Highest NZ conviction rate in Invercargill courts

Information released by Statistics New Zealand shows that 81.7% of all prosecuted charges in District Courts and the High Court in Invercargill resulted in a conviction in 2011.

This was above the national average of 74.5% and the highest conviction rate for any New Zealand court cluster.

While the diversion rate (4.7%) for Invercargill was the same as the national average in 2011, the proportion of charges not proven was the lowest in New Zealand, at 13.6% - well below the national average of 20.5%.

The information also shows that prosecuted charges in Invercargill courts dropped by 9.9% from 2010 to 2011. This compares to a fall of 11.1% nationally.

Information on the Invercargill court cluster is as follows:

Prosecuted charges in 2011

Cluster	Convicted	%	Diversion	%	Not Proved	%	Other	%	Total	%
Invercargill	5572	81.7	322	4.7	926	13.6	1	0.0	6821	100
Rest of NZ	201661	74.4	12655	4.7	56064	20.7	819	0.3	271199	100
NZ TOTAL	207233	74.5	12977	4.7	56990	20.5	820	0.3	278020	100

 

Prosecuted charges by calendar year

Cluster	2011 Total	2010 Total	Change
Invercargill	6821	7569	(9.9%)
Rest of NZ	271199	305070	(11.1%)
NZ TOTAL	278020	312639	(11.1%)