This document provides important information about the NZCVS and how the survey results are reported. We strongly recommend reading this document prior to the NZCVS reports as it enables correct interpretation of the survey results and is key for understanding the reports’ structure and language.
NZCVS Cycle 5 (2021/22) About the NZCVS Reports [PDF, 476 KB]
This report highlights the main findings from Cycle 5 of the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey (NZCVS) conducted between November 2021 and November 2022. The report contains mostly descriptive statistics and comments on key statistical trends.
NZCVS Cycle 5 (2021/22) Key Findings Report [PDF, 2.3 MB]
This report uses data from Cycle 1 to Cycle 5 of the NZCVS, which covers the period from March 2018 to November 2022. The report focuses on the most important changes in crime and victimisation, by comparing data collected for the NZCVS before the first nationwide lockdown (1 March 2018 to 21 March 2020) with data afterwards (3 July 2020 to 14 November 2022).
NZCVS Cycle 5 (2021/22) Impact of COVID Report [PDF, 1020 KB]
This booklet summarises key findings of the NZCVS Cycle 5 (2021/22).
NZCVS Cycle 5 (2021/22) A5 Key Findings Booklet [PDF, 1 MB]
This infographic summarises high level findings of the NZCVS Cycle 5 (2021/22) on a page.
NZCVS Cycle 5 (2021/22) A3 Infographic - Victimisation in Aotearoa New Zealand [PDF, 383 KB]
These documents summarise data collected for NZCVS Cycle 5 (2021/22) in Microsoft Excel (xlsx) format and provide information about data accuracy.
NZCVS Cycle 5 How much crime is there in New Zealand [XLSX, 91 KB]
NZCVS Cycle 5 Who is experiencing crime [XLSX, 825 KB]
NZCVS Cycle 5 Sexual violence and offences by family members [XLSX, 413 KB]
NZCVS Cycle 5 Reporting to the Police [XLSX, 180 KB]
NZCVS Cycle 5 Distribution of crime [XLSX, 195 KB]
NZCVS Cycle 5 Crime scene and consequences [XLSX, 96 KB]
NZCVS Cycle 5 Perceptions of safety [XLSX, 378 KB]
These documents summarise data collected by NZCVS before and after the first nationwide lockdown due to COVID in Microsoft Excel (xlsx) format and provide information about data accuracy.
NZCVS Cycle 5 Impact of COVID How much crime is there in New Zealand [XLSX, 119 KB]
NZCVS Cycle 5 Impact of COVID Who is experiencing crime [XLSX, 400 KB]
NZCVS Cycle 5 Impact of COVID Reporting to the Police [XLSX, 381 KB]
NZCVS Cycle 5 Impact of COVID Distribution of crime [XLSX, 366 KB]
NZCVS Cycle 5 Impact of COVID Victim’s experience [XLSX, 247 KB]
NZCVS Cycle 5 Impact of COVID Perceptions of safety [XLSX, 121 KB]
The Methodology Report describes in detail the design and methods used in the NZCVS. This Report includes, but is not limited to, detailed information on NZCVS research objectives, sampling, questionnaire development and testing, fieldwork processes and statistics, offence coding, data processing, weighting, imputation and producing analyses.
NZCVS Cycle 5 (2021/22) Methodology Report [PDF, 5 MB]
Other Resources
NZCVS Cycle 5 (2021/22) Media Release [PDF, 81 KB]
NZCVS Cycle 5 (2021/22) Frequently Asked Questions [PDF, 246 KB]