CRIME IN HONG KONG: NOTE FOR THE SECRETARY
OF STATE BY THE GOVERNOR
There is concern about the increase
in crime, particularly violent crime. People and the
press will certainly speak to you about it. Hong Kong
is still comparatively law abiding, but in the last
year or two the tendency has been for the crime rate to
rise towards (but not yet to) what is normal elsewhere.
The facts are:
I
TOTAL REPORTED CRIME
1961 1964 1963 1970 1971
Total crimes reported 15189 16112 23299 29052 |32461
% of under-21 arrested 30.7% 33.6% 27.9% 32.8% 36.5%
Detection rate
62.3% 69.0% 75.6% 76.6% 76.5%
II
(population increase in same period about 25%)
No. reported
Detection rate
ROBBERY STATISTICS
1961 1964 1963 1970 1971
114 230 1801 3006 5146 X
50.0% 57.0% 63.9% 62.5% 69.4%
X
Under-21 arrested
36 155
579 1167 1915
TASYŘLY AMYOST.
4
1968
1969
1970
1971
Hong Kong
591
639
714
306.
Singapore
934
987 992. N/A
Japan
1893
Not available
Greater London
3336
3308
Not available