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
Tauranga South is an Area Unit in Tauranga City covering 2.39 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 4.2K reported victimisations here — an average of 78.8 per month, which is 5.8× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Tauranga South is theft (3.3K reports). Year-on-year reports rose 18% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $19.9M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Tauranga South.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land28.9%
- Dwelling N.F.D.23.3%
- Retail N.E.C.16.1%
- Educational8.4%
- Dwelling Outbuilding5.2%