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
Hokowhitu East is an Area Unit in Palmerston North City covering 2.14 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 721 reported victimisations here — an average of 15.0 per month, which is 1.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Hokowhitu East is theft (404 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 17.3% 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 Hokowhitu East.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land18.3%
- Dwelling N.F.D.8.2%
- Dwelling Outbuilding4.2%
- Retail N.E.C.0.8%
- Residential Location N.F.D.0.7%