How many New Zealanders experience crime (Crime and Victims Survey): data and downloads
All offences: % of adults victimised was 27.5% in 2025, down 2.0 points on a year earlier.
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Source: Ministry of Justice. Last retrieved 10 October 2026.
How many New Zealanders experience crime (Crime and Victims Survey)
All offences: % of adults victimisedAll household offences: % of households victimisedAll personal offences: % of adults victimisedBurglary: % of households victimisedTheft of / unlawful takes/converts motor vehicle: % of households victimisedProperty damage (household): % of households victimisedPhysical offences (assault and robbery): % of adults victimisedSexual assault: % of adults victimisedFraud and deception: % of adults victimisedCybercrime: % of adults victimisedHarassment and threatening behaviour: % of adults victimised
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| Period | All offences: % of adults victimised (%) | All household offences: % of households victimised (%) | All personal offences: % of adults victimised (%) | Burglary: % of households victimised (%) | Theft of / unlawful takes/converts motor vehicle: % of households victimised (%) | Property damage (household): % of households victimised (%) | Physical offences (assault and robbery): % of adults victimised (%) | Sexual assault: % of adults victimised (%) | Fraud and deception: % of adults victimised (%) | Cybercrime: % of adults victimised (%) | Harassment and threatening behaviour: % of adults victimised (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.5% | 16.4% | 15.3% | 9.0% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 8.9% | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 29.5% | 16.3% | 16.9% | 8.9% | 2.3% | 1.5% | 2.5% | 2.1% | 10.1% | 1.2% | 2.4% |
| 2023 | 31.6% | 18.6% | 17.3% | 9.8% | 3.0% | 1.6% | 2.7% | 1.8% | 10.3% | 1.3% | 1.8% |
| 2022 | 30.7% | 19.0% | 17.0% | 9.6% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 10.2% | 2.1% | 2.9% |
| 2021 | 29.0% | 17.8% | 14.8% | 9.3% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 2.5% | 2.1% | 6.2% | 2.0% | 2.8% |
| 2018 | 29.6% | 20.0% | 14.6% | 12.1% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 5.3% | 2.7% | 2.9% |
2025All offences: % of adults victimised 27.5%All household offences: % of households victimised 16.4%All personal offences: % of adults victimised 15.3%Burglary: % of households victimised 9.0%Theft of / unlawful takes/converts motor vehicle: % of households victimised 1.9%Property damage (household): % of households victimised 1.5%Physical offences (assault and robbery): % of adults victimised 1.7%Sexual assault: % of adults victimised 1.6%Fraud and deception: % of adults victimised 8.9%Cybercrime: % of adults victimised 1.4%Harassment and threatening behaviour: % of adults victimised 2.6%
Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: Ministry of Justice.
How many New Zealanders experience crime (Crime and Victims Survey): data and downloads: definitions
The share of adults and households who were victims of crime in the previous 12 months, from the Ministry of Justice's NZ Crime and Victims Survey, by main offence type. The survey asks people directly, so it counts crime whether or not it was reported to Police.
How many New Zealanders experience crime (Crime and Victims Survey): data and downloads: comparison limits
These affect how the figures can be compared.
- The survey began in 2018. These tables show 2018 (the base year) and 2021 onwards; results for 2019 and 2019/20 (cycles 2 and 3) were published in earlier releases with a different layout and are not combined here.
- Survey estimates with 95% confidence intervals (published with each value). Small changes are often not statistically significant; Justice marks the changes that are.
- Household offences are a % of households; personal offences are a % of adults (15+). 'All offences' is the % of adults who experienced any offence.
- Some estimates are suppressed as too unreliable; those years are left out rather than filled in.
- Not comparable with Police recorded crime, which only counts offences reported to and recorded by Police.
How many New Zealanders experience crime (Crime and Victims Survey): 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: % of adults victimised | All household offences: % of households victimised | All personal offences: % of adults victimised | Burglary: % of households victimised | Theft of / unlawful takes/converts motor vehicle: % of households victimised | Property damage (household): % of households victimised |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.5% | 16.4% | 15.3% | 9.0% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| 2024 | 29.5% | 16.3% | 16.9% | 8.9% | 2.3% | 1.5% |
| 2023 | 31.6% | 18.6% | 17.3% | 9.8% | 3.0% | 1.6% |
| 2022 | 30.7% | 19.0% | 17.0% | 9.6% | 2.1% | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 29.0% | 17.8% | 14.8% | 9.3% | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| 2018 | 29.6% | 20.0% | 14.6% | 12.1% | 1.5% | 1.9% |
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