NZ Police: Hate crimes targeting NZ Jews up 530% from 2022 to 2023
The NZ Jewish Council has analysed the hate crime data from the NZ Police. His executive summary:
- Police reported hate crimes targeting Jews in New Zealand increased 583% from 2022 to 2023.
- Jewish New Zealanders are disproportionately targeted for hate crimes. Despite making up only 0.2% of the population, NZ Police Oct-Dec 2023 data shows that:
- 13% of all reported hate crimes in the Auckland Region were against Jews;10% of all reported hate crimes in the Wellington Region were against Jews; and
- 10% of all reported hate crimes in the Tasman Region were against Jews.
- Jewish New Zealanders are 160 times more likely to be the victim of a hate crime than a European New Zealander.
- Jewish New Zealanders are 18 times more likely to be the victim of a hate crime than a Maori New Zealander.
- Jewish New Zealanders are 1.7 times more likely to be the victim of a hate crime than a Middle Eastern New Zealander.
- Hate crimes against Jewish New Zealanders are increasing at a rate more than 5 times higher than the next group of victims, Middle Eastern New Zealanders.
It is disappointing that NZ media doesn’t seem to consider this is newsworthy.
Also of interest:
Data on the offenders of hate crime[1] shows that Māori are more likely to commit a hate crime per capita than any other group (approx 1.4 incidents per 1,000 population compared to 0.4 for Pasifika, 0.3 for Europeans, 0.2 for Indians, and 0.05 for Asians).
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You can see the huge increase since 2022. If this had happened against any other ethnic minority, I suspect it would be the subject of many ongoing stories.
The full analysis is here: