The number of Rotorua offenders receiving warnings under Three Strikes legislation is dropping.
The legislation came into force in June 2010 creating a three stage regime of increasing consequences for repeat serious violent offenders, according to the Ministry of Justice.
Ministry figures show 36 first warnings were given out in Rotorua's district and high courts between January 1 and September 30 this year.
The number of first warnings given in Rotorua increased each year until 2012, but had been decreasing since.
There had been five second warnings issued in Rotorua courts, including one this year, two last year, one in 2013 and one in 2012. Nobody nationwide had yet been given a third strike, according to the ministry.