[LAC-Tech]

Crime in NZ has been trending downwards for over a decade.

Reported crime does not equal actual crime. With police response time in the hours range, and a lack of prosecution, people increasingly don't bother reporting crime at all.

I remember once the emergency operator pretty much said "look it's going to take a couple of hours, do you really want to bother going through with this?". This was in a city about 2km from the police station.

[daemoens]

Out of curiosity, what was the crime they didn't want to go through with?

[LAC-Tech]

Palmerston North.

Lived in Auckland in 2014 and again in 2020. The difference was massive. Suddenly every convenience store had plastic barriers protecting the workers from stabbing. Places in the CBD that used to be OK to hang out were suddenly not.

But we're constantly gas-lighted into being told we're all imagining it, as police presence has all but disappeared (lots of "community officers" though).

[worik]

Not true

Some things have gotten worse, some better.

Where I live in Ōtepoti a "one way door" policy on local bars at night has made a huge difference

The data is clear, crime is going down. It is possible to cherry pick the stats and find parts of crime going up, but generally down

[daemoens]

What was the specific crime committed though?

[worik]

> Reported crime does not equal actual crime. With police response time in the hours range, and a lack of prosecution, people increasingly don't bother reporting crime at all.

Yes.

There is much more reporting now. Many domestic assaults for example.

Albeit an anecdote you have....