Crime in Malaysia

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Crime rates in Malaysia

Level of crime	53.65	Moderate
Crime increasing in the past 3 years	59.46	Moderate
Worries home broken and things stolen	54.07	Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed	55.84	Moderate
Worries car stolen	50.69	Moderate
Worries things from car stolen	55.50	Moderate
Worries attacked	47.37	Moderate
Worries being insulted	39.38	Low
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	34.66	Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs	47.70	Moderate
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	56.68	Moderate
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	51.52	Moderate
Problem corruption and bribery	68.57	High

Safety walking alone during daylight		62.27	High
Safety walking alone during night		38.73	Low

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Last update: March 2023

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

City	Crime Index	Safety Index
Kuala Lumpur	62.7	37.3
Klang	56.7	43.3
Johor Bahru	53.6	46.4
Petaling Jaya	49.5	50.5
Penang	33.0	67.0

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Index
Crime Index:	51.85
Safety Index:	48.15