Fear of crime drops to 61% this year

KUALA LUMPUR: Fear of crime among Malaysians dropped from 80% in 2015 to 61% this year, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pix).

Citing a study by Pemandu, the Performance Management and Delivery Unit, he said 51% of the respondents were satisfied with the overall police service in their area.

"Some 59% were satisfied with the level of service at police stations while some 62% of crime victims never made police reports. And some 63% said they were affected by police misconduct," said Ahmad Zahid, who is also Home Minister.

He said in a statement that 65% of the respondents were worried about crime in their area while some 67% were worried about walking outdoors at night.

Ahmad Zahid said that sense of fear dropped from 0.80 in 2015 to 0.72 this year. (Sense of fear is measured on a scale of 1.00 to 0.)

The study, entitled National Key Result Area Reducing Crime: Perception of Crime Indicator, was conducted under the National Transformation Programme and involved 14,393 e-survey respondents. — Bernama