Police statistics on homicide victims in New Zealand 2007 - 2021 : 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, 2024Description: electronic document (20 pages) ; PDF file.ISSN: 1179-6650 (Online).Subject(s): CRIME | HOMICIDE | CHILD HOMICIDE | INFANTICIDE | NZ Police homicide reports | OFFENDERS | VICTIMS OF CRIMES | STATISTICS | VIOLENT CRIMES | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Download report, PDF | Download historical murder offences, 1926 - 2022 | Access the website Summary: Report at a glance:
Between 2007 – 2021 there were 1,076 people killed by homicide (i.e., murder and manslaughter offences).
Māori account for approximately a third of homicide victims.
Males represented 66 percent of all victims.
The lowest annual homicide figure of 46 was in 2017.
About a third of all homicides were murders.
Of all family-linked homicide victims, 44% were male and 56% were female.
Around 15% of homicides were committed by a current or ex-partner – 74% of these victims were female.
Children under the age of five made up 11 percent of homicide victims.
Provisionally, 93 homicide victimisations are reported for 2022.
Note: Driving causing death offences are currently not included in this report. (From the website).
For more family violence statistics data, see: https://nzfvc.org.nz/family-violence-statistics/
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Includes provisional data for 2022 (Appendix B). Released June 2024
Report at a glance:
Between 2007 – 2021 there were 1,076 people killed by homicide (i.e., murder and manslaughter offences).
Māori account for approximately a third of homicide victims.
Males represented 66 percent of all victims.
The lowest annual homicide figure of 46 was in 2017.
About a third of all homicides were murders.
Of all family-linked homicide victims, 44% were male and 56% were female.
Around 15% of homicides were committed by a current or ex-partner – 74% of these victims were female.
Children under the age of five made up 11 percent of homicide victims.
Provisionally, 93 homicide victimisations are reported for 2022.
Note: Driving causing death offences are currently not included in this report. (From the website).
For more family violence statistics data, see: https://nzfvc.org.nz/family-violence-statistics/
Record #8847
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