Alcohol-related Offences in Auckland under the Official Information Act
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From: J.J. Yu
Kia ora New Zealand Police,
I would like to make a request under the Official Information Act of 1982 for the following information:
Crime statistics in Auckland City over the last five calendar years (including 2025 if possible) broken down by offense type (assault, dangerous driving, etc), location by district (Avondale, Auckland Central, etc) as well as time of day committed if available.
In addition, please provide information about the Police's definition of "alcohol-related".
I would be happy to have this data in either table or spreadsheet form.
I confirm that I reside in New Zealand.
Thank you for your time and effort,
James
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below.
Your reference number is IR-01-25-29664.
You can expect a response to your request on or before 10 September 2025 unless an extension is needed.
Ngā mihi, Michelle
Advisor - Police National Headquarters
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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Kia ora JJ
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 13
August 2025. You asked for information regarding Auckland City crime
stats.
Please find Police’s response to each of your questions below:
Crime statistics in Auckland City over the last five calendar years
(including 2025 if possible) broken down by offense type (assault,
dangerous driving, etc), location by district (Avondale, Auckland Central,
etc) as well as time of day committed if available.
This information can be found using the publicly available reports on the
Police website:
[1]https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publ...
You can access the data you are interested in by following these steps:
1. Go to policedata.nz and select the Victimisations Time and
Place report.
2. From the Victimisations Time and Place report, select the
tab labelled ‘Map’.
3. Select the time period you require by moving the sliding bar
on ‘Select time Period’.
4. Select the Region/Territorial Authority/Area Unit you are
interested in.
5. Use Choose Crime Type/ANZSOC Group to filter results by
offence.
6. You will find the information you requested by Hour and Day
of Week.
7. Finally, you can download detailed information about these
data using the download icon at the bottom of the page and selecting
‘Data’.
In addition, please provide information about the Police's definition of
"alcohol-related".
How Police defines and records instances of alcohol as a contributing
factor can be found in section 6.4.23 of the National Recording Standard:
[2]https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default...
More information about Police’s approach to alcohol can be found in the
relevant publicly available chapters of Police Instructions here:
[3]https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publ...
Ngâ mihi
Keenia
Advisor - Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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