There has been lots of recent commentary about increasing crime within our communities. What’s the reality? The Ministry of Justice runs an annual survey – The NZ Crime and Victims Survey (NZCVS), interviewing 8000 New Zealanders every year, about their experience of crime. The Community Insights’ Data Resources pages have a link to all of the last five years of NZCVS results under our Safety and Harm theme. On this page we also have links to the latest data about other areas of social harm – Police and Justice data sets on crime and prosecutions, data on gambling (Pokie machines) , suicide, family violence and road deaths.
Are you interested in reporting or tracking some of this information? Talk to the Community Insights team who can help you dig into the data, at source. and find the information you need, in a form you can use. We love nothing more than helping people in community groups, find and make sense of relevant local data.
