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
Upper Riccarton is an Area Unit in Christchurch City covering 0.96 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 2.0K reported victimisations here — an average of 37.5 per month, which is 2.8× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Upper Riccarton is theft (1.4K reports). Year-on-year reports rose 36% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $11.3M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Upper Riccarton.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.34.8%
- Dwelling Land29.9%
- Retail N.E.C.19.2%
- Dwelling Outbuilding7.0%
- Residential Location N.F.D.2.0%