Fact · crime · 2025
Overall crime detection rate (2025)
整體罪案破案率（2025年）
Figure and reference date
30.3%
30.3%
Notes and definition
Down 0.1pt from 30.4% in 2024; violent-crime detection rate 58.7%.
Other figures in this group (crime)
Figures in the same group are not necessarily additive — check the basis note above first. Law and order.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reported crimes 舉報罪案 | 89,137 89 137 宗 Violent crime 8,823; non-violent crime 80,314. | 2025 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Overall crime rate 整體罪案率 | 1,189 per 100,000 population 每十萬名人口 1 189 宗 | 2025 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Violent crime rate 暴力罪案率 | 118 per 100,000 population 每十萬名人口 118 宗 | 2025 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Persons arrested for crime 犯罪被捕人士 | 31,082 31 082 人 | 2025 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Fraud cases 詐騙案宗數 | 43,212 (48.5% of total crimes) 43 212 宗（佔整體罪案 48.5%） Down 2.9% from 2024, first decline since 2019. | 2025 | Police in Figures |
| Robbery cases 行劫案宗數 | 66 (91.0% clearance rate) 66 宗（破案率 90.9%） Lowest since records began in 1969, roughly halved from 2024. | 2025 | Police in Figures |
| Number of serving judges 實任法官數目 | 160 160 名 Judiciary annual report. | 2023 | Judiciary: Annual Report and statistics (number of judges) |
| Customs enforcement cases detected (2025) 香港海關檢獲案件數目（2025年） | 38,869 38 869 宗 Customs enforcement statistics. | 2025 | Customs: enforcement statistics |
| Overall crime (2025) 整體罪案（2025年） | 89,137 cases 89,137 宗 Police annual review: down 5.9% from 94,747 in 2024. | 2025 | Hong Kong Police annual review: overall crime (2025) |
| Deception cases (2025) 詐騙案（2025年） | 43,212 cases 43,212 宗 Deception accounted for about 48.5% of overall crime in 2025, down 2.9% YoY. | 2025 | GIA press release: police crime statistics (2025) |
| Arrested juveniles (aged 10-15) (2025) 被拘捕少年（10-15歲）人數（2025年） | 1,038 persons 1,038 人 Arrests totalled 31,082; juveniles 1,038 and young persons 1,624. | 2025 | GIA press release: police crime statistics (2025) |
| Average daily penal population (2025) 懲教院所平均每日在囚人口（2025年） | 10,315 persons 10,315 人 Up 8% from 9,550 in 2024; remand population of 4,217 a record since 2000. | 2025 | Correctional Services Department: average daily penal population |
Other figures from the same official source
These figures come from the same registered document: “GIA press release: police crime statistics (2025)” (Government of the HKSAR). Being in one document does not make them additive.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deception cases (2025) 詐騙案（2025年） | 43,212 cases 43,212 宗 Deception accounted for about 48.5% of overall crime in 2025, down 2.9% YoY. | 2025 | GIA press release: police crime statistics (2025) |
| Arrested juveniles (aged 10-15) (2025) 被拘捕少年（10-15歲）人數（2025年） | 1,038 persons 1,038 人 Arrests totalled 31,082; juveniles 1,038 and young persons 1,624. | 2025 | GIA press release: police crime statistics (2025) |
How to cite this figure
Hong Kong Story, “Overall crime detection rate (2025)”, https://hongkongstory.org/en/facts/crime-detection-rate-2025, data as at 2025 (retrieved ＿).
中文：香港紀事館，〈整體罪案破案率（2025年）〉，https://hongkongstory.org/facts/crime-detection-rate-2025，資料時點 2025（查閱日期 ＿）。
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GIA press release: police crime statistics (2025)
Government of the HKSAR
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