Violent crime datasets: Incidence and patterns in Malaysia from 2006 to 2017

Hashom Mohd Hakim; Hussein Omar Khan; Hafezul Helmi Hamzah; Mohammad Faiz Othman; Bryan Raveen Nelson; Geoffrey Keith Chambers; Hisham Atan Edinur; Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah; Nur Syahmina Rasudin

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104449

Violent crime datasets: Incidence and patterns in Malaysia from 2006 to 2017

Data Brief. 2019 Sep 3:26:104449. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104449. eCollection 2019 Oct.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ DNA Databank Division (D13), Criminal Investigation Department, Royal Malaysia Police, 50560, Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² School of Industrial Technologies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
³ Intelligence/Operation/Record Division (D4), Criminal Investigation Department, Royal Malaysia Police, 50560, Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁴ Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
⁵ School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand.
⁶ School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, 16150, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
⁷ Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, 4111, Australia.
⁸ School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.

Abstract

This article provides violent crime data in Malaysia from 2006 to 2017. The violent crimes include murder, rape, gang robbery, robbery and voluntarily causing hurt cases. A total of 330,395 violent crime cases were reported in this 12 year period and the data were tabulated state by state for all thirteen states of Malaysia, including two states in Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak) and one federal territory (Kuala Lumpur). In general, violent crimes show a decreasing trend from 2006 to 2017 in Malaysia. However, armed gang robbery and armed robbery show a fluctuating pattern from 2008 to 2011. A similar pattern was also recorded for unarmed gang robbery from 2008 to 2010. The violent crime data deposited here are available for further analysis, e.g., for identifying risk factors such as demography, lifestyle, socio-economic status, government policies etc. which may be associated with violent crime incidence and pattern across the country.

Keywords: Crime incidence; Crime pattern; Malaysia; Violent crime.