NZCVS Media Release [pdf, 268 KB]
...New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey shows that only 23 percent of people who were a victim of a crime reported it to Police. People living in the three major centres had about the same chance to be victims of crime as an average New Zealander: Auckland 29 percent; Wellington 33 percent; Christchurch 29 percent. “Because only a proportion of crime is reported, this survey is important for us to understand the true volume and nature of crime in New Zealand, and who is affected by...