GTP 2.0 - Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia

THE OCCURRENCE OF RECORDED
CRIMINAL INCIDENTS IS LOWER IN MALAYSIA
THAN MOST OTHER COUNTRIES
*per '00,000 population
Malaysia
South Africa
U.K.
U.S.A.
Singapore
Hong Kong
550.1
606
1,139.0
4,143.7
3,811.7
6,498.5
Sources: Nationmaster: http://www.nationmaster.com; DOS Singapore; UK Home Oice
The CRI NKRA believes that one reason that the
rakyat may still feel unsafe despite the declining
trend in statistics has to do with the fact that
there is still a gap between PDRM and the rakyat.
Better engagement and relations between the
PDRM and rakyat will help understand the work
of the PDRM as well as the measures being
undertaken to create a safer community.
As such, the CRI NKRA held a number
of public engagement sessions with key
stakeholders in 2012 including resident
associations, women and private businesses to
establish better working relationships with these
groups.
The Government acknowledges that crime is
still a problem, with some 421 incidents reported
daily. In GTP 2.0, the CRI NKRA will continue to
work on initiatives established in GTP 1.0 to
improve this statistic, but will also introduce new
innovative measures to minimize opportunities
for crime.
GtP 1.0 aChIEvEmENts
The initiatives of GTP 1.0 were designed to arrest
the growth of crime immediately by introducing
a foundational programme of change to transform
the way the PDRM carries out its work. GTP
1.0 saw a number of flagship programmes
introduced such as the Omnipresence
Programme and the Safe City Programme, which
resulted in a direct reduction of index crime. 1
Although the Crime NKRA team makes no
claims that crime has been eradicated, the data
suggests that the initiatives it has implemented
here have helped reverse the growing trend of
crime, reducing the number of criminal incidents
to 2005 levels.
OVERALL GTP 1.0 ACHIEVEMENTS
+33.3%
Pre-GTP 1.0 crime
increased by 33%
over 5 years
2005
2009
-26.8%
GTP 1.0 crime
reduced by
26.8% over 3 years
2012
1
—
Index crime refers to a set of criminal activities that occur with sufficient
regularity so as to constitute an index of the overall criminal situation in the
country. Thirteen different categories of crime have been identified as index
crime markers.
Under the CRI NKRA, a shift was made from
sector-based policing to hotspot-based policing,
which focuses policing efforts on specific areas
of high criminal activity in order to create the
greatest impact possible with limited resources.
Finally, GTP 1.0 also saw initiatives undertaken
to encourage greater community participation in
policing activities.
These programmes were supported by minor
initiatives such as the PDRM Balai League Table,
which measures the effectiveness of police
stations by jurisdiction, as well as a customer
service rating programme to that solicits greater
feedback from the rakyat.
The focus of the CRI NKRA has changed
over the first three years of the GTP. In the first
year, the NKRA focused on improving crime
numbers by bringing in people and resources to
tackle resource issues. In the second year, the
NKRA focused on enhancing the capabilities
of the policing services. The third year focused
on institutionalising the changes. Some of the
recent accolades received by the Malaysian
policing system include:
Safest among 19 upper-middle income
countries and 12th safest overall (World
Justice Project)
Ranked safest and most peaceful nation in
Southeast Asia and 20th worldwide (Global
Peace Index)
As a result of these improvements, Malaysia
climbed 30 spots to rank 63rd in the World
Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness
Report in 2011 measuring the cost to business
violence and crime. However, Malaysia slipped
slightly to 69th spot in 2012 by the same index.
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