Child and youth prosecution statistics include tables about the number of children and young people prosecuted in the New Zealand court system, by most serious offence, age, sex, and ethnicity. This data is provided to us by the Ministry of Justice.
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Children and young people charged in court - most serious offence calendar year - statistics on the most serious prosecution outcome (across all offence categories) during a calendar year, by offence category.
Children and young people given an order in court - most serious offence calendar year - statistics on the most serious court order given (across all offence categories) during a calendar year, by offence category.
Definitions and metadata
Criminal conviction and sentencing statistics - DataInfo+ gives the general methodology used to produce these statistics, and related metadata.
Criminal conviction and sentencing statistics concepts - DataInfo+ gives definitions of terms used in these statistics.
More information
Child and youth prosecution statistics - find Ministry of Justice infographics about the data in the child and youth prosecution tables.
Next release
Child and youth prosecution statistics: June 2024 fiscal year - NZ.Stat tables will be released on 17 September 2024.
