Crime in Malaysia

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Crime rates in Malaysia

Level of crime	50.27	Moderate
Crime increasing in the past 5 years	56.61	Moderate
Worries home broken and things stolen	51.03	Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed	52.58	Moderate
Worries car stolen	47.79	Moderate
Worries things from car stolen	52.26	Moderate
Worries attacked	44.54	Moderate
Worries being insulted	37.19	Low
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	32.87	Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs	45.40	Moderate
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	53.64	Moderate
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	48.49	Moderate
Problem corruption and bribery	65.67	High

Safety walking alone during daylight		64.56	High
Safety walking alone during night		41.85	Moderate

Contributors: 2025

Last update: November 2024

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 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	60.6	39.4
Johor Bahru	48.7	51.3
Penang	30.3	69.7

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Index
Crime Index:	48.97
Safety Index:	51.03