Crime in New Zealand – Unique Offenders by Ethnicity and Relationship to Victim (Family Members) – 12 Months to February 2025

New Zealand’s Ethnic Makeup – 2023 Census

The ethnic group distribution of New Zealand as per the 2023 Census. This is a self-selected grouping in the Census, and where people have chosen more than one group, they are counted in each group. (It’s not a genetic thing, that wouldn’t be possible.)

This allows us to calculate the “per-capita” rate of offending for each group, by dividing the total offense number by the number of people in each group. We then multiply that by 100,000 – showing the rate of offending per 100,000 people. This helps give a better picture than simple raw totals when group sizes differ.

The following information is sourced from the policedata section of the NZ Police site, it is a public Tableau database that is updated monthly.

For this report I used the “Unique Offenders” Tableau, and this time the Details tab, to show the Relationship between the Offender and the Victim where the two are Family Members.

It is different to the Victimisations data, which is Reported crime. These are actually investigated crimes where proceedings were brought against the Offender.

For more information on this report, please look at the source: https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publications-statistics/data-and-statistics/policedatanz/unique-offenders-demographics

Overall Unique Offenders by Ethnicity where Offender is Family of Victim

This graph shows all Offences where an Offender was identified and proceedings were brought, where the Offender was a Family Member of the Victim:

Overall Unique Offenders by Ethnicity where Offender is Boyfriend or Girlfriend of Victim

This graph shows all Offences where an Offender was identified and proceedings were brought, where the Offender was a Boyfriend or Girlfriend of the Victim:

Overall Unique Offenders by Ethnicity where Offender is Child of Victim

This graph shows all Offences where an Offender was identified and proceedings were brought, where the Offender was a Child of the Victim:

Overall Unique Offenders by Ethnicity where Offender is “Family Member Not Fully Described” of Victim

This graph shows all Offences where an Offender was identified and proceedings were brought, where the Offender was a family member of the Victim “Not Fully Described” to Police:

Overall Unique Offenders by Ethnicity where Offender is “Other Relative” of Victim

This graph shows all Offences where an Offender was identified and proceedings were brought, where the Offender was an “Other Relative” of the Victim:

Overall Unique Offenders by Ethnicity where Offender is Parent of Victim

This graph shows all Offences where an Offender was identified and proceedings were brought, where the Offender was a Parent of the Victim:

Overall Unique Offenders by Ethnicity where Offender is Partner of Victim

This graph shows all Offences where an Offender was identified and proceedings were brought, where the Offender was a Partner of the Victim:

Overall Unique Offenders by Ethnicity where Offender is Sibling of Victim

This graph shows all Offences where an Offender was identified and proceedings were brought, where the Offender was a Sibling of the Victim:

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