Latest justice statistics released
The Ministry of Justice has just published its most recent statistics on criminal charges and convictions from 2012/2013 to 2021/2022.
The tables are published every six months. Tier 1 statistics are essential to help the Government, business, and members of the public make informed decisions.
These statistics contain details on people going through the courts or accessing justice services. The statistics covered include:
- General justice (such as the number of charges and people charged);
- Children and young people in court (including Youth Court);
- Specific offence types (such as homicide, sexual, driving under the influence, drugs and harmful digital communications);
- Specific justice processes (such as discharged without conviction, unfit to stand trial, offending while on bail and name suppression); and
- Justice services (including collections, legal aid and family violence programmes).
Please note that COVID-19 heavily affected several areas of the justice system, impacting trends in the data since the initial outbreak in 2019/2020.
The Delta and Omicron outbreaks in 2021/2022 had the largest annual COVID-19 impact on justice statistics including reduced court inflow and reduced court events. The reader should bear this in mind when drawing conclusions about the trends in recent years, especially in 2021/2022.
You can view the latest statistics here:
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