Crime Statistics Show Increase in Reported Violence

Police statistics for the 2009 calendar year show a 9.2 percent increase in violent offending to 65,465 incidents - an increase linked to the greater reporting of family violence which rose 18.6 percent (5,061 offences).
A summary of the crime statistics related to family violence is:
451,405 recorded offences last year, compared with 431,383 in 2008 - increase of 4.6 percent
Sexual offending increased by 0.6 percent in 2009 (23 offences) less than the increase in the population in 2009 (1.1 percent)
Increase in recorded homicide offences - up by 23 to 134 (20.7 percent) from 2008
Increase to 65 recorded murders in 2009, up by 13 from 2008
Police resolved 14,199 more offences in 2009 (215,618) than in 2008 (201,419)
A new report into culpable deaths has been produced for the first time by the New Zealand Police and will be produced annually. The first of these reports is available at: https://admin.police.govt.nz/sites/nzfvc.org.nz/files/services/statistic...

Please click the link below to go directly to the Police National Crime Statistics till 31st December 2009: https://admin.police.govt.nz/sites/nzfvc.org.nz/files/services/statistic...

The NZ Police media release regarding the 2009 Statistics is available at: http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/crime-statistics-2009-national-resolution...