Police in Figures 2022
PERSONNEL (as at Dec 31) 2017 2021 2022
Establishment
Superintendents or above 446 477 479
Inspectors 2 569 2 833 2 842
Junior police officers 26 837 29 806 29 888
Civilian staff 4 563 4 730 4 737
Auxiliary 4 501 4 501 4 501
Strength
Superintendents or above (1) 464 442 443
Inspectors 2 387 2 349 2 395
Junior police officers 26 487 24 619 24 452
Civilian staff 4 312 4 213 4 082
Auxiliary 3 124 3 006 3 117
Annual expenditure (2) (HK$ Million) 17 855 23 407 23 330
CRIMES 2017 2021 2022
Overall crime 56 017 64 428 70 048
Detection rate(%) 48.2 38.5 35.2
Overall crime per 100 000 population 758 869 954
Violent crime 9 086 9 587 8 830
Detection rate(%) 64.5 56.5 55.4
Violent crime per 100 000 population 123 129 120
Robbery 163 123 77
By selected type
Robbery with genuine firearms 0 0 0
Robbery with arms (including stun guns) 3 0 0
Robbery with pistol-like objects 3 0 2
Bank robbery 0 0 1
Goldsmith/watch shop robbery 2 1 3
Theft 23 806 19 065 18 256
By selected type
Snatching 137 79 64
Pickpocketing 682 313 185
Shop theft 9 556 7 187 6 436
Missing motor vehicles 511 535 769
Miscellaneous thefts 11 508 9 732 9 728
Homicide 24 23 30
Rape 65 79 53
Indecent assault 1 077 1 018 953
Wounding and serious assault 4 611 4 124 3 614
Blackmail 579 1 592 1 826
Criminal intimidation 1 668 1 604 1 361
Burglary 1 872 1 472 886
Criminal damage 5 071 5 709 5 172
Deception 7 091 19 249 27 923
Serious drug offences 1 553 1 570 1 436
DRUG (3) 2017 2021 2022
Major drug seizure (kg)
Heroin 30 410 * 327
Cannabis 708 * 1 302 * 2 673
Methamphetamine (Ice) 144 982 * 1 796
Ketamine 94 1 302 * 838
Cocaine 220 1 079 * 2 271
Ecstasy-type (no. of tablets) 9 828 44 221 * 28 491
PERSONS ARRESTED FOR CRIMES 2017 2021 2022
Total arrests 30 366 29 218 28 829
By age group
Aged 10 - 15 928 1 114 985
Aged 16 - 20 1 804 1 907 1 789
Aged 21 or above 27 634 26 197 26 055
Persons discharged under the Superintendents’ Discretion Scheme (aged 10 - 17) 579 270 289
IDENTITY CARD CHECK / STOP AND SEARCH / ROAD BLOCK 2017 2021 2022
Number of persons checked 1 661 120 1 810 144 1 877 103
By type
Identity card check 324 133 302 102 366 213
Stop and search 1 237 293 1 432 449 1 448 849
Road block 99 694 75 593 62 041
COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS 2017 2021 2022
Total allegations endorsed by Independent Police Complaints Council 3 022 3 014 2 150
Allegations dealt with by informal resolution 326 325 319
Allegations not investigated because of curtailment, withdrawal or not pursuable 1 660 1 677 1 293
Allegations fully investigated 1 036 1 012 538
(Allegations fully investigated with substantiated results) ( 147 ) ( 142 ) ( 86 )
Substantiated rate for fully investigated allegations 14.2 % 14.0 % 16.0 %
TRAFFIC 2017 2021 2022
Total number of accidents (case) 15 725 17 831 15 107
By severity
Fatal 104 94 89
Serious injury 2 070 1 824 1 046
Slight injury 13 551 15 913 13 972
Total number of casualties (person) 19 888 21 751 18 531
By severity
Fatal 108 97 90
Serious injury 2 214 1 907 1 107
Slight injury 17 566 19 747 17 334
TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS 2017 2021 2022
Total traffic prosecutions 2 395 687 3 889 013 3 967 008
Summonses 66 478 54 616 54 037
Arrests 3 503 4 314 4 142
Fixed penalty tickets (parking offences) 1 840 063 3 302 160 3 363 471
Fixed penalty tickets (moving offences) 485 643 527 923 545 358
Summary of traffic prosecutions
By selected type
Drink driving 984 838 772
Dangerous driving (including causing grievous bodily harm and death) 600 * 1 134 1 164
Careless driving 18 345 17 075 18 035
Speeding 236 553 266 333 265 283
Pedestrian offences 18 229 8 814 6 692
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RATES OF HONG KONG AND SELECTED CITIES 2016 2020 2021
Road Traffic Fatality rate per 1 000 000 population
Hong Kong SAR 18 13 13
Singapore 25 15 20
Tokyo 12 11 9
New York 27 24 32
Paris 18 21 18
London 13 11 9
Toronto 28 13 20
CRIME RATES OF HONG KONG AND SELECTED CITIES (4) 2016 2020 2021
Overall crime per 100 000 population
Hong Kong SAR 827 845 869
Singapore 590 656 847
Tokyo 1 074 671 621
Paris 11 983 N.A. 12 132
London 8 932 8 325 9 284
Toronto 4 185 * 3 844 * 3 948
Murder per 100 000 population
Hong Kong SAR 0.4 0.3 0.4
Singapore 0.3 0.2 0.1
Tokyo 0.6 0.7 0.6
Paris 2.2 N.A. 1.8
London 1.2 1.3 1.4
Toronto 2.7 2.3 2.8
Robbery per 100 000 population
Hong Kong SAR 3.5 3.5 1.7
Singapore 4.4 5.4 8.6
Tokyo 3.0 1.9 1.8
Paris 615.1 N.A. N.A.
London 278.7 255.3 271.3
Toronto 122.3 * 77.9 61.3
Burglary per 100 000 population
Hong Kong SAR 33.1 28.0 19.8
Singapore 3.8 2.9 2.0
Tokyo 38.4 22.4 16.1
Paris 620.4 N.A. 765.4
London 801.2 623.2 601.9
Toronto 228.7 * 230.1 192.8
  • (1) Including officers on pre-retirement leave.
  • (2) Figures for 2017, 2021 and 2022 refer to the financial years 2016/17, 2020/21 and 2021/22 respectively.
  • (3) These figures include seizures by the Customs and Excise Department. Figures for 2022 are provisional, pending confirmation by the Government Laboratory.
  • (4) The classifications and counting rules of crimes may differ across cities and within cities over time. Comparison of the figures has to be interpreted with caution.
  • * Revised figure
  • N.A. Not available