Firearms Official Information Act proactive public releases (May 2020)

Firearms Official Information Act proactive public releases (May 2020)

Date Published: 
March 2022

In keeping with the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 2016-2018, and as Administrator of the Arms Act 1983, Police is releasing its responses to some recent Official Information Act requests, where it is considered they contain data and information that has wider public interest.

For more information, go to Firearms and safety.

Reference

Date of request

Information requested

IR-01- 20-3835 (PDF 655KB)

7 February 2020

In 2018, I received an OIA showing gun offence data for 10 years, to the end of 2017.

I’d like to get an update on that data, from the beginning of 2018 until now.

Could I get the following, broken down by region and month, between January 2018 and January 2020.

  • Occurrences with firearms-related offences
  • Occurrences with firearms-related offences per 100,000 estimated residents
  • Occurrences with firearms-related offences where an injury was recorded
  • Occurrences with firearms-related offences and murder or manslaughter with a firearm

IR-01-20-13434 (PDF 945KB)

18 May 2020


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/416881/rates-of-gun-crimes-andkillings-using-guns-at-highest-levels-in-a-decade

Relating to the story above – where are the missing guns?