Crime Statistics for fiscal year ending 30 June 2004 - New Zealand Police

Crime Statistics for fiscal year ending 30 June 2004

A Summary of Recorded and Resolved Offence Statistics
released 26 August 2004


Summary charts

Recorded Offences per 10,000 population: Overall

Resolution rate (% of recorded offences that are resolved): Overall


 

Recorded Offences per 10,000 population: Violence

Resolution rate (% of recorded offences that are resolved): Violence


 

Recorded Offences per 10,000 population: Sexual offences

Resolution rate (% of recorded offences that are resolved): Sexual offences


 

Recorded Offences per 10,000 population: Drugs and anti social

Resolution rate (% of recorded offences that are resolved): Drugs and anti social


 

Recorded Offences per 10,000 population: Dishonesty

Resolution rate (% of recorded offences that are resolved): Dishonesty


 

Recorded Offences per 10,000 population: Property Damage

Resolution rate (% of recorded offences that are resolved): Property Damage


 

Recorded Offences per 10,000 population: Property Abuses

Resolution rate (% of recorded offences that are resolved): Property Abuses


 

Recorded Offences per 10,000 population: Administrative

Resolution rate (% of recorded offences that are resolved): Administrative


 

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Report notes:

An incident that is reported to or discovered by Police where Police believe an offence is likely to have been committed is counted as a Recorded Offence.

A Recorded Offence is considered to be a Resolved Offence by Police when an offender is identified and dealt with. (E.g. warned, cautioned, prosecuted, etc.) Resolution Rate is the percentage of Recorded Offences that are resolved.

Statistics reported in this document are derived from the Justice sector Law Enforcement System (L.E.S.). These Official Crime Statistics present a snapshot of data in L.E.S. relating to offences within a given year, as at the date 14 days following the end of that year.

If an offence is recorded or resolved 15 days or more after the end of the year it will not appear in the Official Crime Statistics for that or any other year. Resolution Rate, in particular, therefore undercounts the number of cases that Police have resolved. This phenomenon has a more marked impact for some types of offences than others, such as offences that require long investigations (E.g. many serial crimes, burglaries and murders).

Significant changes to use of Police offence codes in 2003/2004 include:

A new offence class - 'Drugs (new drugs)' as part of the 'Drugs and Antisocial' offence category. This class has been introduced to specifically capture offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 where the drugs involved are Methamphetamine, Amphetamine, Ecstasy, and Fantasy type substances. Previously, such offences were recorded within the offence class - 'Drugs (not cannabis)'.

A new offence code within the offence class - 'Sale of Liquor Act 1989' has been created to specifically capture breach of liquor ban offences. Previously, these were captured within the more general offence class - 'ByLaw Breaches'.

The Crimes Amendment Act 2003 broadened the scope of offences that are classified as 'Burglary' in Police statistics and created additional offences.

A new offence class - 'Dishonesty Miscellaneous' has been created to capture new types of offences, such as computer offences covered by sections 249 - 252 of the Crimes Act.