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Police statistics on homicide victims in New Zealand 2007 - 2020 : a summary of statistics about victims of murder, manslaughter, and infanticide New Zealand Police - [Wellington, New Zealand : Police National Headquarters, New Zealand Police, 2023 - electronic document (21 pages) ; PDF file - NZ Police homicide report .

Includes provisional data for 2021 (Appendix B). Released June 2022


Between 2007 – 2020 there were 1,005 people killed by homicide (i.e., murder and manslaughter offences).
Māori account for approximately a third of homicide victims.
Males represented 65 percent of all victims.
The lowest annual homicide figure of 46 was in 2017.
Around 7 out of 10 homicides were murders.
Of all family-linked homicide victims, 44% were male and 56% were female.
Around 16% of homicides were committed by a current or ex-partner – 74% of these victims were female.
Children under the age of five made up 10 percent of homicide victims.

For family violence statistics see: https://nzfvc.org.nz/family-violence-statistics/
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ISSN: 1179-6650 (Online)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
CRIME
HOMICIDE
CHILD HOMICIDE
INFANTICIDE
NZ Police homicide reports
OFFENDERS
VICTIMS OF CRIMES
STATISTICS
VIOLENT CRIMES

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
NEW ZEALAND