It has since reversed dramatically. The June 2025 figure was around five victims per 1000.
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The stats adjust for population growth and for the number of days in each month, ensuring an “apples with apples” comparison. On that consistent basis, crime victimisations have fallen significantly across the board.
The victimisation data used here covers five ANZSOC (Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification) divisions, essentially violent, face-to-face street crime:
- Acts intended to cause injury (assault)
- Sexual assault and related offences
- Abduction, harassment and other related offences against a person
- Robbery, extortion and related offences
- Theft and related offences
Other ANZSOC divisions are also excluded from the victimisations dataset, including: homicide, negligent acts endangering people, fraud and deception, offences against justice or government, property damage, public order offences, traffic and vehicle offences, and prohibited weapons.
The bottom line: after years of headlines about crime spiralling out of control, the hard numbers now show the opposite. Recorded crime in New Zealand has dropped.
Read more over at KPI
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4 comments:
I noticed that when TVNZ reported the drop in crime, they twisted the story so that even that was made to look like a bad thing and a reason to attack the government. The argument was that having Police visible to communities, on the beat was, according to experts, taking them away from other tasks. The "experts" were a group of trade unionists, but they didn't identify what tasks were more important.
It always was going to correct itself when you have a govt that actually care about the GOOD PEOPLE. Imo, Labour and the lefts model nz citizen is a maori criminal gang member, with a string of offenses and seems to be given immunity to to what ever they like while the far left are in power. The rest of the country is sick of it. I have not been threatened to be killed since Nat has been back in power. While Labour were in I was threatened 7 times. Police didn't do anything but sympathized with me.....now there are consequences for bad behavior.
It's incredible how the public service targets reimposed by Mr luxon, have focusssd the public service and got them servicing the public!
The h Clark advised labour hierarchy will be annoyed another government grant / tax laundering scheme (gangs) is being shut down by the Luxon government.
That reminds me, where is Karel Schrubek these days?
Don't tell me he's on a 2 year, high life holiday in the US, with no legitimate source of income as well.
As long as the police keep going hard on the gangs and the gin-sodden judiciary do their job in actually incarcerating criminals there is hope.
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