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-----L Wells <[FOI #3211 email]> wrote: -----
To: OIA requests at New Zealand Police <[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: L Wells <[FOI #3211 email]>
Date: 12/10/2015 08:54AM
Subject: Official Information Act request - Total number of break-ins or
damage reported for vehicles parked in Salamanca Road, Kelburn,
Wellington, or at the Kelburn Park car park over the period 2011-2015.

Dear New Zealand Police,

I am a New Zealand citizen who wishes to know the total number of
break-ins or damage reported for vehicles parked in Salamanca Road,
Kelburn, Wellington, or at the Kelburn Park car park over the period
2011-2015.

I would also like any other information held about crimes reported in
Kelburn Park for the same period.

I would like this information broken down by year.

Yours faithfully,

L Wells

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Dear L Wells

 

I am writing in response to your request, dated 13 October 2015 , for
information relating to car break-ins or damage reported for vehicles
parked in Salamanca Road or Kelburn Park and crimes reported in Kelburn
Park for the period 2011-2015, made under the Official Information Act
(OIA) 1982.

 

Police historically produces statistics based on Police operational
boundaries not by specific street location or area. However, we have
recently developed the capability to aggregate data based on meshblock
units.

 

Kindly provide us the meshblock numbers for the areas you are interested
in and we will endeavour to provide you the information you require. If
you have any questions please let me know

 

We look forward to hearing from you soon.   

 

Regards

 

 

 

 

Dr Gavin Knight

Chief Data Scientist

National Performance & Insights Centre

New Zealand Police                   

 

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Dear L Wells,
 
Thank you for your reply. Meshblock data are either available from the
Statistics New Zealand or or the city council. Our meshblock information
does not map to any street names or common place location, thus the need
to specify the meshblock numbers where you need information for.
 
I trust this helps. Should you have any problems please dont hesitate to
give me a call.    
 
Regards,
 
 

Obert Cinco
Team Manager Reporting | Strategy Group | New Zealand Police
P   +64 4 474 8866  |  Extn: 44466   |  E   [1][email address]
Police National Headquarters, 180 Molesworth Street PO Box 3017,
Wellington 6140

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-----L Wells <[OIA #3211 email]> wrote: -----
To: <[email address]>
From: L Wells <[OIA #3211 email]>
Date: 14/10/2015 09:23
Subject: Re: Official Information Act request - Total number of break-ins
or damage reported for vehicles parked in Salamanca Road, Kelburn,
Wellington, or at the Kelburn Park car park over the period 2011-2015.

Dear New Zealand Police,

The Police must be able to locate the relevant mesh block(s) in order to
respond to my OIA request if this is the way they manage their data.  I've
tried online and have been unsuccessful in locating this information.
 Please let me know if you can respond to my request using the relevant
mesh block(s).

Yours faithfully,

L Wells

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Dear L Wells

 

I refer to your request for the following information:

 

·         the total number of break-ins or damage reported for vehicles
parked in Salamanca Road, Kelburn, Wellington, or at the Kelburn Park car
park over the period 2011-2015.

I would also like any other information held about crimes reported in
Kelburn Park for the same period.

I would like this information broken down by year.

 

I have been asked to advise you that Police requires an extension of time
in which to respond to your request, pursuant to section 15A(1) of the
Official Information Act 1982, because the request necessitates a search
through a large quantity of information and consultations such that a
proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the
original time limit.

 

Police require until 30 November 2015 to provide a substantive response to
your request. 

 

You have the right to complain to the Office of the Ombudsmen about this
extension.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Teresa McMahon

Police National Headquarters

PO Box 3017

Wellington

 

 

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Dear L Wells

I have forwarded your message to the team who is dealing with your request.

I am confident they will be able to provide the information by the amended date.

On behalf of the team, I do apologise for the inconvenience.

Teresa McMahon

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Dear L Wells

The statistics team preparing the reply wondered if was possible to phone you to discuss your request in terms of what police can and cannot provide?

Would you be happy to provide a phone number on which you could be contacted?

Thank you

Teresa McMahon
Police National Headquarters
PO Box 3017
Wellington

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Do you have a personal email address that you can use?

Alternatively please call me on 04 474 9469
Many thanks

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Dear L Wells

 

I apologise for the delay in responding to your follow up request, dated
14 October 2015 , for information relating to car break-ins or damage
reported for vehicles and crimes reported within specified meshblocks you
have supplied in Kelburn, Wellington for the years 2011-2015, made under
the Official Information Act (OIA) 1982.

 

Attached are tables showing the numbers of recorded offences for the
meshblocks specified in your request for the years ending 31 December 2011
to 2014 for the following offences:

 

·          Theft of motor vehicle parts or contents

·          Property damage

·          Public order offences

 

To protect individual privacy and in line with Statistics New Zealand
guidelines on Official Statistics, we have excluded offences where the
scene descriptions were "dwellings". Also, for Property Damage offences,
Police statistics does not distinguish the type of property (i.e motor
vehicles, houses) involved in the offence.  

 

Please note that Official Statistics for recorded offences and
apprehensions were phased out after the 2014 calendar year. They were last
published for the year ending 31 December 2014 on 1 April 2015 . For that
reason Official Statistics for 2015 are not available.

 

However, Police has released new Official Statistics on non-residential
victimisations by meshblocks ( [1]www.stats.govt.nz). For the period from
January to September 2015, below is a table showing the number of
victimisations for theft of motor vehicle parts or contents for the
specified meshblocks. We are working with Statistics New Zealand to
provide offender proceeding statistics at a similar level.

 

+--------------------------------+
| Meshblock | Victimisations |
|--------------+-----------------|
| 2124900 | 14 |
|--------------+-----------------|
| 2126800 | 2 |
|--------------+-----------------|
| 2153300 | 4 |
|--------------+-----------------|
| 2153400 | 4 |
|--------------+-----------------|
| 2154200 | 6 |
|--------------+-----------------|
| 2155300 | 1 |
|--------------+-----------------|
| Total | 31 |
+--------------------------------+

 

Although for the reasons above only some of the information you have
sought has been provided, I trust my response is still helpful.

 

As you may already be aware, you have the right under section 28(3) of the
OIA to seek a review of my handling of your request by the Office of the
Ombudsmen.

 

Regards

 

 

 

Dr Gavin Knight
Chief Data Scientist | Strategy Group | New Zealand Police
P   +64 4 470 7375  Extn: 44375   |   M   +64 27 2511176   |   E  
[2][email address]
Police National Headquarters, 180 Molesworth Street PO Box 3017 ,
Wellington 6140, [3]www.police.govt.nz

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-----L Wells <[FOI #3211 email]> wrote: -----

To: <[email address]>
From: L Wells <[FOI #3211 email]>
Date: 14/10/2015 12:26
Subject: Re: Official Information Act request - Total number of break-ins
or damage reported for vehicles parked in Salamanca Road, Kelburn,
Wellington, or at the Kelburn Park car park over the period 2011-2015.

Dear New Zealand Police,

Thanks to Oliver Lineham's helpful suggestion I have been able to locate
the meshblocks that I am interested in.  These are:

2124900
2126800
2153300
2153400
2154200
2154400
2155300

Since there are 7 meshblocks, I now request that the data provided is
provided by meshblock, as well as year.

I suggest the link to [7]http://www.mashblock.co.nz/  is provided to
people making similar requests in future to assist them with their search.

Yours faithfully,

L Wells

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Dear L Wells,
 
Thank you for your email. Sorry for not advising that a meshblock not
showing on the table indicates that no offences were recorded for that
particular meshblock over the period.
 
I trust this clarifies your question.
 
Best regards,
 
 

Obert Cinco
Team Manager Reporting | Strategy Group | New Zealand Police
P   +64 4 474 8866  |  Extn: 44466   |  E   [1][email address]
Police National Headquarters, 180 Molesworth Street PO Box 3017,
Wellington 6140

Safer Communities Together

-----L Wells <[FOI #3211 email]> wrote: -----
To: <[email address]>
From: L Wells <[FOI #3211 email]>
Date: 18/11/2015 13:13
Subject: Re: Re: Official Information Act request - Total number of
break-ins or damage reported for vehicles parked in Salamanca Road,
Kelburn, Wellington, or at the Kelburn Park car park over the period
2011-2015.

Dear New Zealand Police,

Thank you for the data that you have been able to provide.  

I have noticed that the 2124900 meshblock data for public order offences
is missing from the data provided in your attached table.  Is this able to
be provided?

Yours faithfully,

L Wells

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