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Southeast Asia > Hong Kong > Crime

HONG KONG CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Burglaries 8,969 [37th of 38]
Car thefts 2,804 [37th of 46]
Convicted 22,349 [35th of 34]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation > Broadcast details > Alternate title/Translation
滅罪鑑證科
("Crime-eliminating
Forensic Department")
Drug offences 34 per 100,000 people [24th of 46]
Frauds 5,090 [31st of 48]
Illicit drugs
despite strenuous law enforcement efforts, faces difficult challenges in controlling transit of heroin and methamphetamine to regional and world markets; modern banking system provides conduit for money laundering; rising indigenous use of synthetic drugs, especially among young people
Illicit drugs
despite strenuous law enforcement efforts, faces difficult challenges in controlling transit of heroin and methamphetamine to regional and world markets; modern banking system provides conduit for money laundering; rising indigenous use of synthetic drugs, especially among young people
Jails 10,593 [3rd of 0]
Judges and Magistrates 143 [38th of 35]
Manslaughters 5 [42nd of 42]
Murders 38 [57th of 49]
Police 33,072 [22nd of 47]
Rapes 104 [51st of 50]
Robberies 3,433 [35th of 47]
Sentence Length 6 [27th of 21]
Software piracy rate 51% [69th of 107]
Total crimes 80,592 [40th of 50]
United States extradition treaties > Date signed December 20, 1996
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force January 21, 1998

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SOURCES: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); Wikipedia: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu, Xianggang, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, hong kong sar, Hong Kong S.A.R., Hong Kong, China (SAR), Hong Kong China (SAR)

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