Violent Offending Fact Sheet Methodology Oct24 [docx, 178 KB]
...period produces reliable but lagged crime trends For each NZCVS cycle or quarterly release contains data collected within a 12-month period. For the October 2024 quarterly release, this means that data comes from respondents interviewed between November 2023 and October 2024. However, as respondents are asked if they experienced any crime within the last 12 months of being interviewed, this means that the data collected can contain incidents which occurred within a 24-month period. For example,...