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Appendix X

Comparison of crime in private residential and rental public housing estate (RPHE) buildings

(Rate of selected crime cases per 100,000 population by type of

building, 1984)

Private residential

Group A

Group B** All

buildings

RPHE

RPHE

RPHE

Robbery

66.1

54.3

87.9

65.2

Dwelling house burglary*

193.8

53.2

115.2

73.2

(84.2)

(24.6)

(36.7)

(29.6)

Serious Assault

26.9

27.7

68.2

40.8

Snatching

4.3

35.7

52.7

41.2

Rape and indecent

6.6

11.8

13.1

12.2

assault on female

Trafficking in

19.9

11.7

77.6

33.0

dangerous drugs

* Figures in bracket are dwelling house burglary cases per 10,000

occupied living quarters.

**

Group B public housing estates include those built before 1973.