A Summary of Recorded and Resolved Offence Statistics
released 2 April 2007

A new report, New Zealand Crime Statistics July to December 2005 and 2006 [17 page PDF, 208 KB], has been prepared to complement the publication of New Zealand's official recorded crime statistics for the 2006 calendar year. It contains statistics for the July to December periods within 2005 and 2006, and compares changes in recorded crime between these periods. Summary statistics are provided at national level and for each Police District, comparing recorded crime for the July to December periods. A breakdown by Offence Category and Offence Class is included.

This has been necessary because in June 2005 Police replaced the IT system it used to record crime, causing a single step-change in recorded crime statistics from that date. As a consequence, recorded crime statistics prior to this date are not comparable with recorded crime statistics after this date. The regular reports published by Police compare figures for the full calendar year which, for 1995, spans the date on which the IT system was replaced. Comparison of 2005 full-year figures with those for 2006 will therefore not be appropriate.

For a fuller description of the impacts of the IT system upgrade in June 2005, readers are referred to the report published in September 2006 by Axist Consulting New Zealand Limited entitled "Understanding Recent Movements in Crime Statistics" [49 page PDF, 820 K bytes].

• New Zealand Crime Statistics July to December 2005 and 2006
  17 page PDF, 208 KB

Summary charts

Recorded Offences per 10,000 population: Overall

 

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

 

Statistics New Zealand now provide the ability to query the New Zealand Police Statistics - allowing you to gather detailed crime information about your local area for the last 10 years. This service complements the official pre-formatted reports provided below.

 

Download full reports

• New Zealand Crime Statistics July to December 2005 and 2006 [PDF 208KB]
• National Statistics summary for calendar year ending 31 Dec 2006 [PDF 233KB]
• Northland District Stats for year ending 31 Dec 2006 [PDF 191KB]
• Waitematā Stats for year ending 31 Dec 2006 [PDF 201KB]
• Auckland City District Stats for year ending 31 Dec 2006 [PDF 197KB]
• Counties Manukau District Stats for year ending 31 Dec 2006 [PDF 202KB]
• Waikato District Stats for year ending 31 Dec 2006 [PDF 195KB]
• Bay of Plenty District Stats for year ending 31 Dec 2006 [PDF 201KB]
• Eastern District Stats for year ending 31 Dec 2006 [PDF 197KB]
• Central District Stats for year ending 31 Dec 2006 [PDF 208KB]
• Wellington District Stats for year ending 31 Dec 2006 [PDF 205KB]
• Tasman District Stats for year ending 31 Dec 2006 [PDF 195KB]
• Canterbury District Stats for year ending 31 Dec 2006 [PDF 201KB]
• Southern District Stats for year ending 31 Dec 2006 [PDF 196KB]
   

Note that Waitematā District was referred to in previous reports as North Shore/Waitakere District.

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Query Police crime statistics

• Query the New Zealand recorded crime statistics in more detail, via Statistics New Zealand