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
Hawthorndale is an Area Unit in Invercargill City covering 1.78 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 534 reported victimisations here — an average of 10.1 per month, which is 0.7× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Hawthorndale is theft (260 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 20% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $4.8M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Hawthorndale.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.41.0%
- Dwelling Land29.2%
- Dwelling Outbuilding12.9%
- Educational4.5%
- Recreational2.8%