Child and youth offending statistics in New Zealand 1992 to 2007 [pdf, 2.5 MB]
...impossible to guarantee perfect accuracy even in the best of circumstances, because of the enormous number of charges. Incorrect codes are occasionally entered into the computer system, and duplicate records sometimes arise for a variety of reasons (e.g. appeals). Some of the data problems were corrected in the production of this report and, while there may be small errors in some of the figures shown, the data is sufficiently accurate to indicate trends over time in prosecutions, convic...