The number of charges against children and teenagers has spiked in the last year, with theft, robbery and burglary seeing the biggest increases.
【澳纽网编译】去年，针对儿童和青少年的指控数量激增，其中盗窃、抢劫和入室盗窃增幅最大。

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But the number of young people charged hasn’t gone up nearly as steeply, meaning young offenders are on average committing more crimes per person.
但被指控的年轻人人数并没有急剧增加，这意味着年轻罪犯平均每人犯下的罪行更多。

These trends are revealed in the latest crime data, released today by the Ministry of Justice, which looks at charges that have reached a conclusion in court in the year to June.
司法部今天发布的最新犯罪数据揭示了这些趋势，该数据研究了截至 6 月的一年中在法庭上得出结论的指控。

There were more than 5000 theft charges against those aged 10 to 17 in the 2023/24 year, a 41% increase compared to the previous year, and roughly twice as many theft charges than in each of the preceding years. But the number of children and young people charged with theft stayed the same: 393 people.
在 2023/24 年，针对 10 至 17 岁青少年的盗窃指控超过了 5000 起，比上一年增加了 41%，大约是前几年的两倍。但被控犯有盗窃罪的儿童和青少年人数保持不变：393 人。

That means each young person faced on average almost 13 theft charges in 2023/24, compared to nine theft charges in 2022/23.
这意味着每个年轻人在 2023/24 年平均面临近 13 项盗窃指控，而 2022/23 年为 9 项盗窃指控。

Overall, including the adult population, there was a 31% increase in the number of theft charges last year compared to 2022/23, a continuation of a rise that started in 2021/22; the increase is 67% comparing last year to 2021/22.
总体而言，包括成年人口在内，与 2022/23 年相比，去年的盗窃罪数量增加了 31%，延续了 2021/22 年开始的上升;与去年相比，2021/22 年增长了 67%。

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But the increase in the number of people charged with theft rose by only 18% this year compared to 2022/23, and by 39% compared to 2021/22.
但与 2022/23 年相比，今年被指控犯有盗窃罪的人数仅增加了 18%，与 2021/22 年相比增加了 39%。

The latest justice data only captures court charges, meaning it doesn’t include the majority of youth offending, as only serious youth offending ends up in Youth, District or High Court.
最新的司法数据仅涵盖法院指控，这意味着它不包括大多数青少年犯罪，因为只有严重的青少年犯罪最终会被送往青少年、地区或高等法院。

A total of 1704 people aged between 10 and 17 faced court charges in 2023/24, the highest number in six years and 27% higher than the number two years ago. The number of charges for this age group compared to two years ago, however, jumped by 71%.
2023/24 年共有 1704 名 10 至 17 岁的人面临法庭指控，这是六年来的最高数字，比两年前高出 27%。然而，与两年前相比，这个年龄段的人数增长了 71%。

As well as increases in theft, the number of burglary charges roughly doubled over the last two years, while the number of robbery charges jumped by 57% compared to the previous year, and is now the highest number in nearly a decade. This is despite ram raids peaking in August 2022, and dropping 80% in April this year compared to April last year.
除了盗窃案的增加外，入室盗窃罪的数量在过去两年中大约翻了一番，而抢劫罪的数量与上一年相比跃升了 57%，现在是近十年来的最高数字。尽管撞击袭击（ram raids）在 2022 年 8 月达到顶峰，与去年 4 月相比，今年 4 月下降了 80%。

The number of young people charged also increased, but not nearly as steeply as the number of charges.
被指控的年轻人人数也有所增加，但幅度不如指控数那么巨大。

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Did violent crime go up under Labour?
工党领导下的暴力犯罪率上升了吗？

The number of court charges for “acts intended to cause injury” has increased by 19% in the past two years, returning to roughly the same level as in each year between 2015/16 and 2020/21.
在过去两年中，因“意图造成伤害的行为”而被法院起诉的数量增加了 19%，恢复到 2015/16 年至 2020/21 年期间每年的大致相同水平。

This is the offence category that Luxon uses to claim there was a 33% increase in violent crime under Labour, though he uses reported victimisations to police, not court charges (roughly the same last year as when Labour took office in 2017) or convictions (lower than in 2016/17).
这是卢克森用来声称工党领导下的暴力犯罪增加了 33% 的犯罪类别，尽管他使用向警方报告的受害情况，而不是法庭指控（去年与 2017 年工党上任时大致相同）或定罪（低于 2016/17 年）。

Almost 50,000 people were convicted of at least one offence in 2023/24, up 4% from the previous year but 16% below the number five years ago.
在 2023/24 年度，近 50,000 人被判犯有至少一项罪行，比上一年增长 4%，但比五年前低 16%。

The number of people charged with violent offences rose by 6% from the previous year, as did the number charged with family offences.
被指控犯有暴力犯罪的人数比上一年增加了 6%，被指控犯有家庭犯罪的人数也增加了 6%。

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Cross-referencing with other crime data
与其他犯罪数据交叉引用

The data suggests that theft has been rising in recent years, though it may also indicate more reporting to police as well as more police monitoring and enforcement; Operation Haumaru, for example, is a police crackdown launched after a spate of youth aggravated robberies across malls and bus stations in West Auckland.
数据表明，近年来盗窃案一直在上升，尽管这也可能表明向警方报告的情况越来越多，警方的监督和执法也越来越多;例如，Haumaru 行动是在西奥克兰的购物中心和公共汽车站发生一连串青年严重抢劫案后发起的警方打击行动。

But the trend correlates with the rise in vehicle theft in the latest NZ Crime and Victims survey. This captures all offences as well as unreported crime and showed a doubling in the proportion of households (from 1.5% to 3%) that experienced vehicle theft last year compared to 2018.
但这一趋势与最新的新西兰犯罪和受害者调查中车辆盗窃案的增加有关。这涵盖了所有犯罪以及未报告的犯罪，并显示与 2018 年相比，去年经历过车辆盗窃的家庭比例翻了一番（从 1.5% 增加到 3%）。

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The latest survey data also showed a 33% increase in the number of people who experienced violent crime (defined as assault, robbery and sexual assault) in the year to June 2024, compared to the 2022 calendar year. This means 30,000 more victims when Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is aiming to have 20,000 fewer victims by 2030 as one of his nine public sector targets.
最新的调查数据还显示，与 2022 日历年相比，截至 2024 年 6 月的一年中，经历暴力犯罪（定义为袭击、抢劫和性侵犯）的人数增加了 33%。 这意味着受害者人数将增加30,000人，而当总理克里斯托弗·卢克森（Christopher Luxon）作为其九个公共部门目标之一，是到2030年将减少20,000名受害者。

There has also been a 17% increase in retail crime in the first five months of 2024 compared to the same period last year.
与去年同期相比，2024 年前五个月零售犯罪也增加了 17%。

This weekend, however, Luxon applauded a 22% reduction in serious assaults in the Auckland CBD in the period from January to July this year compared to the same period last year – based on police data, which only considers reported crime.
然而，本周末，卢克森称赞今年 1 月至 7 月期间奥克兰中央商务区的严重袭击事件与去年同期相比减少了 22%——基于警方数据，该数据仅考虑报告的犯罪。

Police Minister Mark Mitchell said the success was partially attributable to a joined-up approach involving police, social sector agencies, local authorities, business groups and others.
警察部长马克·米切尔 （Mark Mitchell） 表示，这一成功部分归功于警方、社会部门机构、地方当局、商业团体和其他各方的联合行动。

He said there still a lot of work to do, but pushing towards 500 more police by the end of next year will help.
他说，还有很多工作要做，但推动到明年年底增加 500 名警察会有所帮助。

来源：NZ Herald

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