SHAH ALAM, 14 Feb 2018:
The fear of crime level among people in Selangor stood at 37% last year – far below the 54.9% KPI target set by the government, according to the Pemandu Associates survey on the Perception Crime Index (PCI).
Pemandu Associates senior vice-president Abdul Mutalib Ishak said the percentage was derived from almost 100,000 respondents – from community groups comprising residents, business, ‘rukun-tetangga’ associations and schools which responded to the online surveys on their level of satisfaction with police efforts in coping with crime.
“Seventy-nine police heads in Selangor met the respondents in their respective areas and coaxed them into cooperating in the study.
“To achieve 37% in Selangor is a great feat for the Selangor police contingent headquarters (IPK),” he said after presenting results of the PCI survey here yesterday.
Also present was Selangor police chief Datuk Mazlan Mansor.
Elaborating, Abdul Mutalib said in the first survey by the agency conducted from September to November last year, the PCI recorded by the Selangor IPK was second best in the country after Penang (33%).
“A low PCI reflects better performance, while high PCI shows people are more fearful of crimes.”
The dissemination of news on social media which were at times doubtful also contributed to fear among the public, he noted.
Pemandu Associates is a private consulting firm established by the management and staff of Pemandu.
Meanwhile, the crime index in Melaka dropped 15.5% to 3,096 cases last year as compared to 3,663 cases in 2016.
Melaka police chief Datuk Abdul Jalil Hassan said of that number, 841 cases were violent crimes while the rest were related to property crimes.
He said of the total crime index recorded last year, 2,462 cases were reported in the Central Melaka district followed by Alor Gajah with 376 cases and Jasin (258).
He said 1,995 out of 3,096 cases last year were solved as compared to 2,167 from 3,663 cases in 2016.
– Bernama