The New Zealand Government has set a target(external link) of reducing victims of violent crime by 20,000 by 2029. It is using the New Zealand Crime and Victims’ Survey (NZCVS) to measure the number of victims of violent crime.
To support the Government in monitoring progress in reducing violent crime, there will now be more regular releases of NZCVS estimates on the number of victims of violent crime. These estimates are year-to-month estimates,
These releases will consist of a factsheet and supporting data tables.
The quarterly release of violent crime data is a new use of NZCVS data. These quarterly estimates are being produced for monitoring purposes and should be considered indicative. A methodology note has been produced to help users understand how the NZCVS quarterly estimates are produced, where the quarterly methodology differs from the annual methodology, and to aid in interpretation of results.
Violent Crime Methodology Note [PDF, 95 KB]
The October 2024 factsheet summarises key findings in the October 2024 violent crime release
Note: The October 2024 quarterly estimate is the same as the NZCVS Cycle 7 annual estimate.
Violent Crime October 2024 factsheet [PDF, 267 KB]
The data tables contain additional time series data for violent crime victims, including breakdowns by selected demographic groups and sub-offences. Alongside a standardised set of data tables, a supplementary set of data tables are published each release to highlight key trends and findings.
Violent Crime October 2024 data tables [XLSX, 37 KB]
Violent Crime October 2024 supplementary data tables [XLSX, 26 KB]
The factsheet contains a number of figures. We provide the figures below as png files so that they can be downloaded and used directly.
Figure 1: Number of victims of violent offences, by relationship to offender [PNG, 124 KB]
Figure 2: Number of victims of violent offences, by offence type [PNG, 124 KB]
The August 2024 factsheet summarises key findings in the August 2024 violent crime release and provides notes on the NZCVS methodology to help readers to interpret and understand the NZCVS violent crime August 2024 release.
Violent Crime August 2024 Factsheet [PDF, 225 KB]
The data tables contain additional time series data for violent crime victims, including breakdowns by selected demographic groups and sub-offences. Alongside a standardised set of data tables, a supplementary set of data tables are published each release to highlight key trends and findings.
Violent Crime August 2024 Data Tables [XLSX, 33 KB]
Violent Crime August 2024 Supplementary Data Tables [XLS, 56 KB]
The factsheet contains a number of figures. We provide the figures below as png files so that they can be downloaded and used directly.
Figure 1: Number of victims of violent offences, by relationship to offender [PNG, 114 KB]
Figure 4: Number of victims of violent offence, by gender [PNG, 63 KB]
The factsheet provides notes on the NZCVS methodology to help readers to interpret and understand the NZCVS violent crime June 2024 release.
Violent Crime June 2024 Factsheet [PDF, 95 KB]
The data tables contain additional time series data on violent crime victims, including breakdowns by selected demographic groups and sub-offences. Alongside a standardised set of data tables, a supplementary set of data tables are published each release to highlight key trends and findings.
Violent Crime June 2024 Data Tables [XLSX, 32 KB]
Violent Crime June 2024 Supplementary Data Tables [XLSX, 30 KB]
![Figure 1: Number of victims of violent offences, by relationship to offender [PNG, 124 KB]](/assets/Images/Sector/Figure1_NumberOfVictims_RelationOffender.png){kind=link}
![Figure 2: Number of victims of violent offences, by offence type [PNG, 124 KB]](/assets/Images/Sector/Figure2_NumberOfVictims_OffenceType.png){kind=link}
![Figure 3: Change in number of violent offence victims between October 2023 and October 2024, by ethnic group [PNG, 52 KB]](/assets/Images/Sector/Figure3_ChangeInVictims_EthnicGroup_Oct23.png){kind=link}
![Figure 4: Change in number of violent offence victims between August 2024 and October 2024, by ethnic group [PNG, 52 KB]](/assets/Images/Sector/Figure4_ChangeInVictims_EthnicGroup_Aug24.png){kind=link}
![Figure 5: Change in number of violent offence victims between August 2024 and October 2024, by region [PNG, 86 KB]](/assets/Images/Sector/Figure5_ChangeInVictims_Region_Aug24.png){kind=link}
![Figure 6: Change in number of violent offence victims between October 2023 and October 2024, by region [PNG, 84 KB]](/assets/Images/Sector/Figure6_ChangeInVictims_Region_Oct23.png){kind=link}
![Figure 1: Number of victims of violent offences, by relationship to offender [PNG, 114 KB]](/assets/Images/Fig1_VOVictims_Count.png){kind=link}
![Figure 2: Change in number of violent offence victims between June 2024 and August 2024, by region [PNG, 87 KB]](/assets/Images/Fig2_VOChange_Region_June24August24.png){kind=link}
![Figure 3: Change in number of violent offence victims between October 2023 and August 2024, by region [PNG, 89 KB]](/assets/Images/Fig3_VOChange_Region_October23August24.png){kind=link}
![Figure 4: Number of victims of violent offence, by gender [PNG, 63 KB]](/assets/Images/Fig4_VO_Gender.png){kind=link}