This would be a good place to remind people, in case anyone starts looking up crime statistics, that NZ uses a different system from many other countries. If you imagine the same incident happening in the UK and in NZ - let's say, someone is set upon and beaten up, and robbed of his wallet, phone and keys, then the keys are used to take his car to his own house to steal valuables, then the car is driven out of town and set on fire - in the UK this would probably be logged as one crime (possibly two, if the physical damage to the victim was bad). In NZ, each factor of this sequence would be recorded in its own right, so, GBH, theft (possibly three times for the items taken), theft of motor vehicle, maybe driving without a licence and driving while uninsured, breaking and entering, burglary, arson... a whole crime-wave on paper. Therefore, comparisons of NZ with other countries when using official crime figures are apt to be misleading.