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
Waihi is an Area Unit in Hauraki District covering 10.07 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 2.0K reported victimisations here — an average of 41.0 per month, which is 3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waihi is theft (1.0K reports). Year-on-year reports fell 2.9% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $14.6M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Waihi.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land11.5%
- Dwelling N.F.D.9.2%
- Dwelling Outbuilding5.0%
- Retail N.E.C.4.6%
- Other Location N.F.D.3.0%