Police statistics on homicide victims in New Zealand 2007 - 2017 : a summary of statistics about victims of murder, manslaughter, and infanticide New Zealand Police
Contributor(s): New Zealand Police | Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa
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BookSeries: NZ Police homicide report.Publisher: [Wellington, New Zealand : Police National Headquarters, New Zealand Police, 2019Description: electronic document (17 pages) ; PDF file: 473 KB.Subject(s): CRIME | HOMICIDE | CHILD HOMICIDE | INFANTICIDE | NZ Police homicide reports | OFFENDERS | VICTIMS OF CRIMES | STATISTICS | VIOLENT CRIMES | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Click here to access online | Access the website Summary: Report at a glance:
Between 2007 – 2017 there were 737 people killed by homicide (ie murder and manslaughter offences).
Māori account for approximately a third of homicide victims.
Males represented 62 percent of all victims.
The lowest annual homicide figure of 50 was in 2017.
Around 7 out of 10 homicides were murders.
Of all family-linked homicide victims, 43% were male and 57% were female.
Around 1 in 5 homicides was committed by a current or ex-partner – 75% of victims were female.
Children under the age of five made up 12 percent of homicide victims.
The report includes provisional data for 2018.
The report Historic NZ Murder Rate Report 1926-2017 is also available. The table shows murder offences collated from existing electronic and microfiche data from previous Police annual reports and crime statistics and the current statistics on Homicide Victims. (From the website).
Background:
Each month New Zealand Police releases Official Statistics on crime victimisation and offending at www.policedata.nz.
Homicide statistics are not included in the monthly release of statistics on victims because homicide investigations typically take many months to investigate and finalise. Accordingly, data in Police systems on homicides does not stabilise for many months. So, rather than include homicide statistics in the regular monthly releases, homicide data are collated into this Homicide Victims Report. Usually this report is published mid-year. This report is not intended as a comprehensive study on the various contexts in which homicides occur. Rather, it provides some descriptive statistics that complement other sources of information such as:
Recorded Crime Victims Statistics,
Recorded Crime Offenders Statistics,
The New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey, and
Relevant research publications and government reports. Record
Specifically, this report presents simple descriptive statistics about:
Who has been killed,
The relationship between the victim and offender,
What type of location people were killed in, and
What type of weapon (if any) was used.
For family violence statistics see: https://nzfvc.org.nz/family-violence-statistics/
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Dated November 2019, released July 2020
Report at a glance:
Between 2007 – 2017 there were 737 people killed by homicide (ie murder and manslaughter offences).
Māori account for approximately a third of homicide victims.
Males represented 62 percent of all victims.
The lowest annual homicide figure of 50 was in 2017.
Around 7 out of 10 homicides were murders.
Of all family-linked homicide victims, 43% were male and 57% were female.
Around 1 in 5 homicides was committed by a current or ex-partner – 75% of victims were female.
Children under the age of five made up 12 percent of homicide victims.
The report includes provisional data for 2018.
The report Historic NZ Murder Rate Report 1926-2017 is also available. The table shows murder offences collated from existing electronic and microfiche data from previous Police annual reports and crime statistics and the current statistics on Homicide Victims. (From the website).
Background:
Each month New Zealand Police releases Official Statistics on crime victimisation and offending at www.policedata.nz.
Homicide statistics are not included in the monthly release of statistics on victims because homicide investigations typically take many months to investigate and finalise. Accordingly, data in Police systems on homicides does not stabilise for many months. So, rather than include homicide statistics in the regular monthly releases, homicide data are collated into this Homicide Victims Report. Usually this report is published mid-year. This report is not intended as a comprehensive study on the various contexts in which homicides occur. Rather, it provides some descriptive statistics that complement other sources of information such as:
Recorded Crime Victims Statistics,
Recorded Crime Offenders Statistics,
The New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey, and
Relevant research publications and government reports. Record
Specifically, this report presents simple descriptive statistics about:
Who has been killed,
The relationship between the victim and offender,
What type of location people were killed in, and
What type of weapon (if any) was used.
For family violence statistics see: https://nzfvc.org.nz/family-violence-statistics/
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