XN000022-1988-01-10 — Page 3

N

SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1988

ADDITIONAL DATA ITEMS ON THE EXTENT OF HARM

INFLICTED ON THE AND IN

VICTIMS; ANTI-THEFT DEVICES/MEASURES TAKEN IN LIVING QUARTER VEHICLE; AND VICTIMS' OPINIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS AND ON TRIAD INVOLVEMENT IN THE INCIDENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THERE WERE ALSO OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST AMONG THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY:

* AN ESTIMATED 293,400 CRIMINAL VICTIMISATIONS WERE COMMITTED IN 1986, AS COMPARED WITH AN ESTIMATED 270,600 VICTIMISATIONS IN 1981 AND 132,400 VICTIMISATIONS IN 1978.

THE INCREASE WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTED ΤΟ A RISE IN PERSONAL CRIMES OF THEFT.

* THE PERSONAL CRIME VICTIMISATION RATE IN 1986 WAS 40 PER 1,000 POPULATION AGED 12 AND ABOVE, COMPARED WITH THE RATE OF 39 PER 1,000 IN 1981 AND OF 22 PER 1,000 IN 1978.

WAS

FOR HOUSEHOLD CRIMES, THE RATE OF VICTIMISATION IN 1986 74 PER 1,000; IN 1981, 86 PER 1,000₫ AND IN 1978, 47 PER 1,000.

ALL

* IN 1986, CRIMES OF VIOLENCE ACCOUNTED FOR 15 PER CENT OF

VICTIMISATIONS, ROBBERY WAS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF VIOLENT

CRIME.

AMONG NON-VIOLENT CRIMES, PICKPOCKETING WAS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF CRIME, ACCOUNTING FOR 31 PER CENT OF ALL VICTIMISATIONS.

* 54 PER CENT OF ALL VICTIMISATIONS OCCURRED IN 28 PER CENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND 18 PER CENT

KONG ISLAND.

KOWLOON, ON HONG

AGAINST

* 70 PER CENT OF PERSONAL CRIMES WERE COMMITTED

PERSONS AGED BETWEEN 12 AND 39; THOSE AGED BETWEEN 30 AND 39 HAD THE HIGHEST VICTIMISATION RATE OF 48 PER 1,000.

FOR CRIMES OF VIOLENCE, THE AGE GROUP OF 12 TO 19 HAD THE HIGHEST VICTIMISATION RATE AND FOR CRIMES OF THEFT, THE AGE GROUP OF 30 TO 39 HAD THE HIGHEST RATE.

* THE VICTIMISATION RATE FOR PERSONAL CRIMES FOR THE YOUNO

GROUP OF 12 TO 19 INCREASED MARKEDLY OVER 1981 BUT THE FOR THE AGE GROUP 20 TO 29 WAS APPRECIABLY LOWER THAN IN 1981.

AGE

RATE

IN 1986

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT DIRECT COMPARISON OF FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY AND STATISTICS PUBLISHED BY THE POLICE WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE DUE TO SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES IN COVERAGE BETWEEN THE TWO SETS OF FIGURES.

/"POLICE STATISTICS