KEY INSIGHT
Aggravated robberies against retail stores doubled in December 2022 = 70 compared to:

• November 2022 = 34
• December 2021 = 30
• Previous 12-month average = 32

KEY QUESTION
What are we going to do differently in 2023 to rapidly reduce all forms of retail crime?

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Other notes:

• This data came from an OIA request:
  • The OIA request was sent to the New Zealand Police on 29 November 2022.
  • An extension was requested on 17 January 2023.
  • A response was received on 28 February 2023. It didn’t show all available retail crime data for all available months, only a) ram raid count and b) aggravated robberies count, and only for the 14 months between November 2021 and December 2022.
  • Given the recent uncertainty around how ram raids are counted, we have not published this data.
  • Given the sudden increase in aggravated retail robberies in December 2022, and that this breakdown hasn’t been published in media recently, we felt this was the most useful insight from the data received.
  • We are working with the NZ Police to gain all retail crime data for all available periods.
• Definitions from the NZ Police website:
  • “A burglary refers to entry or attempted entry into a building without permission with the intent to commit a crime.”
  • “A robbery refers to theft or attempted theft of property accompanied by force or the threat of violence to a person or property.”
  • “An aggravated robbery refers to a robbery that involved serious injury to someone, two or more people working together in a robbery, or a robbery where the offender had a weapon. A vehicle does not need to have been used to enter or attempt to enter the premises to constitute an aggravated robbery.”
  • “A ram raid is a burglary or robbery in which a vehicle has been used to enter, or attempt to enter, a premises.”
• All available aggravated robbery data received to date has been published. We will seek to get all retail crime data from January-February 2023, and also from before November 2021.
• Not all crime is reported. As we come across robust research or data that shows whether a higher or lower percentage of crime is now reported, we will post it here.
• All numbers are provisional and subject to revision.

Thank you to the Factors who helped pull this together.

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SOURCE:

• OIA request. Please contact us if you would like a copy.

Data published by New Zealand Police
(c) Crown Copyright
Licensed for use under the creative commons attribution licence (BY) 4.0

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