As a service to our members, and to assist stakeholders in making planning and policy decisions, ATEK publishes statistics related to non-citizens residing in Korea.
2007 Non-citizen Crime Rate: 1.4%
2007 Korean citizen Crime Rate: 3.5%
Source: Korea Institute of Criminology
Number of non-citizens per foreign affairs officer: 1,073
Number of Koreans per police officer: 504
Source: “Foreigners outgrowing policemen” Korea Times, Nov. 11, 2008
Number of non-citizens arrested per foreign affairs officer: 15.1
Number of Koreans arrested per police officer: 17.6
Source: ATEK (Crime rate times individuals per police officer equals arrests per officer)
Total Non-Citizen Crime Statistics (All Visa Classes)
Source: Korea National Police Agency |
Visa Statistics, as of Sept. 2008
|
Nationality |
Total |
Gender |
(E-1) |
(E-2) |
(F-2) |
(F21) |
(F22) |
(F23) |
(F24) |
(F25) |
(F-4) |
(F-5) |
|
|
Total |
1175429 |
Total |
1175429 |
1683 |
19375 |
7903 |
120306 |
79 |
295 |
5 |
38 |
39592 |
16406 |
|
Male |
676632 |
1198 |
11045 |
4125 |
14478 |
52 |
21 |
2 |
19 |
18891 |
7182 |
||
|
Female |
498797 |
485 |
8330 |
3778 |
105828 |
27 |
274 |
3 |
19 |
20701 |
9224 |
||
|
American |
118,701 |
Male |
73695 |
388 |
5413 |
19 |
1022 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
12646 |
73 |
|
Female |
45006 |
98 |
3477 |
22 |
495 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
13789 |
34 |
||
|
Canadian |
17,672 |
Male |
9601 |
90 |
2751 |
2 |
702 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3015 |
55 |
|
Female |
8071 |
32 |
2278 |
2 |
95 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3373 |
7 |
||
|
Australian |
6,362 |
Male |
3476 |
31 |
403 |
0 |
165 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
991 |
10 |
|
Female |
2886 |
9 |
243 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1145 |
2 |
||
|
New Zealand |
2,596 |
Male |
1581 |
7 |
406 |
0 |
107 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
488 |
8 |
|
Female |
1015 |
2 |
237 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
344 |
0 |
||
|
South African |
1,579 |
Male |
805 |
9 |
421 |
1 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Female |
774 |
1 |
550 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
|
British |
4,808 |
Male |
3529 |
48 |
1159 |
0 |
256 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
46 |
9 |
|
Female |
1279 |
5 |
514 |
2 |
26 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
71 |
0 |
||
|
Irish |
583 |
Male |
396 |
6 |
209 |
4 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Female |
187 |
0 |
113 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
||
|
Total (7 nationalities) |
152301 |
Male |
93083 |
579 |
10762 |
26 |
2299 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
17186 |
159 |
|
Female |
59218 |
147 |
7412 |
28 |
680 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
18724 |
50 |
||
Source: Korea Immigration Service