In the year ended June 2023, theft and related offences accounted for the majority of victim-reported crime in New Zealand at over *** 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 **** percent of the offenders of theft 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 **** 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 ** to ** age category reporting the highest number of sexual assault offenses.

Historical dataset showing New Zealand crime rate per 100K population by year from 1990 to 2019.

In the year ended June 2023, European victims accounted for **** 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 ** to ** age category reporting the highest number of theft offenses.

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.; ;

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.

Historical dataset showing New Zealand murder/homicide rate per 100K population by year from 1990 to 2019.

In the year ended June 2023, Maori victims accounted for **** 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.

Reported crime data for Darfield, Canterbury Region over the last 12 months.

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.

Reported crime data for Gisborne Central, Gisborne Region over the last 12 months.

Reported crime data for Diamond Harbour, Canterbury Region over the last 12 months.

Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank in New Zealand was reported at 96.21 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. New Zealand - Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Reported crime data for Tauranga Central, Bay of Plenty Region over the last 12 months.

As at October 2023, the number of victim-reported theft crimes in New Zealand totaled almost ** thousand. The majority of offences reported by victims in the country were related to theft in the same year.

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

Reported crime data for New Lynn Central South, Auckland Region over the last 12 months.

Reported crime data for Bayswater, Auckland Region over the last 12 months.

Reported crime data for Napier Central, Hawke's Bay Region over the last 12 months.