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
Wadestown is an Area Unit in Wellington City covering 1.42 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 431 reported victimisations here — an average of 9.0 per month, which is 0.7× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Wadestown is theft (303 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 19.3% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $2.5M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Wadestown.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Outbuilding9.3%
- Dwelling Land7.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.4.9%
- Residential Location N.F.D.1.6%
- Educational0.7%