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
Tawa Central is an Area Unit in Wellington City covering 2.64 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 800 reported victimisations here — an average of 15.7 per month, which is 1.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Tawa Central is theft (520 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 27.4% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $6.1M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Tawa Central.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land31.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.20.4%
- Retail N.E.C.12.0%
- Dwelling Outbuilding10.8%
- Other Location N.F.D.6.0%