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
Owhata South is an Area Unit in Rotorua District covering 0.23 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 122 reported victimisations here — an average of 2.4 per month, which is 0.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Owhata South is theft (63 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 20% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $859.6K — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Owhata South.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land44.1%
- Dwelling N.F.D.23.5%
- Retail N.E.C.14.7%
- Other Location N.E.C.8.8%
- Dwelling Outbuilding5.9%