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Total District and Youth Court Statistics

Data from CMS as at 07 Feb 2014 (Pre-CPA)

Data from CMS as at 06 Jan 2014 (CPA) 2013

Includes CPA and Pre-CPA data

Cases In Cases Out Totals
  Jan - Dec 2013 Jan - Dec 2013 Jan - Dec 2013 31-Dec-13
  New Business Transfers In Disposals Transfers Out Cases In Cases Out Active
Alexandra 379 111 1,040 146 490 1,186 52
Ashburton 661 104 650 100 765 750 142
Auckland 12,941 2,059 12,744 1,746 15,000 14,490 4,301
Balclutha 336 32 281 119 368 400 26
Blenheim 1,370 219 1,358 287 1,589 1,645 252
Chatham Islands 29 6 27 2 35 29 11
Christchurch 12,261 1,189 12,902 924 13,450 13,826 2,313
Dannevirke 223 73 236 61 296 297 59
Dargaville 459 128 507 94 587 601 85
Dunedin 3,544 445 3,585 380 3,989 3,965 708
Feilding 46 6 63 148 52 211 0
Gisborne 3,105 303 3,086 323 3,408 3,409 649
Gore 507 104 499 107 611 606 94
Greymouth 807 142 819 154 949 973 188
Hamilton 6,575 1,337 6,664 1,429 7,912 8,093 1,615
Hastings 3,267 401 3,210 468 3,668 3,678 504
Hawera 933 110 925 114 1,043 1,039 105
Huntly 691 327 738 308 1,018 1,046 179
Hutt Valley 2,698 934 2,486 305 3,632 2,791 679
Invercargill 2,802 354 3,015 263 3,156 3,278 438
Kaikohe 1,995 314 2,063 313 2,309 2,376 532
Kaikoura 101 25 96 56 126 152 21
Kaitaia 1,149 196 1,210 162 1,345 1,372 281
Levin 1,418 246 1,419 243 1,664 1,662 262
Lower Hutt 622 270 724 630 892 1,354 0
Manukau 13,968 1,879 15,059 1,756 15,847 16,815 3,693
Marton 261 52 255 88 313 343 42
Masterton 1,352 184 1,305 191 1,536 1,496 247
Morrinsville 706 225 706 197 931 903 153
Napier 2,552 383 2,792 250 2,935 3,042 458
Nelson 2,916 299 2,868 356 3,215 3,224 613
New Plymouth 2,597 202 2,602 226 2,799 2,828 428
North Shore 5,561 693 5,479 787 6,254 6,266 1,276
Oamaru 529 82 529 95 611 624 86
Opotiki 466 133 480 96 599 576 72
Palmerston North 3,651 615 3,599 491 4,266 4,090 820
Papakura 3,006 508 2,867 524 3,514 3,391 665
Porirua 3,121 364 3,205 362 3,485 3,567 442
Pukekohe 2,045 273 1,992 304 2,318 2,296 387
Queenstown 959 52 797 245 1,011 1,042 104
Rangiora 947 100 844 236 1,047 1,080 165
Rotorua 4,143 548 4,308 624 4,691 4,932 631
Ruatoria 175 25 163 35 200 198 30
Taihape 369 55 302 127 424 429 60
Taumarunui 440 77 418 101 517 519 83
Taupo 1,569 210 1,508 282 1,779 1,790 219
Tauranga 4,869 625 5,186 537 5,494 5,723 766
Te Awamutu 443 154 481 158 597 639 104
Te Kuiti 321 69 339 86 390 425 59
Thames 741 186 719 223 927 942 125
Timaru 1,181 175 1,208 191 1,356 1,399 266
Tokoroa 1,308 223 1,275 296 1,531 1,571 200
Upper Hutt 280 27 242 294 307 536 0
Waihi 455 111 459 110 566 569 83
Waipukurau 310 72 286 103 382 389 44
Wairoa 477 60 464 87 537 551 76
Waitakere 7,280 1,128 7,145 1,056 8,408 8,201 2,319
Wanganui 1,852 282 2,034 204 2,134 2,238 393
Warkworth 31 6 65 128 37 193 0
Wellington 3,430 682 4,028 519 4,112 4,547 888
Westport 240 52 239 62 292 301 54
Whakatane 2,092 249 2,021 298 2,341 2,319 285
Whangarei 3,576 469 3,674 556 4,045 4,230 788
Whataroa 14 0 10 14 14 24 0
Total District Courts 139,152   142,300       30,620

Note:

The Criminal Procedure Act 2011 came into force on 1 July 2013. It changed the landscape for criminal cases.

Prior to July 2013, charges were laid summarily or indictably, which effectively determined the path they followed in Court. Historical reporting was created based on the pathways that cases were expected to follow - criminal summary, indictable pre-committal, and indictable post-committal (jury trial). Cases were counted as "new business" and "disposals" within each of these court processes. Transfers into a process were counted as new business, and transfers out as disposals. Reporting was based on parts of the criminal process, and never on the whole.

New reporting reflects a holistic approach, focussed on total criminal cases, and on the subsets with special requirements: District Court jury trials, Youth Court cases and cases to be tried and/or sentenced in the High Court.

A case is now counted as new business when it first comes into the system, that is when charges are filed. It is counted as a disposal only when it has final charge outcomes for all its charges. Reporting of annual statistics from July 2013 uses new terminology in order to count transfers between courts and parts of the process: "cases in" alongside "new business" and "cases out" alongside "disposals".

New Business/"Cases In"

Criminal Total - District Court and Youth Court combined & Youth Court only

"Cases In" is the sum of cases filed, cases where a retrial has been directed, severed cases and cases transferred into the court. At court location level, they also include transfers from other parts of the country. It excludes cases reactivated in the court due to the execution or withdrawal of a warrant to arrest.

Disposals/"Cases Out"

Criminal Total - District Court and Youth Court combined & Youth Court only & Jury Trials

"Cases Out" is the sum of cases where sentencing or other final outcomes are established on all charges, cases where all the charges are joined into another case, and cases transferred out of the court. At court location level, they also include transfers to other parts of the country.

This includes cases where the defendant was convicted and sentenced or discharged, or the case dismissed, withdrawn, or stayed. It excludes cases put on hold due to the issuing of a warrant to arrest the defendant.

Total active

Criminal Total - District Court and Youth Court combined & Youth Court only & Jury Trials

Active cases are those which are awaiting trial or are awaiting sentencing or other final outcome, and are not On Hold due to the issuing of a warrant to arrest the defendant.

This includes cases where the defendant is yet to appear in court, or yet to make a plea, the case is in the review process, or the case is awaiting a pre-trial decision.