Crime in Jakarta, Indonesia

Travel warning, danger, attention; Due to economic hardship and recession, terrorist activity has been increased, partly because protected by some politican and police. It may appear as street criminal or home invansion, but actually some were carefully planed and executed for political purpose

Rape actually happens a lot in Indonesia, but most of the time victims refuse to disclose it in fear of being ostracized. They are scared of being called "damaged goods" and that they won't find husbands because they are "used" or "unholy".

It also is a very hush hush problem in Indonesia as often time the rapists are important people or family of the victim. There are very many instances where a woman is raped and gets pregnant, only for the rapist to volunteer as her husband so that she can avoid "adultery". The worst case is, most of the families involved agree to it for the sake of keeping their family name untarnished.

Many rapists also stay unpunished simply because of the usual case of victim shaming. They would say that she was using a skirt too short or a shirt too tight or even showing too much skin. They say that they cannot control their desires and that for the men to live peacefully without temptation, the women must cover up their skin.

I would say rape is a common thing here in Indonesia and its not very often talked about because victims are forced to stay quiet for them, their children's, and their families' sake. I only hope in the future, people who visit Indonesia not get too comfortable. Tables may turn in an instant and what you consider to be a friendly and welcoming crowd may do bad things to you. Simply because you are fair-skinned or that they think you are in a better situation than them.

For visitors who look caucasian ,street vendors will probably overcharge you ,especially for souvenirs.
Also about the homicide rate, its probably unreliable too. This is because Indonesia is so populous, the government has a hard time noticing when people have gone missing. In some cases records of most of the population are not accurate.

Basically if you want to commit crimes in Indonesia, all you have to do is have money. Hence why corruption and bribery is such a bad problem here. We are working on it though.

If you stay in the boarding houses environment, some crime happens like motorcyle robbing, if you put your things awhile when you are washing handshake or going to toilet, it kinda risky too, but for Murder cases it's rare, but street robbing on Motorcycle are common since bikes are often used here, about rape it's not that much, more common rape case come from relatives, but some perverts are really making walking alone kinda unsafe..

When I was there visiting relatives, the only thing they said was an issue was theft, muggings, and home invasion. My Aunt's friend's house got broken into while we were at a family reunion.

Once in Jakarta I got mugged so I put on the after burners and out ran them (helpful tip: they are very slow)

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

The ideas of visitors to a webpage, mmmm

I've been walking the streets of Jakarta for years, not just the shopping areas,but the side roads and gangs westerners don't even know exist, and have only ever met with one person I deemed a potential threat - that turned out to be a man with more 'interesting' Islamic views and a hatred of Americans. Once he found out I wasn't American, all was well.
Years of exploring and photographing such places with nothing more criminal than the odd small shop trying to overcharge me, and then not my enough to make me bother arguing, has left me with very firm evidence Jakarta isn't just a safe city, its people are positively friendly and welcoming.