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      "acknowledged": "Checked against the source: fraud and deception victims rose from 248k (213–283k) to 423k (363–482k), matching the rate rise from 6.2% to 10.2%; the confidence intervals do not overlap.",
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    "Not comparable with Police recorded crime."
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        "S = Suppressed as the estimate has a margin of error greater than or equal to 20 percentage points, a relative standard error greater than or equal to 50%, or an underlying sample count of less than six, which is considered too unreliable for general use.",
        "# = Estimate with a margin of error between 10 and 20 percentage points or a relative standard error between 20% to 50% and should be used with caution.",
        "^ = Statistically significant difference across time at the 95% confidence level (from base year to current year).",
        "+ = Statistically significant difference across time at the 95% confidence level (from previous year to current year).",
        "* = Statistically significant difference across time at the 95% confidence level (from NZ population in same year)."
      ],
      "observations": [
        {
          "ci95": [
            84,
            130
          ],
          "end": "2018-12-31",
          "label": "2018",
          "period": "2018-12-31",
          "start": "2018-01-01",
          "value": 107
        },
        {
          "ci95": [
            61,
            102
          ],
          "end": "2021-12-31",
          "label": "2021",
          "period": "2021-12-31",
          "start": "2021-01-01",
          "value": 81
        },
        {
          "ci95": [
            64,
            111
          ],
          "end": "2022-12-31",
          "label": "2022",
          "period": "2022-12-31",
          "start": "2022-01-01",
          "value": 87
        },
        {
          "ci95": [
            39,
            72
          ],
          "end": "2023-12-31",
          "label": "2023",
          "period": "2023-12-31",
          "start": "2023-01-01",
          "value": 56
        },
        {
          "ci95": [
            37,
            66
          ],
          "end": "2024-12-31",
          "label": "2024",
          "period": "2024-12-31",
          "start": "2024-01-01",
          "value": 51
        },
        {
          "ci95": [
            44,
            77
          ],
          "end": "2025-12-31",
          "label": "2025",
          "markers": [
            "Statistically significant difference across time at the 95% confidence level (from base year to current year)."
          ],
          "period": "2025-12-31",
          "start": "2025-01-01",
          "value": 60
        }
      ],
      "period_convention": "Survey cycle years (interviews spread over about 12 months; questions cover the previous 12 months)",
      "source_label": "2 | Personal offences | Cybercrime",
      "title": "Cybercrime: adults victimised (thousands)",
      "unit": "number_thousands"
    }
  ],
  "source": {
    "edition": "NZCVS Data Tables 2025 (Cycle 8)",
    "id": "justice-nzcvs",
    "landing_url": "https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/nzcvs/",
    "licence": {
      "attribution": "Source: Ministry of Justice, NZ Crime and Victims Survey, licensed under CC BY 4.0.",
      "checked_on": "2026-10-10",
      "evidence": "Read directly from https://www.justice.govt.nz/about-this-site/copyright/ (\"Licensed for use under the creative commons attribution licence (BY) 4.0\").",
      "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
      "reuse": "open-licence",
      "status": "confirmed",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
    },
    "name": "NZ Crime and Victims Survey: how much crime is there",
    "organisation": "Ministry of Justice"
  },
  "title": "Number of adults and households victimised by crime",
  "topic": "crime"
}