Crime Statistics by District (HKPF)

Source

Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF)

Department URL: https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/09_statistics/cad.html
Direct CSV: https://www.police.gov.hk/info/doc/crime_details_overall.csv

Format

CSV Annual. Published Q1 following year. No API key.

~75K

Crimes/Year (2022)

Police Districts

Annual

Update Frequency

Schema / Fields

Field	Type	Example	Description
`YEAR`	integer	`2022`	Reference year
`DISTRICT`	string	`"Central"`	Police district name
`TOTAL_CRIME`	integer	`4842`	Total crime count
`VIOLENT_CRIME`	integer	`312`	Violent crime count
`PROPERTY_CRIME`	integer	`2841`	Property crime count
`CRIME_RATE`	float	`42.3`	Crimes per 1,000 population
`CLEARANCE_RATE_PCT`	float	`61.2`	Cases solved percentage

Fields based on HKPF annual crime statistics report format.

Example API Call

curl -o crime_overall.csv \
  "https://www.police.gov.hk/info/doc/crime_details_overall.csv"

# Inspect
head -5 crime_overall.csv

Example Response

YEAR,DISTRICT,TOTAL_CRIME,VIOLENT_CRIME,PROPERTY_CRIME,CRIME_RATE
2022,Central,4842,312,2841,42.3
2022,Western,2103,156,1284,38.1
2022,Wan Chai,3841,289,2340,51.2
2022,Eastern,3120,198,1890,28.4
2022,Southern,1842,124,1120,22.3

Used By

Model	How
Site Rating	Safety sub-score: crime rate inverted → lower crime = higher site rating
ABM Theory	Agent decision variable: high-crime areas reduce evening dining propensity

Notes / Gotchas

Property crime (theft, burglary) is most relevant for retail density; violent crime affects customer perception of safety
Crime reporting rates vary — wealthier areas may over-report minor crime, skewing rates upward
Tourist-heavy areas (Tsim Sha Tsui, Causeway Bay) have elevated theft statistics due to visitor density