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 South is an Area Unit in Wellington City covering 2.48 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 835 reported victimisations here — an average of 17.4 per month, which is 1.3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Tawa South is theft (660 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 25.5% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $4.0M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Tawa South.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land2.4%
- Dwelling N.F.D.1.0%
- Retail N.E.C.0.7%
- Other Location N.E.C.0.6%
- Other Location N.F.D.0.6%