|
|
2008 |
|
2012 |
|
2013 |
|
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PERSONNEL (as at 31 Dec) |
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|
Establishment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Superintendents and above |
418 |
|
425 |
|
428 |
|
||
|
Inspectors |
2 176 |
|
2 277 |
|
2 345 |
|
||
|
Junior police officers |
25 216 |
|
25 690 |
|
25 755 |
|
||
|
Civilian staff |
4 766 |
|
4 695 |
|
4 612 |
|
||
|
Auxiliary |
4 500 |
|
4 500 |
|
4 500 |
|
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|
Strength |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Superintendents and above |
423 |
(1) |
432 |
(1) |
432 |
(1) |
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|
Inspectors |
2 145 |
|
2 209 |
|
2 296 |
|
||
|
Junior police officers |
24 770 |
|
25 620 |
|
25 655 |
|
||
|
Civilian staff |
4 597 |
|
4 449 |
|
4 444 |
|
||
|
Auxiliary |
3 835 |
|
3 825 |
|
3 745 |
|
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|
Annual expenditure(2) (HK$ Million) |
11,515 |
|
13,751 |
|
14,598 |
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|
|
2008 |
|
2012 |
|
2013 |
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CRIMES |
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|
Overall crime |
78 469 |
|
75 930 |
|
72 911 |
|
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|
Detection rate (%) |
45.6 |
|
43.6 |
|
43.2 |
|
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|
Overall crime per 100 000 population |
1 128 |
* |
1 061 |
|
1 014 |
|
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|
Violent crime |
14 429 |
|
12 821 |
|
12 153 |
|
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|
Detection rate(%) |
64.2 |
|
65.4 |
|
64.5 |
|
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|
Violent crime per 100 000 population |
207 |
* |
179 |
|
169
|
|
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|
Robbery |
1 100 |
|
616 |
|
500 |
|
||
|
By selected type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Robbery with genuine firearms |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
||
|
Robbery with arms (including stun guns) |
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
||
|
Robbery with pistol-like objects |
22 |
|
9 |
|
6 |
|
||
|
Bank robbery |
10 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
|
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|
Goldsmith/watch shop robbery |
5 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
|
||
|
Theft |
35 230 |
|
33 664 |
|
31 598 |
|
||
|
By selected type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Snatching |
448 |
|
435 |
|
346 |
|
||
|
Pickpocketing |
940 |
|
1 540 |
|
1 467 |
|
||
|
Shop theft |
9 343 |
|
9 060 |
|
8 919 |
|
||
|
Missing motor vehicles |
1 360 |
|
626 |
|
592 |
|
||
|
Miscellaneous thefts |
20 189 |
|
19 995 |
|
18 414 |
|
||
|
Homicide |
36 |
|
27 |
|
62 |
|
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|
Rape |
105 |
|
121 |
|
105 |
|
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|
Indecent assault |
1 381 |
|
1 495 |
|
1 463 |
|
||
|
Wounding and serious assault |
7 882 |
|
6 818 |
|
6 163 |
|
||
|
Blackmail |
309 |
|
293 |
|
733 |
|
||
|
Criminal intimidation |
1 934 |
|
2 230 |
|
1 958 |
|
||
|
Burglary |
4 774 |
|
4 214 |
|
3 573 |
|
||
|
Criminal damage |
6 904 |
|
7 318 |
|
6 409 |
|
||
|
Deception |
4 653 |
|
6 923 |
|
7 518 |
|
||
|
Serious drug offences |
2 966 |
|
2 141 |
|
2 269 |
|
||
|
|
2008 |
|
2012 |
|
2013 |
|
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DRUG(3) |
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|
Major drug seizure (kg) |
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|
Heroin |
46 |
* |
69 |
* |
69 |
|
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|
Cannabis |
261 |
* |
71 |
* |
76 |
|
||
|
Methamphetamine (Ice) |
24 |
* |
50 |
* |
174 |
|
||
|
Ketamine |
423 |
* |
663 |
* |
245 |
|
||
|
Cocaine |
64 |
* |
734 |
* |
294 |
|
||
|
Ecstasy-type（no. of tablets） |
11 984 |
|
1 154 |
* |
3 320 |
|
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|
2008 |
|
2012 |
|
2013 |
|
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PERSONS ARRESTED FOR CRIMES |
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|
Total arrests |
41 220 |
|
38 615 |
|
36 609 |
|
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|
By age group |
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|
Aged 10-15 |
4 178 |
|
2 488 |
|
2 083 |
|
||
|
Aged 16-20 |
4 830 |
|
4 034 |
|
3 314 |
|
||
|
Aged 21 or above |
32 212 |
|
32 093 |
|
31 212 |
|
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|
Persons discharged under the Superintendents’ Discretion Scheme (aged 10 - 17) |
2 358 |
|
1 453 |
|
1 059 |
|
||
|
|
2008 |
|
2012 |
|
2013 |
|
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IDENTITY CARD CHECK/STOP AND SEARCH/ROAD BLOCK |
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|
Number of persons checked |
2 437 118 |
|
2 068 699 |
|
2 006 150 |
|
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|
By type |
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|
Identity card check |
413 290 |
|
345 917 |
|
345 815 |
|
||
|
Stop and search |
1 861 864 |
|
1 637 334 |
|
1 571 598 |
|
||
|
Road block |
161 964 |
|
85 448 |
|
88 737 |
|
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|
|
2008 |
|
2012 |
|
2013 |
|
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TRAFFIC |
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|
Total number of accidents (case) |
14 576 |
|
15 894 |
|
16 089 |
|
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|
By severity |
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|
Fatal |
143 |
|
116 |
|
128 |
|
||
|
Serious injury |
2 096 |
|
2 385 |
|
2 476 |
|
||
|
Slight injury |
12 337 |
|
13 393 |
|
13 485 |
|
||
|
Total number of casualties (person) |
18 684 |
|
20 210 |
|
20 596 |
|
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|
By severity |
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|
Fatal |
162 |
|
120 |
|
130 |
|
||
|
Serious injury |
2 281 |
|
2 521 |
|
2 630 |
|
||
|
Slight injury |
16 241 |
|
17 569 |
|
17 836 |
|
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|
|
2008 |
|
2012 |
|
2013 |
|
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TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS |
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|
Total traffic prosecutions |
1 220 748 |
|
1 471 631 |
|
1 573 247 |
|
||
|
Summonses |
66 674 |
|
70 390 |
|
77 205 |
|
||
|
Arrests |
4 034 |
|
3 088 |
|
3 107 |
|
||
|
Fixed penalty tickets (parking offences) |
696 210 |
|
907 384 |
|
1 020 412 |
|
||
|
Fixed penalty tickets (moving offences) |
453 830 |
|
490 769 |
|
472 523 |
|
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|
Summary of traffic prosecutions |
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|
By selected type |
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|
Drink driving |
1 495 |
|
955 |
|
953 |
|
||
|
Dangerous driving (including causing death) |
362 |
|
379 |
|
407 |
|
||
|
Careless driving |
17 130 |
|
16 305 |
|
16 772 |
|
||
|
Speeding |
192 636 |
|
266 249 |
|
239 945 |
|
||
|
Using handheld mobile phone/telecommunications equipment while vehicle is in motion |
39 247 |
|
28 762 |
|
27 254 |
|
||
|
Pedestrian offences |
22 651 |
|
20 232 |
|
23 600 |
|
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|
|
2008 |
|
2012 |
|
2013 |
|
|
COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS |
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|
Total allegations endorsed by Independent Police Complaints Council(4) |
4 555 |
* |
4 837 |
* |
4 643 |
|
|
|
Allegations dealt with by informal resolution |
951 |
* |
501 |
|
393 |
|
|
|
Allegations not investigated because ofcurtailment, withdrawal or not pursuable |
2 413 |
|
2 747 |
* |
2 993 |
|
|
|
Allegations fully investigated |
1 191 |
* |
1 589 |
* |
1 257 |
|
|
|
(Allegations fully investigated with substantiated results) |
(133) |
* |
(207) |
* |
(198) |
|
|
|
Substantiated rate for fully investigatedallegations |
11.2% |
* |
13.0% |
* |
15.8% |
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
2011 |
|
2012 |
|
|
CRIME RATES OF HONG KONG AND SELECTED CITIES(5) |
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|
Overall crime per 100 000 population |
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|
Hong Kong SAR |
1 168 |
* |
1 074 |
|
1 061 |
|
|
|
Singapore |
715 |
|
608 |
|
584 |
|
|
|
Tokyo |
1 988 |
|
1 414 |
|
1 387 |
|
|
|
New York |
2 432 |
|
2 334 |
|
2 361 |
|
|
|
Paris |
11 329 |
|
11 150 |
|
10 455 |
|
|
|
London |
11 600 |
|
10 300 |
|
9 500 |
|
|
|
Toronto |
7 207 |
* |
5 685 |
* |
5 271 |
|
|
|
Murder per 100 000 population |
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|
Hong Kong SAR |
0.4 |
|
0.3 |
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
Singapore |
0.4 |
|
0.3 |
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
Tokyo |
1.0 |
|
0.9 |
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
New York |
6.0 |
|
6.3 |
|
5.1 |
|
|
|
Paris |
1.6 |
|
1.7 |
|
7.2 |
|
|
|
London |
2.1 |
|
1.2 |
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
Toronto |
3.1 |
|
1.8 |
* |
1.9 |
|
|
|
Robbery per 100 000 population |
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|
Hong Kong SAR |
17.6 |
|
10.3 |
|
8.6 |
|
|
|
Singapore |
22.4 |
|
8.5 |
|
7.3 |
|
|
|
Tokyo |
4.7 |
|
4.3 |
|
4.3 |
|
|
|
New York |
265.0 |
|
240.8 |
|
243.7 |
|
|
|
Paris |
673.6 |
|
843.5 |
|
789.8 |
|
|
|
London |
494.3 |
|
479.4 |
|
426.3 |
|
|
|
Toronto |
207.6 |
* |
187.2 |
* |
178.7 |
|
|
|
Burglary per 100 000 population |
|||||||
|
Hong Kong SAR |
65.2 |
* |
61.9 |
|
58.9 |
|
|
|
Singapore |
18.9 |
|
12.3 |
|
10.3 |
|
|
|
Tokyo |
103.0 |
|
61.0 |
|
60.2 |
|
|
|
New York |
254.4 |
|
221.1 |
|
224.8 |
|
|
|
Paris |
652.0 |
|
561.3 |
|
539.2 |
|
|
|
London |
1 257.4 |
|
1 225.3 |
|
1138.9 |
|
|
|
Toronto |
520.2 |
* |
383.1 |
* |
363.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Including officers on pre-retirement leave. |
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|
(2) |
Figures for 2008, 2012 and 2013 refer to the financial years of 2007/08, 2011/12 and 2012/13 respectively. |
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|
(3) |
These figures include seizures by the Customs & Excise Department. Figures for 2013 are provisional, pending confirmation by the Government Laboratory. |
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|
(4) |
The Independent Police Complaints Council Ordinance came into operation on 1 June 2009. The name in Chinese of Independent Police Complaints Council has changed from ‘投訴警方獨立監察委員會’ to ‘獨立監察警方處理投訴委員會’. |
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|
(5) |
The classifications and counting rules of crimes may differ across cities and within cities over time. Comparison of the figures has to be interpreted with caution. |
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|
* |
revised figure |
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