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
Waipukurau is an Area Unit in Central Hawke's Bay District covering 7.82 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 795 reported victimisations here — an average of 15.0 per month, which is 1.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Waipukurau is theft (425 reports). Year-on-year reports fell 21.1% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $7.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Waipukurau.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.30.1%
- Dwelling Land19.4%
- Dwelling Outbuilding12.9%
- Educational7.0%
- Retail N.E.C.7.0%