Please supply the number of cases of children molested or abducted on their way to or from school in New Zealand and specifically in Nelson over the last 20 years and whether in each case those children were walking, scootering or cycling. Also how many children have been injured or killed in car accidents on their way to or from school in NZ and specifically in Nelson over the last 20 years.
parents driving children to school for fear of child molestation if allowed to walk. It has been claimed that paedophiles in Nelson pose a serious threat to children walking, scootering or cycling to school.
indicating how real this threat is. Is it some protection if children are on scooters?
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Hi Kate I am writing in response to your request, dated 13 August 2016, for data on children molested or abducted on their way to or from school. Police statistics on victimisations for ‘Sexual Assault’ and ‘Abduction and Kidnapping’ are publicly available on the Statistics New Zealand website (www.stats.govt.nz). They include among others an age breakdown of victims and Police boundaries down to Area level. Police started publishing victimisations from July 2014. I have attached an extract from the website for your perusal. Please note that to protect the privacy of individuals all figures are randomly rounded. Police statistics do not distinguish whether victims are on their way to or from school or what mode of transport they use to go to or from school, therefore this information cannot be provided (refer section 18(g) of the OIA). Statistics on road fatalities are available on the New Zealand Transport Agency (www.nzta.govt.nz) or the Ministry of transport (www.transport.govt.nz) website. I trust his information is sufficient for your purposes. If you have any regarding this data, please feel free to contact me via data@police.govt.nz. You have the right under section 28(3) of the OIA to seek a review of my handling of your request by the Office of the Ombudsmen. Regards, Dr Gavin Knight Chief Data Scientist National Performance & Insights Centre New Zealand Police
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