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| No.1 February, 2011 |
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Overall law and order situation remained stable in 2010 |
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 Hong Kong's crime situation remains stable, says Commissioner of Police Andy Tsang, noting that 75,965 crimes were recorded last year, down 2.1% on 2009.
In his year-end review (26 January), Mr Tsang said the overall crime detection rate stood at 42.8%, while the number of violent crimes dropped 4.6% to 13,546 cases.
While there were 35 homicides, Mr Tsang said this figure was down 25.5% on 2009, and the detection rate was 91.4%. Robberies fell 10% to 778, and no cases of robbery involving genuine firearms or stun guns were recorded.
A total of 1,448 indecent assault cases were recorded, up 9.9%. Of these, 20% took place on public transport, such as buses and trains. Police will step up patrols at MTR stations during peak hours.
There were 5,652 cases of deception, up 10.2%, with telephone and street fraud increasing.
Last year saw 5,256 serious assault cases, down 10%. They mainly involved domestic violence, triad activities, debt collection, and disputes.
A total of 1,400 cases of pickpocketing were recorded, up 29.4%, while miscellaneous theft cases rose 2.2% to 19,058.
The year also saw 2,196 serious narcotics offences, down 25%, with 85.2% of these relating to psychotropic substances. Cases involving ketamine dropped 25.2% to 1,195, while cases involving heroin fell 22.6% to 308.
A total of 2,953 people were arrested for serious narcotics offences, down 20.1%; 785 of these were young people, down 29.6% on the previous year.
In total 2,157 criminal cases of domestic violence were recorded, a fall of 9.1%. These mostly involved disputes over money and relationships.
Last year saw 3,576 juveniles and 4,255 young people arrested, an aggregate drop of 9.9%. The number of juveniles and youngsters arrested made up 20.6% of the total number of people arrested, compared with 21.3% in the previous year.
Mr Tsang said that in the new year police will focus their efforts on combating violent crime, organised crime and triads, drugs, quick-cash crime, maintaining public safety, and countering terrorism.
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