Robberies are attempts to steal that may involve physical threats or actual assaults, sometimes with a weapon. The number of reported robberies increased significantly from the 1980s until the early 2000s, reaching a peak of 2916 in 2006.
In 2014 New Zealand Police replaced the official statistics on ‘recorded offences’ and ‘recorded apprehensions’ with a new series based on ‘crime victimisations’ and ‘proceedings against offenders’. The number of robbery victimisations reported has increased since 2020.
Note: The two sets of statistics are not comparable. A report describing the changed approach to crime statistics is available on the New Zealand Police website.
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Sources: New Zealand Police Annual Report, Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (1950-1993); Statistics New Zealand, 'Annual recorded offences for the latest calendar years (ANZSOC)' via NZ.Stat; New Zealand Police, New Zealand Crime Statistics 2014 (1994-2014); and Victimisations (police stations) via policedata.nz (2015-2023)
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