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
Motutangi-Kareponia is an Area Unit in Far North District covering 296.69 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 396 reported victimisations here — an average of 8.3 per month, which is 0.6× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Motutangi-Kareponia is burglary (226 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 44.7% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $3.8M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Motutangi-Kareponia.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land14.4%
- Dwelling N.F.D.13.1%
- Dwelling Outbuilding7.1%
- Agricultural Outbuilding6.6%
- Agricultural4.5%