Family Violence in New Zealand – Violent Offending by Family Member by Ethnicity – June 2024 – May 2025

Introduction/Methodology

NZ Police Stats provide Demographic breakdown of offenders over time. Using the Census 2023 data, we can calculate the “per-capita” rate of Offending 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 offending per 100,000 people. This helps give a better picture than simple raw totals when group sizes differ.

The crime 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 Victims (demographics)” and for Homicide and Dangerous Acts, the Unique Offenders Tableaux, using the Detail tab, to determine the volumes of crimes committed by people by demographic. I then filtered by “Known to Victim – Family Member”.

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 Offender is undetermined. Any entries with an Outcome of “Not Proceeded With” have been excluded.

** 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, though this IS family member crime..

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

For more information on what each of the “divisions” below mean, see the ANZSOC: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/australian-and-new-zealand-standard-offence-classification-anzsoc/latest-release

Overall Violent Whanau Offending by Ethnicity

This graph shows all Crimes where an offender who was a Family Member of the Victim was reported to Police from June 2024 to May 2025, by ethnic group of the Offender.

Abduction, Harassment and Related Offending by Whanau by Ethnicity

This graph shows all Abduction, Harassment and Related Offending where an offender who was a Family Member of the Victim was reported to Police from June 2024 to May 2025, by ethnic group of the Offender.

Acts Intended to Cause Injury Offending by Whanau by Ethnicity

This graph shows all Acts Intended to Cause Injury Crimes where an offender who was a Family Member of the Victim was identified to Police and proceedings were brought, from June 2024 to May 2025, by ethnic group of the Offender.

Dangerous or Negligent Acts Endangering Persons Offending by Whanau by Ethnicity

This graph shows all reported Dangerous or Negligent Acts Endangering Persons Offending where an offender who was a Family Member of the Victim was reported to Police from June 2024 to May 2025, by ethnic group of the Offender.

Homicide and Related Whanau Offending by Ethnicity

This graph shows all reported Homicide and Related offending where an offender who was a Family Member of the Victim was identified to Police and proceedings were brought, from June 2024 to May 2025, by ethnic group of the Offender.

Robbery/Extortion Whanau Offending by Ethnicity

This graph shows all reported Robbery and Extortion related crime where an offender who was a Family Member of the Victim was reported to Police from June 2024 to May 2025, by ethnic group of the Offender.

Sexual Assault and Related Whanau Offending by Ethnicity

This graph shows all reported Sexual Assault and related crime where an offender who was a Family Member of the Victim was reported to Police from June 2024 to May 2025, by ethnic group of the Offender.

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.)