Collins: Better Public Services approach working

Justice Minister Judith Collins has released the first results against the Better Public Services (BPS) targets for the justice sector, showing almost 3,000 fewer violent crimes in the year June 2011-12.

Delivering Better Publıc Services: Reducing Crime And Re‑Offending Result Action Plan was published in July 2012.

Ms Colins said, "Reducing crime is a critical area of focus for us and these results show our approach is working."

Better Public Services targets for the justice sector are to reduce the total recorded crime rate by 15 per cent, the recorded violent crime rate by 20 per cent, the youth crime rate by 5 per cent and the reoffending rate by 25 per cent by 2017.

Caveats around using the data for measuring trends over time are listed on the Justice website here.

'BPS results show 3,000 fewer violent crimes', Media release: Judith Collins, 6/11/12