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
Whareama is an Area Unit in Masterton District covering 1665.11 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 113 reported victimisations here — an average of 2.2 per month, which is 0.2× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Whareama is burglary (46 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 21.7% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $1.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Whareama.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.34.8%
- Dwelling Land26.1%
- Dwelling Outbuilding13.0%
- Agricultural Outbuilding6.5%
- Agricultural4.3%