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Youth Court Criminal Workload Statistics

 

  Cases in Cases out Totals
  Jul 2014 - Jun 2015 Jul 2014 - Jun 2015 Jul 2014 - Jun 2015 30-Jun-15
  New business Transfers in Disposals Transfers out Cases in Cases out Active
Alexandra YC 8 6 12 8 14 20 2
Ashburton YC 17 6 16 7 23 23 3
Auckland YC 355 79 295 166 434 461 93
Blenheim YC 34 7 34 9 41 43 7
Chatham Islands YC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Christchurch YC 333 38 340 33 371 373 71
Dannevirke YC 1 2 3 0 3 3 0
Dargaville YC 4 3 5 0 7 5 2
Dunedin YC 57 13 40 24 70 64 15
Gisborne YC 59 10 59 9 69 68 21
Gore YC 9 2 13 3 11 16 2
Greymouth YC 6 1 5 4 7 9 0
Hamilton YC 199 50 180 75 249 255 46
Hastings YC 141 10 142 14 151 156 29
Hawera YC 30 9 40 10 39 50 8
Huntly YC 32 23 40 12 55 52 11
Hutt Valley YC 93 16 87 17 109 104 22
Invercargill YC 77 9 69 9 86 78 30
Kaikohe YC 47 11 36 12 58 48 22
Kaikoura YC 4 4 2 5 8 7 1
Kaitaia YC 49 18 70 23 67 93 9
Levin YC 31 4 33 5 35 38 6
Manukau YC 545 192 632 99 737 731 124
Marton YC 2 0 2 1 2 3 0
Masterton YC 45 3 38 5 48 43 12
Morrinsville YC 9 10 15 4 19 19 5
Napier YC 82 5 75 3 87 78 22
Nelson YC 93 7 90 11 100 101 27
New Plymouth YC 85 11 91 17 96 108 7
North Shore YC 126 26 88 55 152 143 32
Oamaru YC 14 14 22 6 28 28 3
Opotiki YC 7 0 7 0 7 7 2
Palmerston North YC 117 14 111 22 131 133 20
Papakura YC 71 41 71 39 112 110 25
Porirua YC 63 22 83 14 85 97 8
Pukekohe YC 72 18 71 16 90 87 19
Queenstown YC 2 0 5 0 2 5 0
Rotorua YC 160 25 165 35 185 200 21
Ruatoria YC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taihape YC 3 2 3 0 5 3 2
Taumarunui YC 16 2 17 9 18 26 5
Taupo YC 32 7 39 7 39 46 8
Tauranga YC 153 28 158 31 181 189 24
Te Awamutu YC 9 7 10 4 16 14 3
Te Kuiti YC 4 3 3 1 7 4 4
Thames YC 2 5 7 1 7 8 1
Timaru YC 44 5 37 15 49 52 9
Tokoroa YC 27 14 26 12 41 38 11
Waihi YC 14 4 16 4 18 20 1
Waipukurau YC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wairoa YC 11 1 13 3 12 16 4
Waitakere YC 241 70 220 65 311 285 60
Whanganui YC 58 14 71 9 72 80 18
Wellington YC 61 10 50 20 71 70 8
Westport YC 4 2 3 0 6 3 3
Whakatane YC 56 14 67 10 70 77 10
Whangarei YC 117 26 104 40 143 144 36
Total Youth Courts 3,931   3,931       934

Note:

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

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.                                                              

Total active

Active cases are those which are in the Youth Court process and/or are awaiting a final outcome, and are not on hold due to the issuing of a warrant to arrest.