What are Indexed Crimes?
Crime is always evolving so it is difficult to categorise and report. Because of this crimes are divided into two broad categories namely Indexed Crime and Non-Indexed Crime.
Indexed Crime is defined as “Crimes that are reported with sufficient regularity and with sufficient significance to be meaningful as an index to the crime situation.” (Inspector General’s Standing Order at para D203).
Non-Indexed crime*, however, are all other crimes that fall outside the scope of Indexed Crime.
Examples:
- Kidnapping
- Fraud
- Vandalism
- Prostitution etc.
Selected Index Crimes
For this data story we have chosen 8 main crime types for analysis.*
*The definitions here are descriptive and are not legal definitions
*Non-indexed crimes have been excluded
Burglary
Cases
15130
incidents in 2018
Rate
47
cases per 100,000 population
Burglary (sometimes referred to as Break-in) is the unlawful entry into a property or premise without the occupants present usually with a combined act of theft. This crime is often mis-labeled as robbery.
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Robbery
Cases
11559
incidents in 2018
Rate
36.1
cases per 100,000 population
Robbery is the crime of taking anything of value with force. There are different types i.e. with a firearm, without a firearm etc. however for this data story we shall look at all types collectively under this one heading.
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Other Theft
Cases
19230
incidents in 2018
Rate
61
cases per 100,000 population
Certain types of theft i.e. snatch theft, pickpocketing, have enough volume of cases to list as a category. Other theft refers to any type of theft that does not have a predefined category. This category is there to capture uncommon types of theft.
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Harm to Humans
Cases
4657
incidents in 2018
Rate
15
cases per 100,000 population
Harm to humans is quite a broad category but essentially captures crimes that cause physical harm to a person.
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Rape
Cases
1409
incidents in 2018
Rate
4.4
cases per 100,000 population
Rape is the crime of forcing a victim to engage in non-consensual sexual intercourse. In Malaysia, due to the legal definition, a man cannot be raped and only a man can carry out an act of rape.
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Murder
Cases
341
incidents in 2018
Rate
1.06
cases per 100,000 population
Murder is an act of unlawful pre-meditated killing. This is a very serious offence and requires 2 key components; the intention to kill and the act of killing.
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Motorcycle Theft
Cases
28125
incidents in 2018
Rate
88
cases per 100,000 population
Motorcycle theft is the criminal act of stealing of a motorcycle. This crime, when compared to all the other categories, has the highest number of cases recorded across the country.
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Car, Van/Lorry Theft
Cases
9292
incidents in 2018
Rate
29
cases per 100,000 population
This is the criminal act of stealing a motorcar, van or lorry. This category does not differentiate between private and commercial owned vehicles.
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