According to statistics from Tainan's Kueijen Precinct, the most common adolescent crime is theft, followed by drug abuse and gambling. Gang fighting and incidents of violence are also known to occur. But cases such as that in Hsinchu involving such terrible abuse and murder were rarer in the past.
根據台南歸仁警分局的統計，青少年最容易犯下的非行以竊盜為主，其次是濫用麻醉藥品和賭博，至於械鬥和暴力事件也時有所聞，只是類似此案的青少年重大虐殺案件，過去較少見。