NCJ Number
218907
Date Published
April 2007
Length
126 pages
Annotation
This report presents findings from the 2006 New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey (NZCASS), which measured the amount of crime experienced by New Zealanders (ages 15 and over) by asking them directly about criminal incidents they had experienced since the beginning of 2005.
Abstract
The survey estimated that there were 2,753,000 household and personal offenses committed in New Zealand in 2005. Attempted offenses were also included in this number. Assaults composed 26 percent of all offenses, and half of the assaults involved injury. Threats constituted just over 22 percent of all offenses. Vandalism was the next largest offense category, comprising 13 percent of all offenses. Burglary accounted for 12 percent of all offenses. Seven percent of total offenses were sexual offenses. Thirty-two percent of all offenses identified in the survey were reported to the police. When victims felt that the offense was serious or that it constituted a crime, they were more likely to report the incident of the police. Rates of victimization did not changed much between 2000 and 2005 for personal offenses. For household offenses, such as burglary and vehicle crime, there was a moderate increase between 2000 and 2005. The groups most at risk for victimization were similar across all categories of offenses examined. Individuals most at risk for victimization were young, single, disadvantaged economically and socially, and of Maori and Pacific Islander ethnicity/race. Those at least risk for victimization were aged 60 or older, couples without children, those living in rural areas, and those who owned their own home. Extensive tables and figures and a glossary