Article: NEW ZEALAND: AUCKLAND CITY - FISCAL CRIME STATISTICS

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Oct. 1 -- The government of New Zealand issued the following news release:

Auckland City Police recorded a marginal drop in the level of overall crime compared to the previous fiscal year.

Statistics released today show a 0.8 per cent reduction in recorded crime for the Auckland City District. The number of recorded offences dropped from 56,364 to 55,898 while the district's crime resolution rate remained steady on 39 per cent in the year ending 30 June, 2009.

While overall recorded crime in the Auckland City District dropped, the levels of some types of offences have gone up while others have gone down. The biggest falls were in the Antisocial (down by 9%) and ...

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