Police statistics on homicide victims in New Zealand 2007 - 2021 : a summary of statistics about victims of murder, manslaughter, and infanticide
Police statistics on homicide victims in New Zealand 2007 - 2021 : a summary of statistics about victims of murder, manslaughter, and infanticide
New Zealand Police
- Wellington, New Zealand : Police National Headquarters, New Zealand Police, 2024
- electronic document (20 pages) ; PDF file
- NZ Police homicide report .
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
1179-6650 (Online)
CRIME
HOMICIDE
CHILD HOMICIDE
INFANTICIDE
NZ Police homicide reports
OFFENDERS
VICTIMS OF CRIMES
STATISTICS
VIOLENT CRIMES
NEW ZEALAND
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
1179-6650 (Online)
CRIME
HOMICIDE
CHILD HOMICIDE
INFANTICIDE
NZ Police homicide reports
OFFENDERS
VICTIMS OF CRIMES
STATISTICS
VIOLENT CRIMES
NEW ZEALAND