The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 

Year	Number of murder victims
1949	12
1950	12
1951	5
1952	10
1953	11
1954	6
1955	7
1956	9
1957	11
1958	11
1959	13
1960	12
1961	14
1962	12
1963	10
1964	13
1965	17
1966	25
1967	14
1968	11
1969	18
1970	20
1971	16
1972	17
1973	25
1974	32
1975	20
1976	40
1977	27
1978	41
1979	43
1980	37
1981	49
1982	35
1983	48
1984	40
1985	61
1986	68
1987	54
1988	64
1989	61
1990	67
1991	60
1992	73
1993	47
1994	61
1995	49
1996	54
1997	56
1998	51
1999	50
2000	56
2001	53
2002	66
2003	48
2004	45
2005	46
2006	59
2007	49
2008	59
2009	65

Source: Statistics New Zealand, New Zealand Police Annual report

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