PROPERTY CRIME INCIDENCE AND PATTERNS IN MALAYSIA FROM 2007 TO 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v20i20.1076Keywords:
Property crimes, housebreaking, crime trends, proactive policing policy, MalaysiaAbstract
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.
Downloads
References
Amar Singh, S. (2005). The rise of crime in Malaysia: An academic and statistical analysis. Journal of the Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Police College, 4, 1-28.
Fougère, D., Kramarz, F., & Pouget, J. (2009). Youth unemployment and crime in France. Journal of the European Economic Association, 7(5), 909–938. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/JEEA.2009.7.5.909
Ghani, Z. A. (2017). A comparative study of urban crime between Malaysia and Nigeria. Journal of Urban Management, 6(1), 19-29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2017.03.001
Hakim, H. M., Khan, H. O., Hamzah, H. H., Othman, M. F., Nelson, B. R., Chambers, G. K., Edinur, H. A., Abdullah, M. T., & Rasudin, N. S. (2019a). Violent crime datasets: Incidence and patterns in Malaysia from 2006 to 2017. Data in Brief, 26, 104449. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104449
Hakim, H. M., Lalung, J., Khan, H. O., Khaw, N. R., Narayanen, S., Chambers, G. K., & Edinur, H. A. (2019b). Experiences, challenges and the future direction of forensic DNA databanking in Malaysia. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 14(2), 127-141.
Hakim, H. M., Khan, H. O., Lalung, J., Nelson, B. R., Chambers, G. K., & Edinur, H. A. (2020). Autosomal STR profiling and databanking in Malaysia: current status and future prospects. Genes, 11(10), 1112. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11101112
Hale, C. (1998). Crime and the business cycle in post-war Britain revisited. The British Journal of Criminology, 38 (4), 681-698. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/38.4.681
Ishak, S., & Mhd Bani, N. Y. (2017). Determinants of crime in Malaysia: Evidence from developed states. International Journal of Economics and Management, 11(3), 607 – 622.
Jansson, K. (2008). British Crime Survey – Measuring Crime for 25 Years. London: Home Office. Retrieved December 21, 2021 from
Jubit, N., Masron, T., & Marzuki, A. (2020). Analyzing the spatial temporal of property crime hot spots. A case study of Kuching, Sarawak. Planning Malaysia Journal, 18(14), 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v18i14.813
Keat, H. S. (2009). The global financial crisis: Impact on Asia and policy challenges ahead. In Glick, R., Spiegel, M. (Eds) Asia and the global financial crisis, 267–275.
Lai, J., & Ravenhill, J. (2012). Asia’s multi-level response to the global financial crisis. Asia Europe Journal, 9 (2), 141–157. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-012-0305-7
Lim, S. B., Yong, C. K., Abdul Rashid, M. F., & Abdul Malek, J. (2020). A framework of challenges facing the safe city programme in Kuala Lumpur. Planning Malaysia Journal, 18(14), 47-61. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v18i14.817
Muhamad Ludin, A. N., Abd. Aziz, N., Hj Yusoff, N., & Wan Abd Razak, W. J. (2013). Impacts of urban land use on crime patterns through GIS application. Planning Malaysia Journal, 11(2), 1-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21837/pmjournal.v11.i2.113
Newburn, T. (2016). Social disadvantage, crime, and punishment. In: Dean, H, Platt, L (eds) Social Advantage and Disadvantage. Oxford. Oxford University Press, 322–340. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198737070.003.0016
PEMANDU. (2010). Annual Report: Government Transformation Programme (GTP): The Road map Executive Summary. Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad (PNMB) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Retrieved December 21, 2021 from http://www.rurallink.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/5-GTP_Roadmap_Executive_Summary.pdf.
Shamsudin, K. (2008). Safe City Programme: Are we on the right path to reduce crime?. Planning Malaysia Journal, 6(1), 1-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21837/pmjournal.v6.i1.63
Shamsudin, K., Amandus, Jr. P. V., See, T. L., Mohamed, M., & Kasim, Z. A. (2013). Safe City Monitoring System: GIS web based application in crime monitoring in Malaysia. The 13th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM), 1-21.
Soh, M. B. C. (2012). Crime and urbanization: Revisited Malaysian case. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 42, 291 – 299. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.04.193
Talha, K. (2008). Urban crime and safe neighbourhoods : Community perspectives. Planning Malaysia Journal, 6(1), 39-55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21837/pmjournal.v6.i1.65
The Star Online. (2011). PM announces NKRA to deal with rising cost of living. Retrieved December 21, 2021 from https://web.archive.org/web/20111112184955/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2011%2F7%2F27%2Fnation%2F20110727213442&sec=nation
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Hashom Mohd Hakim, Japareng Lalung, Hussein Omar Khan, Hafezul Helmi Hamzah, Mohammad Faiz Othman, Nur Syahmina Rasudin, Siddhartha Pati, Bryan Raveen Nelson, Siti Nor Assyuhada Mat-Ghani, Geoffrey Keith Chambers, Hisham Atan Edinur
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright & Creative Commons Licence
eISSN: 0128-0945 © Year. The Authors. Published for Malaysia Institute of Planners. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
The authors hold the copyright without restrictions and also retain publishing rights without restrictions.