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).

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: