PROPERTY CRIME INCIDENCE AND PATTERNS IN MALAYSIA FROM 2007 TO 2017

Authors

  • Hashom Mohd Hakim Criminal Investigation Department, ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE
  • Japareng Lalung School of Industrial Technologies, UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA
  • Hussein Omar Khan Criminal Investigation Department, ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE
  • Hafezul Helmi Hamzah Criminal Investigation Department, ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE
  • Mohammad Faiz Othman Criminal Investigation Department, ROYAL MALAYSIA POLICE
  • Nur Syahmina Rasudin School of Health Sciences, UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA
  • Siddhartha Pati Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU
  • Bryan Raveen Nelson Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU
  • Siti Nor Assyuhada Mat-Ghani School of Health Sciences, UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA
  • Geoffrey Keith Chambers School of Biological Sciences, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND
  • Hisham Atan Edinur Environmental Futures Research Institute, GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v20i20.1076

Keywords:

Property crimes, housebreaking, crime trends, proactive policing policy, Malaysia

Abstract

Crime is a social problem faced by all communities and ranges from property loss or damage to violent events such as murder and robbery. Crime trends are associated with many factors including mental health, unemployment rates, educational status and policing strategies. In this article, we provide property crime datasets for Malaysia from 2007 to 2017. The data were gathered from all reported cases at district police stations and contingent (state and federal territory levels) headquarters. This information was extracted from the Malaysian Police Reporting System (PRS) and divided into five categories; theft, car theft, motorcycle theft, van/lorry/heavy machinery theft and housebreaking. Overall, there were 1,361,320 property crime cases were reported from 2007 to 2017. Theft and motorcycle theft were observed to be the most common types of property crime in Malaysia. In general, property crime cases continue to decline from 163,317 cases in 2007 to only 77,562 in 2017 due to government initiatives and a proactive policing policy. The same downward trend in overall property crime was also observed at state and federal territory levels and is mainly due to a drop in the volume of theft and motorcycle theft cases.

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2022-04-18

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Mohd Hakim, H., Lalung, J., Omar Khan, H., Hamzah, H. H., Othman, M. F., Rasudin, N. S., Pati, S., Nelson, B. R., Mat-Ghani, S. N. A., Chambers, G. K., & Edinur, H. A. (2022). PROPERTY CRIME INCIDENCE AND PATTERNS IN MALAYSIA FROM 2007 TO 2017. PLANNING MALAYSIA, 20(20). https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v20i20.1076

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Vol. 20 (2022): PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL : Volume 20, Issue 1, 2022

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