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The total crime rate in Hong Kong surge by nearly 50% in the first quarter of 2023

During the first quarter of this year the total ratio of crime has surge by 48.4 per cent in contrast to the same period last year.

Secretary for Security Chris Tang on Monday at a press conference, linked the rise to a never-ending increase in fraud-related crime, as well as social activities returning to normal following the Covid-19 pandemic.


Tang said, "there were 20,584 crime cases recorded in the first quarter of this year, with violent crime rising by 22.2 percent. The detection rate remained similar to last year, at 28.3 per cent".


He also added that the increase in unlawful acts was due to two factors. "Firstly, fraud cases rose by approximately 65 per cent compared to the same period in 2022 – from 3,500 to 8,886 cases. This accounted for over 40 per cent of total crime reports".


Furthermore, Tang referred to the post-Covid resumption of daily life: “Citizens have returned to normal work and daily travel. There were more interactions among people, and the time they stayed in public areas was longer, causing these crimes to return to the situation before the pandemic in the first quarter of the year”.


Also, Tang added that a more advance way to understand the situation was to compare it to 2019. He said that the number of crimes in the first three months, fraud excluded, was parallel to statistics for the same period of the year before the Covid pandemic.


As per the increase in fraud cases, over 70 percent were online-related. Of those, almost 30 per cent were internet shopping-related cases, which increased by 36 per cent, whilst online recruitment and investment fraud rose by 44 per cent. Phone scams also rose by 76 per cent.


Tang later said that the police will strengthen law enforcement and promotions, as they aspire to start a joint platform with major banks to provide quick assistance in knowing dubious accounts.



2023年第一季香港整體罪案率飆升近50%


今年第一季度,犯罪總比率比去年同期飆升了48.4%。


保安局局長克里斯·唐 (Chris Tang) 週一在新聞發布會上將這一上升與欺詐相關犯罪的不斷增加以及在 Covid-19 大流行後社會活動恢復正常聯繫起來。


唐說,“今年第一季度共記錄了20,584起犯罪案件,暴力犯罪上升了22.2%。破案率與去年持平,為28.3%”。


他還補充說,非法行為的增加是由於兩個因素。 “首先,與 2022 年同期相比,欺詐案件增加了約 65%——從 3,500 起增加到 8,886 起。這佔犯罪報告總數的 40% 以上”。


此外,唐還提到了後疫情時代日常生活的恢復:“市民已經恢復了正常的工作和日常出行。人與人之間的互動增多,在公共場所逗留的時間變長,致使這些犯罪活動又回到了今年第一季度疫情前的情況。”


此外,唐補充說,更先進的了解情況的方法是將其與 2019 年進行比較。他說,前三個月的犯罪數量(不包括欺詐)與 Covid 前一年同期的統計數據平行大流行。


根據欺詐案件的增加,超過 70% 與網絡有關。其中,近 30% 是與網絡購物相關的案件,增加了 36%,而網絡招聘和投資欺詐案件增加了 44%。電話詐騙也增加了 76%。


唐後來說,警方將加強執法和宣傳,希望與各大銀行聯合建立平台,提供快速識別可疑賬戶的幫助。



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