SHAH ALAM, April 20 — The crime index in Selangor dropped by 18.31 per cent or 1,048 cases from January 1 to yesterday.
Selangor Covid-19 Ops spokesman ACP Muhammad Yazid Muhammad Yew said 4,675 cases were recorded involving violent crimes and property crimes compared to 5,723 cases in the same period last year.
“Violent crimes recorded 1,292 cases from January 1 to April 19, 2019, down 23 per cent to 995 cases for the same period this year. Property crime also dropped 16.95 per cent from 4,431 cases to 3,680 cases.
“At the same time, street crime also dropped 28.18 per cent from 866 cases last year to 622 cases,” he told a press conference here today.
He said among the factors that led to the decline in the statistics was the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) which forced the public to not leave the house which in turn reduced the risk of crime.
According to Muhammad Yazid, in addition to all parties working together to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak throughout the MCO, the police are also asking the public to cooperate in preventing crimes.
— Bernama
