Child and youth prosecution statistics include tables about the number of children and young people prosecuted in the New Zealand court system, by most serious offence, age, sex, and ethnicity. This data is provided to us by the Ministry of Justice.
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Definitions and metadata
Criminal conviction and sentencing statistics - DataInfo+ gives the general methodology used to produce these statistics, and related metadata.
Criminal conviction and sentencing statistics concepts - DataInfo+ gives definitions used in these statistics.
More information
Children and young people with finalised charges in court contains Ministry of Justice information about the data in the child and youth prosecution tables.
Next release
Child and youth prosecution statistics: June 2025 fiscal year will be released on 16 September 2025.
