Hong Kong has had its share of gory, headline-grabbing murders, think Rurik Jutting and Nancy Kissel, but according to the latest UN report on homicides in 2015, Hong Kong has the world’s third lowest murder rate per 100,000 population. Only Macau and Singapore fare better. The number of homicides since 1997 has been declining exponentially
SOURCE: UN Data
SCMP graphic by Adolfo Arranz.