Crime in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

Crime rates in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

Level of crime
17.67 Very Low
Crime increasing in the past 5 years
57.69 Moderate
Worries home broken and things stolen
14.57 Very Low
Worries being mugged or robbed
15.55 Very Low
Worries car stolen
11.30 Very Low
Worries things from car stolen
13.82 Very Low
Worries attacked
19.72 Very Low
Worries being insulted
23.78 Low
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion
15.01 Very Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs
24.30 Low
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft
23.35 Low
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery
18.38 Very Low
Problem corruption and bribery
37.68 Low

Safety in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

Safety walking alone during daylight
86.55 Very High
Safety walking alone during night
75.94 High

Contributors: 700

Last update: October 2024

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

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11 Comments so far
Hker on Nov 12, 2024:
Hong Kong is no longer safe. Local citizen and local media labeled Hong Kong as "International knife crime hubs" (國際大刀會), you can google 國際大刀會 and use google translate to figure out.

Beside knife crime and traids (hong kong mafia), fraud is also increased sharply. In 2018 there are only 8216 fraud cases reported while 2023 there are more than 39000 fraud cases reported.
Joseph on May 19, 2024:
Amazingly safe day and night, basically anywhere. No matter shopping or drinking at bars, you feel safe.

I am not a politician anyway. :)
Anonymous on Apr 26, 2023:
Having traveled to many cities around the world, Hong Kong is one of the safest. Walked in the streets of a relatively impoverished neighborhood at midnight, no sign of danger at all. The public transport is safe, clean and convenient, truly world class.
Anonymous on Mar 13, 2023:
Hong Kong still one of the safest cities in the world. Ignore those who say Hong Kong is not safe anymore because of the whole protests situation and National Security Law. Breaking such laws doesn't mean the city is unsafe by any means, people should accept and respect the laws instead of complain.
Anonymous on Jan 04, 2023:
Very safe so long as you do not criticise China or Xi, don't advocate for Hong Kong democracy or independence and don't get arbitrarily suspected of secession, subversion, terrorism, or collusion with foreign organisations.

Oh and you better not have said or done any of these things at any point in the past, anywhere on earth, because it still counts in the eyes of China!
Anonymous on Jul 27, 2022:
HK is a very very safe city despite the issue with police. Stuck at political problem.

It's still very safe, just U can't say anything bad about China or police.

And mostly of of time (like >90%) U don't have to worry about the crime about robbery, theft, sexual threats, etc. Nothing to worry about going at night.U can go anywhere u want without any hesitation.
Karrthus on Jan 14, 2022:
HK are stuck at political problem but there still have safety expect you will got caught by police due post a anti-china gov article
LMAO
Jacob on Oct 30, 2021:
One of the safest place in the world, before police state established.
SCheng on Mar 29, 2021:
HK was safe before 2019. Now it is safe again.
Sasha on Mar 10, 2021:
No more teargas and protests - people got beaten up into obedience

It's very safe and harmonic now and there is nothing nice about it

People are simply not smiling at each other anymore and you can never know when you are the next person to be arrested, or at least randomly checked by police. If you're 20-something male, police can just randomly tell you to show your smartphones gallery and browsing history - they don't even waste time on decrypting https etc
Anonymous on Jan 24, 2021:
Used to be very safe.

Not anymore. Police state now.
Not even Hong Kong anymore.