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
Kawakawa is an Area Unit in Far North District covering 2.26 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 542 reported victimisations here — an average of 10.6 per month, which is 0.8× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Kawakawa is theft (328 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 21.7% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $3.7M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Kawakawa.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land30.1%
- Dwelling N.F.D.26.3%
- Retail N.E.C.10.5%
- Dwelling Outbuilding6.8%
- Other Location N.F.D.5.3%