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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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