Number of adults and households victimised by crime: NZ data and downloads
All offences: adults victimised (thousands) was 1,199 thousand in 2025, down 5.9% on a year earlier.
Updated
Source: Ministry of Justice. Last retrieved 10 October 2026.
Number of adults and households victimised by crime
All offences: adults victimised (thousands)All household offences: households victimised (thousands)All personal offences: adults victimised (thousands)Burglary: households victimised (thousands)Physical offences (assault and robbery): adults victimised (thousands)Sexual assault: adults victimised (thousands)Fraud and deception: adults victimised (thousands)Cybercrime: adults victimised (thousands)
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| Period | All offences: adults victimised (thousands) (thousand) | All household offences: households victimised (thousands) (thousand) | All personal offences: adults victimised (thousands) (thousand) | Burglary: households victimised (thousands) (thousand) | Physical offences (assault and robbery): adults victimised (thousands) (thousand) | Sexual assault: adults victimised (thousands) (thousand) | Fraud and deception: adults victimised (thousands) (thousand) | Cybercrime: adults victimised (thousands) (thousand) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,199 | 336 | 668 | 184 | 74 | 71 | 388 | 60 |
| 2024 | 1,274 | 329 | 730 | 180 | 107 | 89 | 435 | 51 |
| 2023 | 1,335 | 367 | 730 | 192 | 116 | 76 | 434 | 56 |
| 2022 | 1,278 | 367 | 705 | 186 | 92 | 81 | 423 | 87 |
| 2021 | 1,163 | 322 | 595 | 169 | 100 | 84 | 248 | 81 |
| 2018 | 1,172 | 348 | 576 | 210 | 113 | 80 | 208 | 107 |
2025All offences: adults victimised (thousands) 1,199All household offences: households victimised (thousands) 336All personal offences: adults victimised (thousands) 668Burglary: households victimised (thousands) 184Physical offences (assault and robbery): adults victimised (thousands) 74Sexual assault: adults victimised (thousands) 71Fraud and deception: adults victimised (thousands) 388Cybercrime: adults victimised (thousands) 60
Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: Ministry of Justice.
Number of adults and households victimised by crime: NZ data and downloads: definitions
Estimated number of adults and households who were victims of crime in the previous 12 months, by main offence type, from the Ministry of Justice's NZ Crime and Victims Survey (thousands).
Number of adults and households victimised by crime: NZ data and downloads: comparison limits
These affect how the figures can be compared.
- Numbers rise with population; the % victimised (crime-victimisation) is the better guide to change over time.
- Survey estimates with 95% confidence intervals; this release shows 2018 and 2021 onwards (2019 and 2019/20 are in earlier releases).
- Not comparable with Police recorded crime.
Number of adults and households victimised by crime: NZ data and downloads: data by period
The latest ten periods for up to the first six series. Downloads contain every published observation.
| Period | All offences: adults victimised (thousands) | All household offences: households victimised (thousands) | All personal offences: adults victimised (thousands) | Burglary: households victimised (thousands) | Physical offences (assault and robbery): adults victimised (thousands) | Sexual assault: adults victimised (thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,199 thousand | 336 thousand | 668 thousand | 184 thousand | 74 thousand | 71 thousand |
| 2024 | 1,274 thousand | 329 thousand | 730 thousand | 180 thousand | 107 thousand | 89 thousand |
| 2023 | 1,335 thousand | 367 thousand | 730 thousand | 192 thousand | 116 thousand | 76 thousand |
| 2022 | 1,278 thousand | 367 thousand | 705 thousand | 186 thousand | 92 thousand | 81 thousand |
| 2021 | 1,163 thousand | 322 thousand | 595 thousand | 169 thousand | 100 thousand | 84 thousand |
| 2018 | 1,172 thousand | 348 thousand | 576 thousand | 210 thousand | 113 thousand | 80 thousand |
Number of adults and households victimised by crime: NZ data and downloads: questions for your AI
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The attached CSV is Number of adults and households victimised by crime (crime-victims-number), from Ministry of Justice, NZ Crime and Victims Survey: how much crime is there. Describe how each measure has changed, naming its unit and period. Treat changes in basis and missing periods as breaks. Distinguish observation from explanation. Limitations: Numbers rise with population; the % victimised (crime-victimisation) is the better guide to change over time. Survey estimates with 95% confidence intervals; this release shows 2018 and 2021 onwards (2019 and 2019/20 are in earlier releases). Not comparable with Police recorded crime.. Do not infer causation from changes during government terms.
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- Ministry of Justice, NZ Crime and Victims Survey: how much crime is there
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- Retrieved
- 10 October 2026