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
Whangarei Central is an Area Unit in Whangarei District covering 1.62 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 8.1K reported victimisations here — an average of 152.0 per month, which is 11.3× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Whangarei Central is theft (6.8K reports). Year-on-year reports rose 6% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $36.2M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Whangarei Central.
// Where crime happens
- Retail N.E.C.60.8%
- Other Location N.F.D.14.4%
- Dwelling N.F.D.6.2%
- Administrative/Professional3.6%
- Warehousing/Storage3.6%