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

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<li>New Zealand crime rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>1.55</strong>, a <strong>110.2% increase</strong> from 2017.</li>
<li>New Zealand crime rate per 100K population for 2017 was <strong>0.74</strong>, a <strong>31.15% decline</strong> from 2016.</li>
<li>New Zealand crime 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, 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 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 **** 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, 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.

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 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.

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 2019, European offenders accounted for 43.8 percent of the offenders of sexual 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, European victims accounted for around ** percent of victim-reported sexual assault crimes 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 offenses.

As at ************, the number of victim-reported sexual assault crimes in New Zealand totaled over *** thousand. The largest number of sexual assault crimes in New Zealand were reported by females between the ages of 10 and 24 years old.

In the year ended June 2019, European offenders accounted for 48.6 percent of the offenders of illicit drug crime in New Zealand. New Zealand has one of the highest rates of ecstasy and amphetamine abusers in the world, and methamphetamine usage has been on the rise in the country.

In 2023, around ***** crimes per 100,000 inhabitants have been reported in Taiwan. The crime rate in Taiwan increased from ***** incidents per 100,000 people in the previous year. Crime in Taiwan Over the last decade, the crime rate in Taiwan dropped significantly from ***** reported incidents per 100,000 inhabitants in 2008 to only ***** 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 **** percent in 2023.

In the third quarter of 2023, around **** thousand cyber security incidents were reported to CERT NZ in New Zealand. This represents an increase from the second quarter in the same year.

In 2022, Costa Rica had the highest burglary rate worldwide, with ***** occurrences per 100,000 inhabitants. Other countries with the highest burglary rate were Sweden, Luxembourg and Dominica.

In 2020, there were approximately 950 instances of car theft per 100,000 of the population in New Zealand. In comparison, Singapore recorded about one instance of car theft per 100,000 of the population that year.