Sexual assault and related offences in New Zealand

By age and sex of the victim, calendar year 2016, number of victimisations

The following information applies to all values in the table. Calendar Year: 2016, Offence division: O03
Age	Sex	Number of victimisations
0-4	Female	107
0-4	Female	0
0-4	Female	107
0-4	Female	107
0-4	Male	37
0-4	Male	0
0-4	Male	37
0-4	Male	37
10-14	Female	857
10-14	Female	2
10-14	Female	859
10-14	Female	859
10-14	Male	116
10-14	Male	0
10-14	Male	116
10-14	Male	116
15-19	Female	837
15-19	Female	219
15-19	Female	1,056
15-19	Female	1,056
15-19	Male	96
15-19	Male	15
15-19	Male	111
15-19	Male	111
20-24	Female	368
20-24	Female	193
20-24	Female	561
20-24	Female	561
20-24	Male	23
20-24	Male	12
20-24	Male	35
20-24	Male	35
25-29	Female	256
25-29	Female	136
25-29	Female	392
25-29	Female	392
25-29	Male	38
25-29	Male	8
25-29	Male	46
25-29	Male	46
30-34	Female	174
30-34	Female	65
30-34	Female	239
30-34	Female	239
30-34	Male	21
30-34	Male	9
30-34	Male	30
30-34	Male	30
35-39	Female	128
35-39	Female	61
35-39	Female	189
35-39	Female	189
35-39	Male	16
35-39	Male	7
35-39	Male	23
35-39	Male	23
40-44	Female	138
40-44	Female	36
40-44	Female	174
40-44	Female	174
40-44	Male	22
40-44	Male	6
40-44	Male	28
40-44	Male	28
45-49	Female	112
45-49	Female	42
45-49	Female	154
45-49	Female	154
45-49	Male	18
45-49	Male	5
45-49	Male	23
45-49	Male	23
50-54	Female	68
50-54	Female	29
50-54	Female	97
50-54	Female	97
50-54	Male	12
50-54	Male	4
50-54	Male	16
50-54	Male	16
55-59	Female	25
55-59	Female	24
55-59	Female	49
55-59	Female	49
55-59	Male	7
55-59	Male	2
55-59	Male	9
55-59	Male	9
5-9	Female	257
5-9	Female	0
5-9	Female	257
5-9	Female	257
5-9	Male	114
5-9	Male	0
5-9	Male	114
5-9	Male	114
60-64	Female	21
60-64	Female	10
60-64	Female	31
60-64	Female	31
60-64	Male	2
60-64	Male	1
60-64	Male	3
60-64	Male	3
65-69	Female	7
65-69	Female	8
65-69	Female	15
65-69	Female	15
65-69	Male	5
65-69	Male	1
65-69	Male	6
65-69	Male	6
70-74	Female	3
70-74	Female	2
70-74	Female	5
70-74	Female	5
70-74	Male	0
70-74	Male	0
70-74	Male	0
70-74	Male	0
75-79	Female	2
75-79	Female	2
75-79	Female	4
75-79	Female	4
75-79	Male	0
75-79	Male	1
75-79	Male	1
75-79	Male	1
80+	Female	1
80+	Female	6
80+	Female	7
80+	Female	7
80+	Male	0
80+	Male	0
80+	Male	0
80+	Male	0

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.

Data provided by

New Zealand Police

Dataset name

Recorded Crime Victims Statistics: Victim Demographics (Victimisations) - Age Sex Boundary December 2016

Webpage:

http://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publications-and-statistics/statistics/policedatanz

How to find the data

At URL provided, select Victim Demographics (Victimisations) > Table 5.
Clear filter from Method of proceeding subdivision and Person/Organisation on the top-right corner. Use the time slider to select desired time period, then right click anywhere on the data and select 'Export Sex Age Boundary'.
Figure.NZ collated the whole time series by performing the steps above as many times as necessary. We created pivot tables in Excel to be able to process aggregated figures.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Recorded Crime Victims Statistics: Victim Demographics (Victimisations) - Age Sex Boundary December 2016

From the dataset Recorded Crime Victims Statistics: Victim Demographics (Victimisations) - Age Sex Boundary December 2016, this data was extracted:

Sheet: Pivot
Range: AT12:GK43
Provided: 4,736 data points

This data forms the table Crime - Victims (Victimisations) by age and sex by offence type (Annual) 2015–2016.

Dataset originally released on:

March 2017

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

Sexual assault and related offences in New Zealand

By age and sex of the victim, calendar year 2016, number of victimisations

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