
Drug Crime in New Zealand, Trend Analysis: 2015 – 2024
Analyzing drug crime trends in New Zealand from 2015 to 2024 reveals rising methamphetamine cases, changing legal outcomes, and persistent demographic disparities.
Analyzing drug crime trends in New Zealand from 2015 to 2024 reveals rising methamphetamine cases, changing legal outcomes, and persistent demographic disparities.
Explore COVID-19 trends in New Zealand from April 2022 to December 2023, including cases, deaths, and vaccination insights, now visualized with interactive Flourish charts.
An analysis of New Zealand’s sexual offense charges from 2015–2024 reveals significant patterns in offender gender and ethnicity, highlighting persistent gender disparities and crime profiles.
Currently, New Zealand does not publish comprehensive official statistics specifically detailing offending rates among transgender individuals. However, some information has been obtained through Official Information Act (OIA) requests and community-led research.
New Zealand’s violent offences in 2024 are predominantly committed by males, accounting for over 85% of convictions, with significant ethnic disparities highlighted.
Explore 2024 conviction demographics, highlighting Māori overrepresentation, gender differences, and ethnicity trends with key insights on crime and ethnicity data.
New Zealand data reveals Māori are disproportionately overrepresented in family violence charges and convictions, highlighting ongoing ethnic disparities in the justice system.
Explore the evolving gender breakdown of individuals with finalised charges from 1980 to 2024, highlighting key trends and shifts over four decades.
Māori are disproportionately overrepresented in murder charges in New Zealand, consistently facing higher rates than their population share over the past decade.
Despite social changes, New Zealand’s criminal courts remain predominantly male, with men consistently making up over 79% of convictions across four decades.
Over four decades, Māori convictions in New Zealand courts have surged to 44%, now surpassing Europeans, highlighting growing ethnic disparities and systemic issues.
Latest 2024 data reveals Māori remain overrepresented in New Zealand’s justice system.