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 West is an Area Unit in Palmerston North City covering 1.47 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.5K reported victimisations here — an average of 28.0 per month, which is 2.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Hokowhitu West is theft (1.1K reports). Year-on-year reports fell 15.9% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $8.0M — 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 West.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land43.3%
- Dwelling N.F.D.34.9%
- Dwelling Outbuilding10.4%
- Educational3.9%
- Retail N.E.C.2.6%