Data on municipal crime, preferably at a reasonably disaggregated level (best would be exact date, location and type but per day per street or post/zip code would be acceptable)
Data Location
https://www.police.gov.hk/info/doc/crime_situation_comparison.xlsComments
a) Does the data exist?
The data exist provided by different official sources. However, the only data provided are at an aggregated level: the crimes are divided per type and per year. The data have been found on the open data portal, looking into the different departments related to crime eviction in Hong Kong (Police departments) and on the official census statistics department. Disaggregated data, statistics and records are available (as declared on the Police Department website) at request, for free or at a cost. This a list of what can be requested Organization Charts (in both English and Chinese) A list of records by category kept by the department (in English) A list of information made available to the public free of charge or at a cost (in English) A copy of the Code on Access to Information (in both English and Chinese) and the Guidelines on Interpretation and Application (in English) A set of administrative procedures for handling requests for information under the code (in English)
b) Is it in digital form?
c) publicly available?
d) Is the data available for free?
As mentioned, aggregated data can be accessed free of charge, while other data more in detail, or crime reports can be access at a cost through the Police Department, sending application requests to obtain the data, or visiting the physical office. https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/08_forms/
e) Is the data available online?
The link refers to the general aggregated statistics of crimes. Other details are available online through other different websites, in particular many datasets are to be found at : https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/hkstat/sub/gender/crime_and_justice/index.jsp https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/09_statistics/
f) Is it machine-readable?
Data are mainly provided in Excel format and sometimes in PDF format (reports) or in images of charts. The excel tables are not always very clean, and seem not to easy to be read.
g) Is the machine readable data available in bulk?
Data are provided through different departments, as mentioned. Moreover, there are different download links for every category of crime.
h) Is it openly licensed?
Data from the Police Department are under copiright: https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/11_useful_info/disclaimer.html
i) Is the dataset up to date?
The aggregated statistics are up to date, and historical statistics can be found from the Census Department.
Reviewer comments
ok
Data Availability
Key:
- Yes
- No
- Unsure
- No data
Details
| Date the data became available | Unknown |
| Format of data | Excel |
| Reviewer | Samuel Goëta |
| Submitters | Pietro BUFFONI |
| Last modified | Wed Nov 22 2017 22:57:56 GMT+0000 (UTC) |