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NZ Police Statistics
Types of crime referred to VS during June 2002-July 2003:
- Dishonesty crimes - 49% (theft, burg, robbery)
- Serious crimes against people - 4% (homicide, assault, sexual assault)
- Family violence - 12%
- Emergencies - 6% (suicide, sudden death, transport accidents, fire
etc)
No of referrals to VS Services during June 2002-July 2003:
- Victim Support attended 113,100 incidents
- Victim Support made contact with 138,058 victims through a total
of 161,134 contacts
- Victim Support spent 79,894 hours in directly supporting victims
- Our workers travelled 351,229km to provide services to victims
Key Findings
- There are 1.7 million victimisations per annum (about 30% of the population)
- 12% of those victimised experienced re-victimisations
- About 30% of all crime is reported to Police
- Awareness of Victim Support has risen from 31% to 40% of the populationMaori,
Pacific Islanders, students and the elderly are less likely to know
about Victim Support
- People most at risk from victimisation are the young, females and
Maori.
- 12% of victims have experienced four or more victimisations
NZ Crime Clock
In New Zealand:
- there is 1 burglary every 9 minutes
- a car is stolen every 10 minutes
- there are 5 robberies every day
- there are 8 grievous assaults every day
- there are 55 sexual attacks every day
- there are 10 sexual offences every day
- there are 120 Homicides a year
Prosecutions
- In 2001 only 66% of prosecutions resulted in conviction
- Violent offence prosecutions are the least likely (80%) to result
in a prosecution
Custodial Sentences
- Throughout the decade 7-8% of people convicted each year received
a custodial sentenceIn 2001 7,864 cases resulted in a custodial sentence
– the lowest number since 1996
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