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
Picton is an Area Unit in Marlborough District covering 4.69 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 647 reported victimisations here — an average of 12.2 per month, which is 0.9× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Picton is theft (432 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 11.9% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $4.6M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Picton.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.36.0%
- Dwelling Land16.7%
- Retail N.E.C.11.4%
- Other Location N.F.D.8.8%
- Dwelling Outbuilding7.0%