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
Longburn is an Area Unit in Palmerston North City covering 6.93 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 114 reported victimisations here — an average of 2.2 per month, which is 0.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Longburn is theft (55 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 30.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $896.3K — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Longburn.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land26.5%
- Dwelling N.F.D.14.7%
- Manufacturing11.8%
- Other Location N.F.D.11.8%
- Warehousing/Storage8.8%