This page shows statistical information on the:

• Number of offenders serving community sentences and orders around the country
• Total number of sentences and orders being served
• The percentage of different types of sentences and orders
• Breakdown of the offender population by
• • Age
  • Offence type
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity
     
• Other facts and figures

Sentences and orders by area* (as at 30 September 2010)
	Sentences	Orders	Total
Auckland	3231	605	3836
Christchurch	3474	765	4239
Dunedin/Invercargill	2866	545	3411
Hamilton	3586	792	4378
Hawke's Bay/Gisborne	2141	511	2652
Manukau	5306	734	6040
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast	1865	246	2111
Taitokerau	3269	420	3689
Taranaki, Whanganui & Tararua	2696	693	3389
Waiariki	3963	758	4721
Waitemata	3236	425	3661
Wellington	3455	488	3943
Other	1	12	13
Total	39089	6994	46083

* Refers to the total number of sentences and orders being served. An individual offender can be serving more than one sentence and/or order at any time.

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Total number of sentences and orders* (weekly snapshot)

View a larger version of the total community sentences and orders graph

* Refers to the total number of sentences and orders being served. An individual offender can be serving more than one sentence and/or order at any time.

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Proportion of different sentences and orders*
(as at September 2010)

 

* Refers to the total number of sentences and orders being served. An individual offender can be serving more than one sentence and/or order at any time.

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Percentage of offenders serving community sentences and orders in different age groups
(as at September 2010)

 

* This graph relates to the number of individual offenders serving sentences or orders in the community. An offender can be serving more than one sentence and/or order at any time.

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Percentage of offenders serving community sentences and orders according to most serious* offence type
(as at September 2010)

 

* Offenders may be convicted of offences across multiple categories. This information is based on the most serious offence a prisoner is convicted of.

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Gender of offenders serving community sentences and orders
(as at September 2010)

 

* This graph relates to the number of individual offenders serving sentences or orders in the community. An offender can be serving more than one sentence and/or order at any time.

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Ethnicity of offenders serving community sentences and orders
(as at September 2010)

 

* This graph relates to the number of individual offenders serving sentences or orders in the community. An offender can be serving more than one sentence and/or order at any time.

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Other facts and figures

• The average number of offenders on community sentences and orders being managed on any given day was 44,893 at the end of March 2010.
   
• Offenders serving Community Work sentences completed 3,754,618 hours of work in the 2009/10 financial year.
   
• Corrections provided 59,334 reports to the courts in the 2009/10 financial year.
   
• 46 per cent of those who serve a community-based sentence or order are not convicted of another crime within four years.
   
• 36 per cent are convicted of a crime and receive another community sentence within four years.
   
• 18 per cent are convicted of a crime and sent to prison within four years.

* The reconviction rates above are from a 2008 report: Reconviction patterns of offenders managed in the community

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