Crime in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hi, as an expat, I have been living in Malaysia for 10 years. 5 years in Penang and 5 years in KL. I found them friendly and peaceful people and the country is beautiful. I think the comments are unfair about KL. If you know what areas to avoid and look after your belongings in the public transport, you are safe. It is one of the safest capital cities I have ever seen.

These are based on 'perceptions of visitors of this website' so most likely do not reflect the actual situation in reality.
Having said that, the worries probably do have a basis as they likely reflect the general view of crime here and should not be ignored.

ive been in PJ in sunway area for 5 months now, im a white guy, one of the few, roam the streets at midnight often, wishing somebody would. Sunway area is incredibly safe

Unbelievable! Felt very safe in the heart of the city there twice, although I stayed in a central area with a bad name, Central Market. Lots of homeless ppl there, but never felt threatened by them. Walked many times from there to Jalan alone in the evening,felt ok. The only prob is the taxi drivers ( mainly Indian ones ) who refused to use taximetres.

Absolutely ridiculous, I've walked to and fro the streets night and day, and nothing has ever happened, the night life is perfectly fine. There are literal African countries on this site with better ratings, all this shite is greatly exaggerated.

Wew. only one way to explain the situation.

We have accepted too many foreigners. Thanks for making our safe city unsafe.

*I meant not walk and talk on the phone.. be alert is the key

Malaysian here living in KL for 30 years. I am sorry many of you experienced horrible cases in KL. I just hope some of the pointers I make here can provide you some help.

1. Do not travel alone especially at night. If you are looking for evening event, visit some of the bars in hotel or shopping mall.

2. Photocopy your passport and keep the original locked in a safe. Most hotel provide a safe. Most cases a photocopy of your passport is sufficient for police checks.

3. If you are in danger, dial 999 or 112 for police or ambulance.

4. Avoid using your phone while on the sidewalk of traffic, snatch thief on motorcycle is common here.

I got raped in the ass by Najib Razak and he licked my arsehole after. Fuck Malaysia

All that about MH370 & MH17 are one & the same plane. Najib Razak fucked around, just to get mega rich.
Najib & Rosma Mansur(fucked up cunt) knew all along that there was very big money in the downing of MH17(MH370). JoLau has fucked off once Najib lost the last elections.

Are there lots of car thefts ? Do people use car anti theft locks or alarms ? Can someone post the link of those anti theft devices in Kuala Lumpur ?

Those saying Malaysia is "not that dangerous comparing to other country" are pure bullshitting.
Only at the age of 26 do i dare to enter KL for the first time for 1 night & guess what? bike snatch thief right after reaching,Time Square Plaza right by the road. No one offered to help but only witnessing.

Police in Malaysia? forget about it. Even Grab/taxi driver laugh over the idea of reporting case to their police.
On duty front desk police can't speak/type basic English, eating chocolate while thinking of how to brush you off the station. period.
IO on duty was replaced by another colleague, waited 30 minutes only to face a officer who isn't even the IO on duty & the best part was upon entering the office the officer is sitting there smoking "what a image" just to take another statement which was already provided at the front desk.
I even provided them with the location of the phone through tracking apps but it is obvious the police does not bother enough at all.

Overall a nightmare & waste of time as you cannot trust anyone there, not even the police.
You can consider entering the country with perhaps a baton/knuckle to prepare some ass whopping action.

God bless & i am also sorry to be reading other victim story which trigger me about the incident.

I been robbed 3 times robber use knife, knuckle and scissors. Scam a few times kuala lumpur it's crimes city. Not recommend for foreign walking alone in the middle of the night. It's not safe also many corruption.. a lot immigrants Bangladesh,India, Indonesia, Myanmar,Nepal, Arab, Nigeria, Ghana etc.

The police are the worst of them all they come to your house and without warrant force you to open the door and want to check your house without telling you anything.About three of them without uniform just left my house now. im staying with my husband they came 10 pm in the night and ask if they can check our house first i dont think its the proper time I said why we argue for a while then they said we know what blacks do here in malaysia I said what do they do they,they said fraud and many things then I said you are wrong cos you dont know who ia m andd what I do and if you argue more we wright a bad report for you and jial you so if you have money just pay or folows to police station I ask for what reason then they ask for passport I gave my ICARD THEY SAID WE NEED PASSPORT I SAID NO YOU CANT ALL MY INFOS ARE THERE IN THE CARD THEN THEY SAID HOW LONG ARE YOU HERE I SAID FEW YEARS THEY SAID OPEN THE DOOR I REFUSE I ASK FOR the search WARRANt AND ID THEY GAVE ID CARD BUT NO WARRANT THEY DIDNT WEAR UNIFORM I HAVE HEARD NEWS OF THEM BURSTING BLACK PEOPLE HOUSE TAKING MANY THINGS AND FORCING THEM TO PAY SOME HUGE MONEY STEAL MANY THInGS and if you allow them to eneter if they couldn't find anything they will drop drug or any illegal things on the ground and said they found it in your house just to have something to use against you . SO I WAS AFRAID TO OPEN THE door ,WITH a LONG TIME CONVERSTAION THEY SAID THEY ARE LOOKING FOR CHINESE GUY AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE HERE I SAID IM BLACK GIRLand I stay here with my husband AND IM NOT DOING WHAT YOU THINK OTHERS DO IM LEGAL HERE AND IF YOU DONT MIND I NEED TO GO NOW THEY SHOUTED ALOT AT ME INTIMIDATING Me BUT I JUST STOOD MY GROUND, AND LATER THEY SAID WE WILL BE BACK AND THEY LEFT ,TELL me WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEan JUST BECAUSE IM BLACK YOU THINK IM A FRAUD AND MANY STUPID THINGS ,SO MUCH RACISM ,NOT ALL MALAYSIANS ARE GOOD AND THAT IS HOW IT IS ALL OVER THE WORLD ,JUST BECAUES MR A IS BAD DOES NOT MAKE MR B A BAD GUY BUT ITS UNFORTUNATE THE CORRUPTIN IN THE SECURITY SECTOR IS TOO HIGH AND NO ONE CAN BEAT it COS THEY GET CASH FROM IT AND THEY GET AWAY WITH IT ,JUST QUIT BEing RACISt, IF YOU KNOW THAT IS NOT IN YOUR QURAN to treat others just to get advantage of them then stop the intimidation . COS YOU ARE ALWAYS A VISITOR EVERYWHERE YOU GO AND IF YOU WANT TO BE TREATED WELL TREAT OTHERS WELL. many Malaysians also join the police to do all sort of shi setting blacks up with police just to rob them and steal from them its bad one day you will reap whatever you sow and if blacks are the biggest problem in Malaysia then its not a country cos many people both foreigner and citizens are so corrupt this days security is just not attained yet in Malaysia

Mainland Malaysia was a safe place a few years ago , that is no longer the case today , and should be avoided .

Your P.M., Najib Razak is too busy counting up his billions of dollars he scammed from "donations" to be concerned about reducing crime. Bank fraud in Malaysia has not really been dealt with.

Kalau bolih tipu dapat duit, buatlah ! Depan tipu belakang tipu !

if the police stopped you and there is something wrong with your car or you didnt put seatbelt on they will threaten you that the will have to issue a Summon with a large number (not logical) , then if you agree he will process and will ask are you sure you want a summon? if you said yes he will offer to let you go with a little amount of money, in other way he will be begin you not to give a summon and take a bribe....Malaysia Boleh! lol

Going there in next 2 weeks, let's see how it goes...
I'll be back here to leave a comment about it.

I'm seeing all this comments and rates, which are not very true.
This crime in Malaysia is real, but not as dangerous like people think. Yes, a motorcycle can break your car's windows and rob your bag, but compared to other countries Malaysia is safe. Believe me or not me living 5 years in Malaysia have not encountered any crime at all. Except at one time that a guy in a motorcycle broke our window for no reason or maids stealing stuff. It's worth visiting Kuala Lumpur and it's not really that dangerous compared to other countries. Of course if a crime is in Malaysia there will 1 million copies of that crime, but it rarely happens. Of course every country has crime, but I'm just saying you're quite safe in Malaysia, Kuala lumpur.

I had a plan to go to kualalumpur for 10 days on vacation, as I saw the comments I changed my mind, it doesn't worth visiting kualalumpur because of so many crimes reported.