Browse data moj_charges_by_offence

NZ Finalised Court Charges — by Offence Type

Annual count of finalised court charges in New Zealand broken down by ANZSOC offence type, charge outcome, and court type, 1980–present. Includes both convicted and non-convicted charges. From Ministry of Justice.

Licence: CC-BY 4.0 Source: NZ Police / MoJ (www.police.govt.nz), CC-BY 4.0.

Data as of 2026-07-21  · monthly  · 27,712 rows

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Dataset ID
moj_charges_by_offence
Data source
NZ Police / MoJ
Last refreshed
2026-07-21
Refresh cadence
monthly
API endpoint
https://api.eolas.fyi/v1/datasets/moj_charges_by_offence/data

Columns (7)

schema glossary · auto-generated
Column Type Description
value double Value
table string Table
measure string Measure
year long Year
dim_0 string Dim 0
dim_1 string Dim 1
dim_2 string Dim 2

How to query this dataset

Fetch all data (JSON)
curl https://api.eolas.fyi/v1/datasets/moj_charges_by_offence/data \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_key_here"
Filter by date range
curl "https://api.eolas.fyi/v1/datasets/moj_charges_by_offence/data?start=2020-01-01&end=2024-12-31" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_key_here"
Download as CSV
curl "https://api.eolas.fyi/v1/datasets/moj_charges_by_offence/data?format=csv" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_key_here" -o moj_charges_by_offence.csv

Data preview

ValueTableMeasureYearDim 0Dim 1Dim 2
197.03b.Conv charges-offence-groupcount200003: Sexual offences039: Other sexual offencesOffensive sexual acts
196.03b.Conv charges-offence-groupcount200103: Sexual offences039: Other sexual offencesOffensive sexual acts
195.03b.Conv charges-offence-groupcount200203: Sexual offences039: Other sexual offencesOffensive sexual acts
194.03b.Conv charges-offence-groupcount200303: Sexual offences039: Other sexual offencesOffensive sexual acts
151.03b.Conv charges-offence-groupcount200403: Sexual offences039: Other sexual offencesOffensive sexual acts

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