Crime Statistics for calendar year ending 31 December 2010

Released April 1, 2010

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2010 Homicide Victims Report
2010 Calendar Year Crime Statistics - Questions and Answers

Introduction
Statistics reported in this document are derived from the Police National Intelligence Application (N.I.A) These Official Crime Statistics present a snapshot of data in N.I.A. relating to offences within a given year, as at the date 14 days following the end of that year.

An incident that is reported to or detected 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 (warned, cautioned, prosecuted, etc).

Resolution Rate is the percentage of Recorded Offences that are resolved within the calendar year

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2010 Homicide Victims Report [PDF 98 KB]
This report is released coincident with calendar year Official Statistics for recorded crime in New Zealand. Official Statistics for recorded crime count the number of recorded and resolved offences as well as the number of apprehensions of offenders for the resolved offences. They provide demographic attributes of offenders, but do not include information about victims of crime.

This report presents statistical information about the victims of murder, manslaughter and infanticide.