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
Selwyn-Rakaia is an Area Unit in Selwyn District covering 829.26 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 299 reported victimisations here — an average of 5.9 per month, which is 0.4× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Selwyn-Rakaia is burglary (139 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 4.6% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $2.8M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Selwyn-Rakaia.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land25.9%
- Dwelling N.F.D.23.0%
- Dwelling Outbuilding14.4%
- Agricultural13.7%
- Agricultural Outbuilding11.5%