This factsheet is about child victims (children and young people (aged under 18) when they reported sexual assaults to the Police) in 2019, and how those reports have progressed through the criminal justice system since then.
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This factsheet is about child victims (children and young people (aged under 18) when they reported sexual assaults to the Police) in 2019, and how those reports have progressed through the criminal justice system since then.
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The factsheet provides notes on the NZCVS methodology to help readers to interpret and understand the NZCVS violent crime June 2024 release
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A small number of New Zealanders experience the majority of all crime incidents. The most victimised New Zealanders face multiple other challenges, and the risk of being highly victimised compounds as people experience more health, housing or economic vulnerabilities.
Around 32% of disabled people have experienced victimisation. That's around 60,000 people in Aotearoa. Young disabled people face one of the highest victimisation rates of any demographic group.
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Among New Zealanders born in 1978, 16% had a criminal conviction by age 20 and 26% by age 38. Conviction rates vary across gender and ethnic groups with men and Māori having higher rates. Those born later, particularly in the 1990s, have lower rates of conviction, in major part due to increased use of alternatives to court action as part of the Policing Excellence programme that began in 2009.
Most people enter prison for the first time at a young age. Overall, 5% of people born in 1981 had been in prison by age 35. Imprisonment rates vary by gender and ethnic group and rates for Māori men are particularly high. In recent years the proportion of young people who have been in prison has trended downward for all ethnic groups.
Infographic showing victimisations reported to Police (2017).
Since June 2014 the number of people going into custodial remand has increased as has the average time on remand. As a result, the remand population has increased significantly over the same period.
Less than 20% of people offend on bail, mostly for breaching community orders.The number of people on bail has been stable in recent years, following large decreases since 2009. However, since 2014 the number of offences committed on bail has risen, leading to an increase in the percentage of people on bail who offend.
The number of people charged in court for drug offences has fallen by 35% since 2010, mostly driven by a 58% decrease in people charged for cannabis. However, over the same period people charged for methamphetamine has increased by 34%, and now exceeds the number of people charged for cannabis.
Crime has decreased over the past 10 years. While there is no one definitive source for measuring crime, a number of sources show that crime has decreased since 2008 and has been stable since 2015.
The proportion of time served in prison before release is increasing. Since the Parole Act 2002 came into force, the average proportion of prison sentences served before release on parole has increased from 55% to 78%. This has been one of the key drivers of the increase in the number of people in prison.
Convictions for offences covered by the three strikes legislation have risen. Since the introduction of the Three Strikes legislation in 2010, the number of convictions for the offences involved has risen 5%, while the number of charges has fallen 9%.
The criminal justice system is made up of the proceeding, prosecution, court and sentencing stages. People ‘flow’ through the criminal justice system, taking different paths at each stage. Māori are disproportionately represented at all stages, and this rate of disproportion increases the further through the criminal justice system they go. This factsheet is supported by a visual representation of the system.