BURGLARY
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993
A TOTAL OF 13,596 BURGLARIES WERE REPORTED IN 1992, A DECREASE OF 2.2 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 13,898 RECORDED IN FIGURES,
1991. OF THESE 53.8 PER CENT AND 56.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY WERE BURGLARIES AGAINST DOMESTICE PREMISES.
THE VICTIMS OF BURGLARIES SUFFERED PROPERTY LOSSES TO HK$400 MILLION, COMPARED WITH HK$353 MILLION IN 1991.
TRIAD RELATED CRIME
AMOUNTING
THERE WERE 4,015 CRIMES REPORTED IN 1992 WHICH WERE BELIEVED TO BE TRIAD-RELATED, COMPARED WITH 3,340 IN 1991. MOST OF RELATED TO UNLAWFUL SOCIETIES, WOUNDINGS, SERIOUS ASSAULTS, AND INTIMIDATION.
SHOPTHEFT
THESE CASES BLACKMAIL
OVER 1991.
THERE WERE 6,362 SHOPTHEFTS REPORTED, A RISE
OF 5.9 PER CENT
SNATCHING
15.5
A TOTAL OF 1,685 SNATCHINGS WERE RECORDED IN 1992, A PER CENT FROM 1991,
FALL OF
PICKPOCKETING
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PICKPOCKETING CASES WAS 675, A DECREASE 13.4 PER CENT FROM 1991.
OF
JUVENILES AND YOUNG OFFENDERS
7,656
THERE WERE 6,533 JUVENILES (UNDER 16 YEARS OLD) AND YOUNG PERSONS (16 AND UNDER 21 YEARS OLD) ARRESTED FOR CRIMES IN 1992. THESE FIGURES COMPARE WITH 7,044 AND 8,165 RESPECTIVELY IN 1991,
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