Proceedings for crimes in New Zealand
By offence type and sex of the offender, 2025, number of proceedings
| Offence type | Sex | Number of proceedings |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental offences | Male | 129 |
| Assault | Female | 3,970 |
| Burglary | Female | 1,033 |
| Drug offences | Female | 1,309 |
| Environmental offences | Female | 15 |
| Fraud and related offences | Female | 762 |
| Harm or endanger persons | Female | 1,223 |
| Homicide | Female | 36 |
| Miscellaneous offences | Female | 0 |
| Offences against government | Female | 12 |
| Offences against justice procedures and orders | Female | 3,300 |
| Property damage | Female | 658 |
| Public order, health, and safety offences | Female | 1,249 |
| Robbery, blackmail, and extortion | Female | 174 |
| Sexual offences | Female | 78 |
| Theft | Female | 5,755 |
| Traffic and vehicle offences | Female | 6,721 |
| Weapons and explosives offences | Female | 445 |
| Assault | Male | 13,681 |
| Burglary | Male | 4,266 |
| Drug offences | Male | 4,735 |
| Fraud and related offences | Male | 1,433 |
| Harm or endanger persons | Male | 4,897 |
| Homicide | Male | 199 |
| Miscellaneous offences | Male | 8 |
| Offences against government | Male | 43 |
| Offences against justice procedures and orders | Male | 10,513 |
| Property damage | Male | 2,749 |
| Public order, health, and safety offences | Male | 4,519 |
| Robbery, blackmail, and extortion | Male | 1,018 |
| Sexual offences | Male | 2,283 |
| Theft | Male | 10,313 |
| Traffic and vehicle offences | Male | 23,460 |
| Weapons and explosives offences | Male | 3,522 |
| Environmental offences | Not Applicable | 0 |
| Fraud and related offences | Not Applicable | 0 |
| Harm or endanger persons | Not Applicable | 0 |
| Miscellaneous offences | Not Applicable | 0 |
| Offences against government | Not Applicable | 0 |
| Offences against justice procedures and orders | Not Applicable | 2 |
| Public order, health, and safety offences | Not Applicable | 4 |
| Robbery, blackmail, and extortion | Not Applicable | 0 |
| Traffic and vehicle offences | Not Applicable | 8 |
| Assault | Not Stated | 6 |
| Burglary | Not Stated | 1 |
| Drug offences | Not Stated | 1 |
| Fraud and related offences | Not Stated | 0 |
| Harm or endanger persons | Not Stated | 0 |
| Homicide | Not Stated | 0 |
| Offences against government | Not Stated | 0 |
| Offences against justice procedures and orders | Not Stated | 3 |
| Property damage | Not Stated | 3 |
| Public order, health, and safety offences | Not Stated | 5 |
| Robbery, blackmail, and extortion | Not Stated | 0 |
| Sexual offences | Not Stated | 2 |
| Theft | Not Stated | 4 |
| Traffic and vehicle offences | Not Stated | 28 |
| Weapons and explosives offences | Not Stated | 3 |
Definitions
Offence: refers to any act or omission by a person/organisation or persons/organisations for which a penalty could be imposed by the New Zealand legal system. Offences in this collection are defined by the 2011 edition of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC).
Offender: refers to a person or organisation Police apprehend because Police allege the person or organisation is involved in a criminal incident involving one or more offences.
Proceeding: refers to a legal action initiated against an alleged offender for an offence(s). Police proceedings represent a count for each separate occasion on which police initiate a legal action against an offender. Each proceeding is classified to a principal offence and principal method of proceeding. It does not represent a count of offences.
Proceeding population: the measure involving counting a person once on each day they are proceeded against by police in the reference period, whether by court or non-court action.
For more information
http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/nz_recorded_crime_victims_manual_v1.2.pdf
Limitations of the data
Caution should be observed when making inferences about long-term trends in crime, particularly for types of offences that are known to be significantly under-reported (e.g. Sexual offences and minor offences not warranting insurance claims or medical treatment).
Inclusions
- substantive offences (e.g. robbery, breach of protection order);
- attempted offences (e.g. attempted robbery).
- aid and abet offences;
- conspiracy offences.
The offenders include both people and organisations (for which age and sex are flagged ad 'Not applicable').
Exclusions
- offences that Police are able to deal with by issuing an infringement notice
- offences that come under the authority of agencies other than NZ Police, such as Customs, Worksafe New Zealand, Inland Revenue, ACC, Ministry for Primary Industries, etc.
Data provided by
Dataset name
Recorded Crime Offenders Statistics: Offender Demographics (Proceedings) by age, sex, and boundary December 2025
Webpage:
How to find the data
At URL provided, select the 'Download' tab. Then select the period Jan 2017 to December 2025 on the slider and '5 Age Sex Boundary' at the bottom of the page.
Click on the 'Download' button in the bottom-right corner and then 'Data'.
A new page will open. Select the 'Full data' tab, tick the 'Show all columns' checkbox and select the 'Download all rows as a text file' hyperlink.
Due to the size of the file, Figure.NZ created summary pivot tables in Excel to be able to process aggregated figures.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Recorded Crime Offenders Statistics: Offender Demographics (Proceedings) by age, sex, and boundary December 2025
From the dataset Recorded Crime Offenders Statistics: Offender Demographics (Proceedings) by age, sex, and boundary December 2025, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: Yearly by district and sex
- Range:
D8:L2575 - Provided: 22,932 data points
This data forms the table Crime - Proceedings by offence, sex and police district 2017–2025.
Dataset originally released on:
April 2026
About this dataset
This dataset presents descriptive information about offenders in New Zealand. It also gives an overview of trends in proceedings against offenders. These are proceedings reported during a relevant period.
Method of collection/Data provider
Data in the NZ RCVS collection relate to offences recorded by NZ Police as prescribed in the NZ Police National Recording Standard (NRS), where the matter came to Police attention (File Reported Date) on or after 1 July 2014.