IR-01-24-25671
19 August 2024
Jonathon Gilbert
[FYI request #27788 email]
Tēnā koe Jonathon
Request for information
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request dated 23 July 2024. You
wrote:
I am writing to request the statistics and data on stolen vehicles in Upper Hutt.
Specifically I would request an "excel spreadsheet" containing the following
columns from the date range - 01/06/2023 - 31/05/2024.
- Date stolen*
- Date victim reported it as stolen*
- Date of first correspondence from police to the victim after report was made.
- Location stolen from*
- Make/Model & Year
- Vehicle Found (Y/N)*
- Date recovered?*
- Location recovered?*
- Date victim advised of recovery?
- Suspects found?* (Y/N)
- Suspects charged?* (Y/N)
- What was the charge? and punishment?*
- Specifically any reparations? (Y/N)
- Specifically any Suspension of licence? (Y/N)
If this date range is too wide. please shorten this to the most recent 6 month
period ending at the most recent date available.
I have limited this data to specifically Upper Hutt to reduce the required workload
in acquiring this data.
All above requested data is highly valuable and would be greatly appreciated if it
can be provided. However, I understand something may not have been recorded
in a manor that is accessible within reason on request. details marked with a (*)
are of the highest priority.
Vault uploads and suspects charged is of key interest into this enquiry.
Police National Headquarters
180 Molesworth Street. PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
Telephone: 04 474 9499. Fax: 04 498 7400. www.police.govt.nz
Information you requested is provided in the attached spreadsheet, except for the
following:
• Vehicle registration is withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the OIA to protect the
privacy of those vehicle’s owners. While the vehicle registration is provided on the
Police website, this is a six-month snapshot of data which it is in the public
interest to release to help identify and locate stolen vehicles. It is provided at
District level and without any other accompanying details listed in your request.
This same over-riding public interest does not apply when considering releasing
this information in response to your request.
• For the same privacy reason, the scene and recovery locations are provided at
Station level1.
• This information is not provided under section 18(g) of the OIA as the information
is not held. Each case would need to be reviewed manually to create this
information.
-
Specifically any Suspension of licence? (Y/N)
• The offence and court outcomes are summarised in this letter separately. These
tables address the following questions:
-
Suspects found?* (Y/N)
-
Suspects charged?* (Y/N)
-
What was the charge? and punishment?*
-
Specifically any reparations? (Y/N)
The summarised tables below show the number of offences in occurrences where
vehicles were recorded as stolen, not the number of vehicles. The explanation for these
tables was provided in the response to your previous request IR-01-24-23966 and not
repeated here.
Table 1. Offence outcomes for vehicles reported stolen between 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2024 in
Upper Hutt, as at 23 July 2024.
Offences in occurrences where a
Offence outcome as at 23 July 2024
vehicle was recorded as stolen
Duplicate
1
Error
1
No further line of enquiry
141
Not an offence
4
Offender identified
33
Police discretion
3
Victim Uncooperative/Unavailable
7
Under investigation
50
Total
240
1 https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/structure/police-districts
Table 2. Outcomes in offences where offender was identified for occurrences with stolen vehicles
between 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2024 in Upper Hutt, as at 23 July 2024.
Offence Outcomes where offender was
Sentence Type as at 23
Offences in occurrences where
identified as at 23 July 2024
July 2024
a vehicle was recorded as stolen
Prosecution - Case Proved and
Social Welfare
2
Sentenced (Youth Court)
Supervision
Prosecution - Case Proved and
Supervision With
2
Sentenced (Youth Court)
Residence
Prosecution - Convicted and Sentenced
Community Detention
2
Prosecution - Convicted and Sentenced
Imprisonment
5
Prosecution - Convicted and Sentenced
Intensive Supervision
2
Prosecution - Convicted and Sentenced
Supervision (SA2007)
1
Prosecution - Discharged under Section
Reparation/Restitution
6
282 CYPF Act
Prosecution - Discharged under Section
5
282 CYPF Act
Prosecution - Disch. WOC. S106
1
Sentencing Act
Prosecution - Dismissed S147 CP Act
1
Prosecution - Withdrawn By Leave
6
Prosecution - Proceedings in progress
4
Youth Referral
5
Unique Total
33
Data in this response is drawn from a dynamic operational database and is subject to
change as new information is recorded or updated.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Please note that as part of its commitment to openness and transparency, Police
proactively releases some information and documents that may be of interest to the
public. An anonymised version of this response may be publicly released on the New
Zealand Police website.
Ngā mihi
Sheree de Malmanche
Director: Performance and Data (acting)
