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Youth Court Criminal Workload Statistics

Cases in Cases out Totals
  Jul 2013 - Jun 2014 Jul 2013 - Jun 2014 Jul 2013 - Jun 2014 30-Jun-14
  New business Transfers in Disposals Transfers out Cases in Cases out Active
Alexandra YC 11 4 8 2 15 10 8
Ashburton YC 10 5 9 7 15 16 1
Auckland YC 341 77 263 122 418 385 120
Balclutha YC 3 0 0 3 3 3 0
Blenheim YC 58 7 57 16 65 73 9
Chatham Islands YC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Christchurch YC 364 55 392 44 419 436 81
Dannevirke YC 5 4 11 2 9 13 0
Dargaville YC 15 21 27 12 36 39 0
Dunedin YC 87 10 98 17 97 115 8
Gisborne YC 87 16 106 17 103 123 20
Gore YC 16 3 20 0 19 20 7
Greymouth YC 20 3 24 2 23 26 3
Hamilton YC 204 46 180 87 250 267 50
Hastings YC 87 10 62 14 97 76 36
Hawera YC 33 14 30 7 47 37 20
Huntly YC 19 25 23 19 44 42 8
Hutt Valley YC 63 13 61 12 76 73 15
Invercargill YC 83 18 94 12 101 106 22
Kaikohe YC 33 16 39 15 49 54 12
Kaikoura YC 2 4 4 3 6 7 0
Kaitaia YC 69 15 45 24 84 69 32
Levin YC 36 12 40 13 48 53 9
Manukau YC 509 191 558 150 700 708 123
Marton YC 0 1 2 0 1 2 1
Masterton YC 41 7 48 10 48 58 5
Morrinsville YC 11 13 21 6 24 27 5
Napier YC 69 12 74 11 81 85 12
Nelson YC 106 10 95 21 116 116 28
New Plymouth YC 116 21 114 31 137 145 18
North Shore YC 81 18 67 33 99 100 24
Oamaru YC 18 5 20 1 23 21 3
Opotiki YC 9 2 11 0 11 11 2
Palmerston North YC 99 13 101 17 112 118 21
Papakura YC 89 33 66 55 122 121 24
Porirua YC 53 13 59 4 66 63 20
Pukekohe YC 42 26 54 10 68 64 17
Queenstown YC 7 0 2 5 7 7 3
Rangiora YC 10 4 20 8 14 28 0
Rotorua YC 159 22 150 22 181 172 33
Ruatoria YC 1 0 2 0 1 2 0
Taihape YC 4 2 4 2 6 6 0
Taumarunui YC 32 4 27 9 36 36 13
Taupo YC 43 4 43 5 47 48 15
Tauranga YC 170 19 172 30 189 202 29
Te Awamutu YC 1 5 8 5 6 13 1
Te Kuiti YC 0 2 0 1 2 1 1
Thames YC 15 3 18 4 18 22 2
Timaru YC 54 8 61 12 62 73 10
Tokoroa YC 18 7 24 6 25 30 8
Waihi YC 13 4 15 2 17 17 3
Waipukurau YC 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Wairoa YC 20 2 16 2 22 18 8
Waitakere YC 171 57 205 47 228 252 39
Whanganui YC 51 8 54 5 59 59 26
Wellington YC 54 18 67 18 72 85 7
Westport YC 8 1 6 4 9 10 0
Whakatane YC 68 10 80 7 78 87 18
Whangarei YC 126 22 111 32 148 143 35
Total Youth Courts 3,915 ;- 3,969 ;- ;- ;- 1,015

 

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

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"

"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"

"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

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.