In the year ended June 2023, theft and related offences accounted for the majority of victim-reported crime in New Zealand at over 203 thousand incidences. The number of victim-reported crimes has trended slightly upwards the past few years, with the Auckland City, Canterbury, and Counties/Manukau regions reporting the highest number of offences across the country.

In the year ended June 2019, Maori offenders accounted for 45.8 percent of the offenders of assault crime in New Zealand. The number of victim-reported crimes has trended slightly upwards the past few years, with the Canterbury and Counties/Manukau regions reporting the highest number of offences across the country.

In the year ended June 2023, female victims reported 81.6 percent of the sexual assault crime in New Zealand. The number of victim-reported crimes has trended slightly upwards over the past few years, with females in the 15 to 19 age category reporting the highest number of sexual assault offenses.

New Zealand murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2019 was 2.60, a 67.82% increase from 2018.

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<li>New Zealand murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>1.55</strong>, a <strong>110.2% increase</strong> from 2017.</li>
<li>New Zealand murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2017 was <strong>0.74</strong>, a <strong>31.15% decline</strong> from 2016.</li>
<li>New Zealand murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2016 was <strong>1.07</strong>, a <strong>2.44% increase</strong> from 2015.</li>
</ul>Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

In the year ended June 2023, Maori victims accounted for 33.1 percent of victim-reported assault crime in New Zealand. The number of victim-reported crimes has trended slightly upwards the past few years, with the Canterbury and Counties/Manukau regions reporting the highest number of offences across the country.

Kidnapping rate of New Zealand rocketed by 17.97% from 8.1 cases per 100,000 population in 2017 to 9.5 cases per 100,000 population in 2018. Since the 16.68% slump in 2013, kidnapping rate shot up by 116.98% in 2018. “Kidnapping” means unlawfully detaining a person or persons against their will (including through the use of force; threat; fraud or enticement) for the purpose of demanding for their liberation an illicit gain or any other economic gain or other material benefit; or in order to oblige someone to do or not to do something. “Kidnapping” excludes disputes over child custody. (UN-CTS M5.5)

New Zealand NZ: Intentional Homicides: Male: per 100,000 Male data was reported at 1.381 Ratio in 2014. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.531 Ratio for 2013. New Zealand NZ: Intentional Homicides: Male: per 100,000 Male data is updated yearly, averaging 1.531 Ratio from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2014, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.979 Ratio in 2009 and a record low of 0.911 Ratio in 2012. New Zealand NZ: Intentional Homicides: Male: per 100,000 Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.World Bank: Health Statistics. Intentional homicides, male are estimates of unlawful male homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; ;

In the year ended June 2023, the number of victim-reported crimes in New Zealand recorded in the Canterbury police district totaled over 51 thousand. The number of victim-reported crimes in the country has trended slightly upwards over the past few years, with the majority of offences related to theft.

This dataset contains counts of offences recorded by the NT Police, categorised by offence type, time period (month), location and (for assault offences) alcohol and domestic violence involvement. Certain types of offences show strong seasonal impacts and numbers show considerable monthly variation, particularly at the regional level. In April 2025, a new version of the Australian-New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC) was implemented in the Northern Territory, which is the standard to be used by all Australian and New Zealand jurisdictions. Key offence categories in the crime statistics, such as homicide, assault, sexual offences, robbery, burglary, theft, and property damage, are included in the new classification. No recorded offences have been deleted or created as a result of this process, but they may be reclassified, meaning they are reported in a different category. Thus, care must be taken when comparing the crime statistics in this time series with previously published time series. Since implementation of the SerPro data system in November 2023, it has been identified that entry of the data used for crime statistics generally happens later in the investigation process when compared to the previous PROMIS system. This means that monthly data takes longer to settle and may take several months to reflect the actual numbers of offences recorded by police. For this reason, the monthly crime statistics should be reviewed with caution and will be marked as provisional until data collection is substantially complete. There has been a break in the crime statistics time series following November 2023, due to the implementation of SerPro. This means that the statistics from December 2023 onwards should not be compared directly to earlier statistics.

In 2023, around 1,179 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants have been reported in Taiwan. The crime rate in Taiwan increased from 1,139 incidents per 100,000 people in the previous year. Crime in Taiwan Over the last decade, the crime rate in Taiwan dropped significantly from 1,972 reported incidents per 100,000 inhabitants in 2008 to only 1,281 in 2013. In the following years, that downtrend weakened, but figures generally kept on decreasing. Compared to other countries, these numbers are in a medium range. Reported crimes per inhabitants in the United States, for example, were more than double that of Taiwan, although the crime rates in different states in the United States varied considerably. On the contrary, the crime rate in Singapore was only half as high as in Taiwan. However, it should be kept in mind that the definition of crime, the willingness to report crimes, and accounting measures may vary in different countries. Most common crimes in Taiwan Considering different types of crimes committed in Taiwan, excluding offenses against public safety, the most common crimes were drug and theft related. In contrast, the number of cases of murder and manslaughter were relatively low and comparable to other Asia Pacific countries such as Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. This is also due to the crime-clearing rate in Taiwan having improved considerably over the years and reached 97.1 percent in 2023.

Kidnapping of New Zealand soared by 19.00% from 379 number in 2017 to 451 number in 2018. Since the 15.74% drop in 2013, kidnapping rocketed by 127.78% in 2018. “Kidnapping” means unlawfully detaining a person or persons against their will (including through the use of force; threat; fraud or enticement) for the purpose of demanding for their liberation an illicit gain or any other economic gain or other material benefit; or in order to oblige someone to do or not to do something. “Kidnapping” excludes disputes over child custody. (UN-CTS M5.5)

In the fiscal year 2024, there were 9,816 female court convictions in New Zealand. On the other hand, there were over 49,000 male convictions for that same year. the number of female court convictions have fallen dramatically since 2010.

Nouvelle-Zélande: Homicides per 100,000 people: Pour cet indicateur, The UN office on drugs and crime fournit des données pour la Nouvelle-Zélande de 1990 à 2017. La valeur moyenne pour Nouvelle-Zélande pendant cette période était de 1.3 homicides per 100,000 people avec un minimum de 0.7 homicides per 100,000 people en 2017 et un maximum de 1.9 homicides per 100,000 people en 1990.

This assessment activity can be used along side the Geostuff CSI Chicago Urban Patterns lesson.The task involved requires a student to prepare a presentation for the City of Chicago Mayor that - shows and explains the changing patterns, both spatial and temporal (over time), of the homicide rate in Chicago provides an analysis of whether the location of police stations and police beats appear to be having an effect on homicide ratesrecommends solutions related to urban development which could address the problemAchievement Standard 91247.

This StoryMap is designed to help teachers guide students through applying spatial analysis to prepare a report for the City of Chicago Mayor that: shows and explains the changing patterns, both spatial and temporal (over time), of the homicide rate in Chicago provides an analysis of whether the location of police stations and police beats appear to be having an effect on homicide rates recommends solutions related to urban development which could address the problem. Students have their own assessment materials to work through, you should not give them access to this Story Map. Click the link below to open the student assessment materials.Student Materials

The Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) has developed this offence classification to assist in the production and analysis of summary crime and justice statistics in Victoria. It is largely based on the structure and principles of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC) produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and has been modified to suit the legislative environment in Victoria

In the year ended June 2023, European victims accounted for 26.8 percent of victim-reported theft crime in New Zealand. The number of victim-reported crimes has trended slightly upwards the past few years, with males in the 25 to 29 age category reporting the highest number of theft offenses.

This report analyses the total number of crimes that are reported in New Zealand each fiscal year. Offences include homicide and related offences, acts intended to cause injury, sexual assault, theft, abduction and harassment, fraud, illicit drug offences and public order offences. The data for this report is sourced from Statistics New Zealand (Tatauranga Aotearoa).

In the year ended June 2023, male victims reported 69.8 percent of the robbery, extortion, and related crime in New Zealand. The number of victim-reported crimes has trended slightly upwards the past few years, with the Canterbury and Counties/Manukau regions reporting the highest number of offences across the country.

With approximately 1.7 million prisoners, China had by far the biggest prison population across the Asia-Pacific region in 2022. In contrast, less than one thousand people were incarcerated in Brunei and Timor-Leste, respectively.

Prison populations and total populations

The varying size of prison populations throughout Asia-Pacific can be attributed to the size of the general populations across the region's countries and territories. With a population of over 1.4 billion, China is the most populous country in the world. Despite the disparity in population size, Bhutan, which had one of the smallest prison populations in APAC in 2022, had a higher serious assault rate than other Asia-Pacific counties.

Crime rates

Apart from the general population size, there are other factors which can be taken into consideration, such as a diversity in justice systems. Therefore, a comparison of crime throughout the region can be challenging. Although China had a higher prison population, it had a lower intentional homicide rate compared to other Asia-Pacific countries and territories. New Zealand, Singapore, and Hong Kong have the lowest corruption index scores in the region, whereas countries including Bangladesh, Cambodia, and North Korea have recorded the highest scores.