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
West Melton is an Area Unit in Selwyn District covering 256.65 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 1.4K reported victimisations here — an average of 28.1 per month, which is 2.1× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in West Melton is theft (592 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 2% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $14.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for West Melton.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling Land25.3%
- Dwelling Outbuilding15.7%
- Other Location N.F.D.13.5%
- Dwelling N.F.D.9.6%
- Residential Location N.F.D.6.6%