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Youth Court Criminal Workload Statistics

Cases In Cases Out Totals
  Jan 2014 - Dec 2014 Jan 2014 - Dec 2014 Jan 2014 - Dec 2014 31-Dec-14
New Business Transfers In Disposals Transfers Out Cases In Cases Out Active
Alexandra YC 12 5 11 8 17 19 3
Ashburton YC 9 6 12 6 15 18 5
Auckland YC 353 80 315 151 433 466 77
Balclutha YC 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Blenheim YC 53 3 49 10 56 59 12
Chatham Islands YC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Christchurch YC 322 36 364 28 358 392 75
Dannevirke YC 2 2 7 0 4 7 1
Dargaville YC 6 6 11 4 12 15 4
Dunedin YC 60 14 74 20 74 94 7
Gisborne YC 58 11 96 8 69 104 14
Gore YC 13 2 14 1 15 15 1
Greymouth YC 12 1 16 3 13 19 0
Hamilton YC 221 50 196 76 271 272 54
Hastings YC 141 13 111 18 154 129 37
Hawera YC 40 15 48 11 55 59 7
Huntly YC 31 24 35 18 55 53 9
Hutt Valley YC 79 12 80 15 91 95 15
Invercargill YC 65 7 80 9 72 89 16
Kaikohe YC 28 11 32 13 39 45 9
Kaikoura YC 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Kaitaia YC 60 15 62 23 75 85 11
Levin YC 35 11 43 8 46 51 6
Manukau YC 557 196 638 125 753 763 162
Marton YC 2 1 1 1 3 2 1
Masterton YC 40 4 39 5 44 44 15
Morrinsville YC 10 9 18 3 19 21 2
Napier YC 76 5 82 9 81 91 18
Nelson YC 108 9 104 15 117 119 29
New Plymouth YC 105 15 102 27 120 129 19
North Shore YC 108 24 91 39 132 130 23
Oamaru YC 14 10 21 3 24 24 7
Opotiki YC 6 0 10 0 6 10 2
Palmerston North YC 109 14 112 24 123 136 23
Papakura YC 84 34 73 54 118 127 17
Porirua YC 77 19 83 9 96 92 17
Pukekohe YC 54 26 67 11 80 78 18
Queenstown YC 8 0 4 4 8 8 1
Rangiora YC 1 0 4 5 1 9 0
Rotorua YC 175 25 157 40 200 197 31
Ruatoria YC 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Taihape YC 4 3 3 2 7 5 2
Taumarunui YC 22 3 28 9 25 37 3
Taupo YC 36 5 35 4 41 39 8
Tauranga YC 162 24 160 25 186 185 38
Te Awamutu YC 4 7 5 4 11 9 4
Te Kuiti YC 1 3 2 2 4 4 0
Thames YC 10 4 15 3 14 18 0
Timaru YC 47 2 55 4 49 59 8
Tokoroa YC 24 14 22 11 38 33 11
Waihi YC 19 5 18 4 24 22 4
Waipukurau YC 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Wairoa YC 14 1 15 4 15 19 5
Waitakere YC 182 50 208 40 232 248 44
Wanganui YC 54 20 68 10 74 78 17
Wellington YC 51 12 54 17 63 71 10
Westport YC 5 2 5 4 7 9 0
Whakatane YC 59 14 68 7 73 75 20
Whangarei YC 106 23 138 31 129 169 19
Total Youth Courts 3,935   4,164       941

Note:

This table is a subset of the total Criminal Courts combined table

In March 2013, Lower and Upper Hutt courts combined to form the Hutt Valley court.

In March 2014 Balclutha and Rangiora courts closed and all cases in these areas were redirected to Dunedin and Christchurch courts respectively.

"The Youth Court is a specialist division of the District Court. Its processes, practices and statutory principles are markedly different to those of an ordinary criminal Court. The Youth Court process does not follow the standard criminal process of appear, convict and sentence.  However, for caseload reporting the District Courts' criminal data structure has been used.

A case is now counted as new business when it first comes into the system - 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"

"Cases In" is the sum of cases filed and at court location level, also includes 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"

"Cases Out" is the sum of cases where final outcomes are established on all charges, cases where all the charges are joined into another case, and at court location level, they also include transfers to other parts of the country. It excludes cases put on hold due to the issuing of a warrant to arrest the young person.