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
Heidelberg is an Area Unit in Invercargill City covering 1.93 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 512 reported victimisations here — an average of 10.0 per month, which is 0.7× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Heidelberg is theft (219 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 5% 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 Heidelberg.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land37.4%
- Dwelling N.F.D.27.4%
- Dwelling Outbuilding10.6%
- Educational6.1%
- Retail N.E.C.2.8%