Theft (except motor vehicles) in New Zealand
Jan 2015–Jan 2023, number of victimisations
| Month | Number of victimisations |
|---|---|
| Jan 2015 | 6,389 |
| Feb 2015 | 6,091 |
| Mar 2015 | 6,432 |
| Apr 2015 | 5,762 |
| May 2015 | 6,284 |
| Jun 2015 | 6,089 |
| Jul 2015 | 6,089 |
| Aug 2015 | 5,860 |
| Sep 2015 | 5,854 |
| Oct 2015 | 6,181 |
| Nov 2015 | 5,995 |
| Dec 2015 | 5,952 |
| Jan 2016 | 6,086 |
| Feb 2016 | 6,163 |
| Mar 2016 | 6,348 |
| Apr 2016 | 5,772 |
| May 2016 | 5,726 |
| Jun 2016 | 5,562 |
| Jul 2016 | 5,848 |
| Aug 2016 | 5,996 |
| Sep 2016 | 5,710 |
| Oct 2016 | 5,877 |
| Nov 2016 | 5,913 |
| Dec 2016 | 6,041 |
| Jan 2017 | 6,565 |
| Feb 2017 | 5,867 |
| Mar 2017 | 6,429 |
| Apr 2017 | 5,474 |
| May 2017 | 6,020 |
| Jun 2017 | 5,451 |
| Jul 2017 | 5,719 |
| Aug 2017 | 6,200 |
| Sep 2017 | 5,354 |
| Oct 2017 | 5,429 |
| Nov 2017 | 5,900 |
| Dec 2017 | 6,055 |
| Jan 2018 | 6,709 |
| Feb 2018 | 5,866 |
| Mar 2018 | 6,062 |
| Apr 2018 | 5,107 |
| May 2018 | 5,852 |
| Jun 2018 | 5,513 |
| Jul 2018 | 5,497 |
| Aug 2018 | 5,614 |
| Sep 2018 | 5,268 |
| Oct 2018 | 5,794 |
| Nov 2018 | 5,979 |
| Dec 2018 | 5,684 |
| Jan 2019 | 6,788 |
| Feb 2019 | 5,768 |
| Mar 2019 | 5,956 |
| Apr 2019 | 5,763 |
| May 2019 | 6,377 |
| Jun 2019 | 5,781 |
| Jul 2019 | 6,116 |
| Aug 2019 | 6,382 |
| Sep 2019 | 6,636 |
| Oct 2019 | 6,906 |
| Nov 2019 | 7,734 |
| Dec 2019 | 8,333 |
| Jan 2020 | 8,615 |
| Feb 2020 | 8,778 |
| Mar 2020 | 7,485 |
| Apr 2020 | 2,097 |
| May 2020 | 4,057 |
| Jun 2020 | 6,079 |
| Jul 2020 | 6,815 |
| Aug 2020 | 6,598 |
| Sep 2020 | 6,774 |
| Oct 2020 | 7,570 |
| Nov 2020 | 7,737 |
| Dec 2020 | 7,868 |
| Jan 2021 | 8,095 |
| Feb 2021 | 6,909 |
| Mar 2021 | 8,241 |
| Apr 2021 | 7,551 |
| May 2021 | 8,437 |
| Jun 2021 | 7,895 |
| Jul 2021 | 7,795 |
| Aug 2021 | 6,652 |
| Sep 2021 | 5,411 |
| Oct 2021 | 6,589 |
| Nov 2021 | 7,248 |
| Dec 2021 | 7,769 |
| Jan 2022 | 9,108 |
| Feb 2022 | 8,007 |
| Mar 2022 | 9,424 |
| Apr 2022 | 7,874 |
| May 2022 | 9,833 |
| Jun 2022 | 9,156 |
| Jul 2022 | 9,885 |
| Aug 2022 | 10,978 |
| Sep 2022 | 10,016 |
| Oct 2022 | 10,753 |
| Nov 2022 | 11,189 |
| Dec 2022 | 11,300 |
| Jan 2023 | 11,167 |
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).
Victimisation: the measure involving counting a person, organisation or premises once within each criminal incident for each ANZSOC Division in which they are recorded as being a victim of an offence. ‘Victimisations’ count each instance of a person, organisation or premises being victimised for one or more offences.
Data calculation/treatment
Please note the charts on Figure.NZ exclude victimisations whose outcome of investigation was 'No crime'.
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
The NZ RCVS collection includes:
- substantive offences (e.g. robbery, assault);
- attempted offences (e.g. attempted robbery).
Exclusions
The scope of the NZ RCVS collection excludes the following offences:
- 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.;
- offences that do not generally have specific identifiable victims (e.g. drugs offences, public order offences);
- conspiracy offences;
- aid and abet offences.
Offences whose outcome was 'No Crime' were also excluded to match the figures as per NZ Police dashboard.
Data provided by
Dataset name
Recorded Crime Victims Statistics: Victim Demographics (Victimisations) by age, sex, and boundary December 2022
Webpage:
How to find the data
At URL provided, select the 'Download' tab. Then select the period Jul 2014 to Dec 2022 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. Instructions to replicate the pivot tables are explained in the downloadable file below.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Recorded Crime Victims Statistics: Victim Demographics (Victimisations) by age, sex, and boundary December 2022
From the dataset Recorded Crime Victims Statistics: Victim Demographics (Victimisations) by age, sex, and boundary December 2022, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: Monthly
- Range:
B10:CZ43 - Provided: 2,369 data points
This data forms the table Crime - Victimisations of crime by offence Jul 2014–Jan 2023.
Dataset originally released on:
February 2023
About this dataset
This dataset presents descriptive information about victims of crime in New Zealand. It also gives an overview of crime trends. These are victimisations 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.