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
Merivale is an Area Unit in Christchurch City covering 0.98 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.7K reported victimisations here — an average of 32.0 per month, which is 2.4× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Merivale is theft (1.4K reports). Year-on-year reports rose 7.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $7.5M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Merivale.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land39.9%
- Dwelling N.F.D.25.4%
- Dwelling Outbuilding9.9%
- Retail N.E.C.9.9%
- Residential Location N.F.D.4.7%