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
Lichfield is an Area Unit in South Waikato District covering 327.82 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 164 reported victimisations here — an average of 3.2 per month, which is 0.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Lichfield is burglary (99 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 44.9% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.7M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Lichfield.
// Where crime happens
- Agricultural Outbuilding26.3%
- Agricultural18.2%
- Dwelling Land14.1%
- Dwelling N.F.D.12.1%
- Other Location N.F.D.10.1%