Safety / Injuries and courts
How safe are we?
14,283people seriously injured (not fatally) in 2024
2,214deaths from injury in 2021, the latest year with complete death records
65,066adults had charges finalised in court in 2025, 76,598 in 2015
78%of them were convicted
Serious injuries, by cause
Serious non-fatal injuries per 100,000 people
Serious injuries, 2024
Deaths from injury, 2021
In the courts
Adults with charges finalised, by year
Charges finalisedConvicted
By most serious offence, 2025
About these numbers
Serious injuries are injuries with a high risk of death, from hospital records (Stats NZ serious injury outcome indicators). Deaths take longer to finalise, so they lag by a few years.
Courts counts adults whose charges were finalised in a year, by their most serious offence (Ministry of Justice data, published by Stats NZ). It reflects policing and prosecution as well as offending.
Crime victimisation, including crime not reported to Police, is on How likely am I to be a victim of crime?, from the NZ Crime and Victims Survey. Not here yet: recorded crime (NZ Police), which isn't published in a form that can be loaded automatically.
Sources: Stats NZ Aotearoa Data Explorer, INJ_INJ_001 and JUS_CAL_002; population estimates for rates.