XN000022-1993-04-26 — Page 4

MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1993

CRIME FIGURES FOR LAST THREE MONTHS RELEASED

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR

OF POLICE (CRIME), MR TSANG YAM-PUI TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID CRIME FIGURES FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 1993 SHOWED AN ENCOURAGING FALL IN MOST SECTORS OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR AND THE FINAL QUARTER OF 1992.

"PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGING WAS THE DROP IN THE NUMBER OF ROBBERIES INVOLVING FIREARMS BY 38.9% AND WITH PISTOL-LIKE OBJECTS BY 50.7% OVER THE SAME QUARTER IN 1992. VEHICLE THEFT DROPPED BY 29.8% OVER THE PREVIOUS THEE MONTHS.

"THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CRIMES REPORTED TO POLICE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993 WAS 20,310. THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF 261 OR 1.3% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992 BUT A MARKED DECREASE OF 1,791 CASES OR 8.1% COMPARED WITH THE FINAL QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.

"THE DETECTION RATE OF 45.9% COMPARED FAVOURABLY WITH THE RATE OF 43.8% OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR AND 44.2% FOR THE FINAL QUARTER OF 1992.

VIOLENT CRIME

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THERE WERE 4,314 VIOLENT CRIMES REPORTED. THIS WAS A DECREASE OF 104 OR 2.4% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992 AND A VERY DISTINCT DECREASE OF 318 OR 6.9% OVER THE LAST QUARTER OF 1992.

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THE VIOLENT CRIME RATE IN THE QUARTER, I.E. THE NUMBER OF CRIMES REPORTED PER 100,000 POPULATION, WAS 73.6, WHICH REPRESENTS A DROP OF 2.9% OVER THE SAME QUARTER IN 1992 AND A DECREASE OF 7.4% WHEN COMPARED WITH THE LAST QUARTER OF 1992.

(VIOLENT CRIME INCLUDES MURDER, WOUNDING, SERIOUS ASSAULT, RAPE, INDECENT

CRUELTY

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CHILDREN, KIDNAPPING, BLACKMAIL, INTIMIDATION, ROBBERY AND ARSON)

SELECTED CRIMES

ROBBERY

ASSAULT,

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ROBBERIES REPORTED IN THIS QUARTER WAS 1.955 COMPARED WITH 2,199 IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992, A DROP OF 11.1 THEY WERE MARGINALLY UP BY 0.4% OVER THE FINAL QUARTER OF 1992, WHEN 1,947 WERE RECORDED.

THERE WERE 11 ROBBERIES IN THIS QUARTER WHICH INVOLVED THE USE OF GENUINE FIREARMS; THIS COMPARES WITH 18, DOWN 38.9% IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR AND DOWN 15.4% IN THE FINAL QUATER OF 1992 WITH 13 CASES. THERE WERE 71 ROBBERIES WHERE PISTOL-LIKE OBJECTS WERE USED, MARKEDLY DOWN BY 50.7% ON THE FIRST QUATER OF 1992 WITH 144 INCIDENTS AND DOWN 11.3% ON THE FINAL QUARTER OF THE YEAR WHEN 80 WERE REPORTED.

THE QUARTER