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MOTOR VEHICLE CRIME

MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1993

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CRIMES INVOLVING MISSING MOTOR VEHICLES DROPPED SLIGHTLY то 1,422, 4.9% OVER THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD, STILL AN UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL,

IN AS AGAINST 1,496 IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR AND 2,025, DOWN 29.8%, THE FINAL QUARTER OF 1992. AMONG LUXURY VEHICLES, MERCEDES BENZ, B.M.W. AND TOYOTA CROWNS REMAIN THE MAIN CHOICES OF CRIMINALS.

SHOP THEFT

SHOP THEFT WAS UP 4.2% ON THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WITH 1,652 COMPARED TO 1,586 IN THE CORRESPONDING QUARTER OF 1992, BUT DOWN 7% ON THE LAST QUARTER OF 1992, WHEN 1,776 CASES WERE RECORDED.

SNATCHING

SNATCHINGS WERE UP 25.1% ON THE FIRST QUARTER OF AS AGAINST 291 CASES ON THE SAME QUARTER OF 1992, BUT THE LAST QUARTER OF 1992 WITH 469 CASES.

PICKPOCKETING

1993 WITH 364

DOWN 22.4%

ON

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED PICKPOCKETING CASES TOTALLED

IN THE COMPARED WITH 148 IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 AND 217 QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.

245 FINAL

DOWN TRIAD-RELATED CRIMES WERE MARKEDLY

IN THIS

BY QUARTER OF 1992 AND 18.3% WITH 890 COMPARED WITH 1,090 IN THE FIRST QUARTER DOWN 7.5% WITH 962 CASES IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF 1992. THESE CASES RELATED TO UNLAWFUL SOCIETIES, WOUNDINGS, SERIOUS ASSAULTS, BLACKMAIL AND INTIMIDATION.

JUVENILE AND YOUNG OFFENDERS

THERE WERE 1,742 JUVENILES (UNDER 16 YEARS) ARRESTED COMPARED TO 1,605 IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 AND 1,674 IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF 1992. 2,039 YOUNG PERSONS (16-21 YEARS) WERE ARRESTED, COMPARED WITH 1,814 IN THE CORRESPONDING QUARTER OF 1992 AND 1,926 IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF 1992 THUS SHOWING A SLIGHT INCREASE.

OUR

THOSE ARMED

CRIME ARE MR TSANG SAID "WHILST DECREASES IN VARIOUS TYPES OF

WE MUST CONTINUE WELCOME, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY AND EFFORTS ΤΟ ACHIEVE FURTHER SUCCESS, PARTICULARLY AGAINST RESPONSIBLE FOR TRIAD-RELATED OFFENCES, ORGANISED CRIMINAL ACTS,

THEFT OF ROBBERIES AND THE

LUXURY VEHICLES, WHICH ARE AREAS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

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