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
Taita South is an Area Unit in Lower Hutt City covering 3.11 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.2K reported victimisations here — an average of 21.8 per month, which is 1.6× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Taita South is theft (574 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 24.6% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $9.0M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Taita South.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land33.4%
- Dwelling N.F.D.32.7%
- Dwelling Outbuilding8.9%
- Other Location N.F.D.4.8%
- Retail N.E.C.3.1%