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
Waihou-Walton is an Area Unit in Matamata-Piako District covering 516.03 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 569 reported victimisations here — an average of 11.2 per month, which is 0.8× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waihou-Walton is burglary (317 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 26.6% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $5.9M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Waihou-Walton.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land25.9%
- Dwelling Outbuilding17.7%
- Dwelling N.F.D.17.0%
- Agricultural Outbuilding13.2%
- Agricultural8.8%