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
Papaeoia is an Area Unit in Palmerston North City covering 1.07 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 2.0K reported victimisations here — an average of 40.7 per month, which is 3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Papaeoia is theft (1.6K reports). Year-on-year reports rose 21.3% 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 Papaeoia.
// Where crime happens
- Retail N.E.C.5.4%
- Dwelling N.F.D.3.0%
- Dwelling Land2.9%
- Dwelling Outbuilding0.5%
- Administrative/Professional0.4%