Available reports for Cycle 2 (May 2020). Follow links provided:
Core report (125 pages);
Key findings (20 pages);
Infographics available (January 2021): NZCVS Cycle 2 (2018-2019): What NZCVS means to a village of 100 adults - Experience of crime by sexual orientation - Victimisation of young adults - Victimisation of adults with psychological distress
Data tables (Spreadsheets);
Methodology report (122 pages);
Frequently Asked Questions (6 pages)

This report provides detailed insights and analysis of the results of Cycle 2 (2018/19) of the NZCVS. It also compares these results with the Cycle 1 (2018) outcomes released in May
2019. Where relevant, this report combines the Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 results to obtain more robust assessments.

This report is considered part of the annual report series (see Figure 1.1). Other reports and resources will be provided on the NZCVS pages of the Ministry of Justice
website. A series of follow-up reports on specific topics, such as Māori victimisation, consequences of crime, reporting to Police, and more are planned. These reports will continue the series of topical reports already published on the Ministry of Justice website and provide in-depth analysis on the above topics (including relations between variables). These reports may use confidentialised data from Stats NZ’s Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI).

The NZCVS is a new survey with some significant improvements in design compared with its predecessor, the New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey (NZCASS). Methodological differences between the surveys mean that direct comparison of NZCVS results with NZCASS is potentially misleading, even within similar offence types. This is discussed in detail in section 2.6.

The NZCVS results are also not comparable with Police crime statistics. The main reason for this is that more than three quarters of crime incidents collected by the NZCVS were not
reported to the Police (see section 6), and the proportion of incidents reported to the Police varies significantly depending on the offence type. The NZCVS timeframe is also different
from that in the Police administrative data (see section 2.5). (From pages 17-18). Follow the links to the website for other outputs from this survey. The Cycle 1 (March - September 2018) (#6274) and related outputs are also available on the website. Record #6644