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Recorded criminal offences

The total number of recorded criminal offences and the recorded criminal offence rate per 10,000 population.

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Region Offences per 10,000 population
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
1 Northland 1,160 1,155 1,133 1,187 1,102 1,019 1,032 1,005 1,049 1,041
2 Auckland 1,136 1,143 1,148 1,177 1,148 1,007 1,026 1,066 1,046 1,022
3 Waikato 1,259 1,141 1,125 1,128 1,063 982 1,012 1,077 1,037 987
4 Bay of Plenty 1,286 1,240 1,298 1,281 1,257 1,169 1,113 1,028 1,090 1,053
5 Gisborne 1,219 1,259 1,250 1,360 1,289 1,230 1,237 1,268 1,253 1,285
6 Hawke's Bay 1,253 1,279 1,245 1,293 1,239 1,123 1,144 1,232 1,218 1,187
7 Taranaki 1,050 980 967 896 963 819 815 922 913 922
8 Manawatu-Whanganui 1,273 1,170 1,095 1,092 1,035 910 937 977 968 985
9 Wellington 1,008 993 998 989 1,037 945 904 945 948 1,025
10 Tasman 991 999 946 1,007 939 992 919 1,077 929 991
11 Nelson
12 Marlborough 1,069 1,085 1,073 1,091 1,179 1,137 1,110 1,093 1,055 1,112
13 West Coast 1,025 1,033 981 971 1,052 847 782 897 899 938
14 Canterbury 1,072 1,001 998 991 997 937 854 878 884 938
15 Otago 1,050 987 968 1,011 1,050 979 961 961 937 900
16 Southland 1,332 1,217 1,097 1,193 1,211 997 1,069 1,033 1,054 1,113
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