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
Milson is an Area Unit in Palmerston North City covering 7.76 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 911 reported victimisations here — an average of 17.9 per month, which is 1.3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Milson is theft (536 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 2.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $6.5M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Milson.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land34.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.17.2%
- Other Location N.F.D.10.8%
- Retail N.E.C.8.2%
- Other Location N.E.C.6.7%