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Year	Recorded offences
1930	7
1931	13
1932	15
1933	22
1934	16
1935	11
1936	8
1937	4
1938	7
1939	4
1940	4
1941	9
1942	5
1943	10
1944	20
1945	20
1946	10
1947	12
1948	13
1949	12
1950	12
1951	5
1952	10
1953	11
1954	6
1955	8
1956	9
1957	13
1958	16
1959	
1960	16
1961	14
1962	12
1963	10
1964	13
1965	17
1966	25
1967	14
1968	11
1969	18
1970	20
1971	16
1972	17
1973	25
1974	32
1975	20
1976	40
1977	27
1978	41
1979	43
1980	37
1981	49
1982	35
1983	48
1984	40
1985	66
1986	79
1987	64
1988	72
1989	63
1990	78
1991	75
1992	79
1993	65
1994	62
1995	40
1996	55
1997	66
1998	53
1999	50
2000	56
2001	53
2002	66
2003	46
2004	47
2005	61
2006	49
2007	52
2008	51
2009	68
2010	41
2011	38
2012	44
2013	48
2014	47
2015	47
2016	51
2017	34
2018	55
2019	114



Source: New Zealand Police, Historic NZ Murder Rate Report 1926-2021


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