Criminal conviction and sentencing statistics include tables about convictions, prosecutions, and charges by offence type, sentence type, and most serious offence. This data is provided to us by the Ministry of Justice.
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Prosecutions
Charges prosecuted against adults by offence type calendar year – statistics for 1980 onwards about the number of charges prosecuted in the New Zealand court system during a calendar year. Information includes the court location, type of offence, and outcome of the charge.
Adults prosecuted in court – most serious offence calendar year – statistics for 1980 onwards about people prosecuted in criminal courts during a calendar year. Information includes court location, and the outcome of a person’s most serious prosecution by offence category.
Convictions
Adults convicted in court by sentence type – most serious offence calendar year – statistics for 1980 onwards about people whose convictions were finalised in criminal courts during a calendar year. Information includes offender age, gender, and ethnicity; court location; type of sentence; and the sentence given for the most serious offence category.
Definitions and metadata
Criminal conviction and sentencing statistics – DataInfo+ gives the general methodology used to produce these statistics, and related metadata.
Criminal conviction and sentencing statistics concepts – DataInfo+ gives definitions used in these statistics.
More information
Conviction and sentencing statistics – find Ministry of Justice infographics about the data in the criminal conviction and sentencing tables.
Next release
Criminal conviction and sentencing statistics: June 2024 fiscal year – NZ.Stat tables will be released on 17 September 2024.
