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
Palmerston North Hospital is an Area Unit in Palmerston North City covering 1.95 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.1K reported victimisations here — an average of 22.9 per month, which is 1.7× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Palmerston North Hospital is theft (676 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 17.3% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $8.1M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Palmerston North Hospital.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land6.0%
- Dwelling N.F.D.3.7%
- Educational2.2%
- Other Location N.F.D.1.8%
- Dwelling Outbuilding1.6%