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
Highfield is an Area Unit in Timaru District covering 2.24 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 371 reported victimisations here — an average of 7.3 per month, which is 0.5× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Highfield is theft (253 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 18.3% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $2.2M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Highfield.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.31.2%
- Dwelling Land26.2%
- Dwelling Outbuilding20.0%
- Retail N.E.C.7.5%
- Religious5.0%