  • Dwelling N.F.D.7.9%
  • Other Location N.F.D.2.4%
  • Educational1.6%
  • Dwelling Outbuilding0.8%

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