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
Richmond South is an Area Unit in Christchurch City covering 0.78 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.9K reported victimisations here — an average of 38.2 per month, which is 2.8× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Richmond South is theft (1.5K reports). Year-on-year reports rose 10.2% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $10.3M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Richmond South.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land32.6%
- Dwelling N.F.D.30.3%
- Retail N.E.C.20.5%
- Dwelling Outbuilding6.5%
- Community Location N.F.D.2.9%