Refugee crime statistics for Kowloon City District

Scott Edmunds made this Freedom of Information request to Hong Kong Police Force Kowloon City District

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Dear Hong Kong Police Force Kowloon City District,

Can you please provide data on arrest statistics of refugees (non-refoulement claimants). Specifically I would like the most complete yearly statistics of refugee arrests from your district for every full year you have data going back to 2005, plus total arrest statistics from to put it into context. If you have a breakdown of prosecution and conviction rates that would be useful too.

On top of total numbers, if you have the nationalities of the refugees arrested that information would be useful as well. I’m happy to take digital files, but please don’t embed this information in tabular form in the email as I can’t view it. Attaching a PDF works, or I can give you my email address.

Best wishes,

Scott Edmunds

Hong Kong Police Force Kowloon City District

Dear Mr Edmunds,

I refer to your application for access to information regarding refugee
crime statistics in Kowloon City District dated 2016-09-09.  Please be
informed that your request is being processed.  We will reply to you as
soon as possible.

Regards,

Ms Doreen YEUNG
District Executive Officer
Kowloon City Police District

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Dear Mr. Edmunds,

I refer to your email dated 2016-09-09 requesting for information on crime
statistics of Kowloon City District.

Please be advised that the arrest figures of recognizance holders
(including refugees or non-refoulement claimants) have been kept by us
since 2014.  We do not keep figures on breakdown of prosecution and
conviction.

Please see the arrest figures of recognizance holders since 2014:-

2014: 38
2015: 48
2016 (Jan - Jun): 41

For the total arrest figures (i.e. regardless of the identity status) :-

2014: 163
2015: 192
2016 (Jan - Jun): 133

The following table and the attached PDF listed the breakdown of
nationalities of arrested recognizance holders involving in immigration
offences and other offences:-

2014
Type of Pakistani Indian Sri Nepalese Vietnamese Indonesian Thai Filipino Bangladesh Other Total
Crime Lankan African
Other 12 18 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 38
Offences
Immigration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Offences
Total 12 18 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 38

2015
Type of Pakistani Indian Sri Nepalese Vietnamese Indonesian Thai Filipino Bangladesh Other Total
Crime Lankan African
Other 18 13 0 0 13 0 2 2 0 0 48
Offences
Immigration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Offences
Total 18 13 0 0 13 0 2 2 0 0 48

2016 (Jan - Jun)
Type of Pakistani Indian Sri Nepalese Vietnamese Indonesian Thai Filipino Bangladesh Other Total
Crime Lankan African
Other 16 10 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 5 39
Offences
Immigration 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Offences
Total 16 11 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 5 41

Regards,

Ms Doreen YEUNG
District Executive Officer
Kowloon City Police District

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We serve with a shared leadership passion, the mission continues

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