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
Mt Somers is an Area Unit in Ashburton District covering 4008.35 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 172 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 Mt Somers is theft (83 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 56.3% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Mt Somers.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land16.4%
- Agricultural13.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.13.7%
- Dwelling Outbuilding12.3%
- Other Location N.F.D.11.0%