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 victimisation for each group, by dividing the total reported crimes by the number of people in each group. We then multiply that by 100,000 – showing the rate of victimisation 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 “Victimisations (Demographics)” Tableau, using the Demographics tab, to describe the volumes and rates of reported crimes by people by demographic. These are all reported crimes for the year to April 2025, so any unreported victimisation is outside the scope of this analysis.
For per-capita values, the “Undefined” and any unknown categories are Excluded from the total. This is any reported crime where the Ethnicity of the victim is undetermined.
** While it would be very interesting to be able to combine these reports to show which ethnic groups were victimising each ethnic groups, that is not possible with the Public Police Tableau data.
For more information on this report, please look at the source: https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publications-statistics/data-and-statistics/policedatanz/victimisations-demographics
Overall Unique Victims of Crime by Ethnicity
This graph shows all Reported Crimes (that are crimes against an individual) by ethnic group of the victim:
Victims of Acts Intended to Cause Injury by Ethnicity
This graph shows all reported “Acts Intended to Cause Injury” crimes by ethnic group of the victim:
Victims of Sexual Assault by Ethnicity
This graph shows all reported Sexual Assault crimes by ethnic group of the victim:
Victims of Abduction/Harassment Crime by Ethnicity
This graph shows all reported Abduction & Harassment crimes by ethnic group of the victim:
Victims of Robbery/Extortion Crime by Ethnicity
This graph shows all reported Robbery and Extortion related crimes by ethnic group of the victim:
Victims of Theft by Ethnicity
This graph shows all reported Theft crimes by ethnic group of the victim:
