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
Kelson is an Area Unit in Lower Hutt City covering 8.33 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 158 reported victimisations here — an average of 3.3 per month, which is 0.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Kelson is theft (93 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 47.1% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.0M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Kelson.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land12.0%
- Dwelling N.F.D.12.0%
- Dwelling Outbuilding3.2%
- Educational1.9%
- Other Location N.F.D.0.6%