SWS reveals 1.5M Filipinos were crime victims in Q1 2018
In its 2018 first quarter survey results, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) on Thursday revealed 6.6 percent of Filipino families or about 1.5 million Filipinos have been victims of common crimes in the past six months.
The crimes include pick pockets, robbery, break-ins, carnapping, and physical violence in the common crimes committed.
The figure is lower than the 7.6 percent in December 2017 but 0.5 point above the 6.1 percent annual average for 2017.
The survey was conducted via face-to-face interviews from March 23 to 27 of 1,200 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide with sampling error margins of ±2.5 percent for national percentages, and ±6 percent each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
PROPERTY CRIMES AND PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
The survey indicated a decrease in property crimes committed or 6.1 percent or about 1.4 million families said they lost their belongings to street robbery, burglars or break-ins, or carnappers.
It is one point below the 7.1 percent or estimated 1.6 million in December 2017, but 0.5 point above the 2017 annual average victimization by property crimes of 5.6 percent.
Physical violence is at 0.6 percent or 145,000, in which family members were hurt by physical violence within the past six months. It is 0.2 point below the 0.8 percent or 188,000 in December 2017.
BREAK-INS AND CARNAPPING, STREET ROBBERIES
The March 2018 survey also showed 2.2 percent or an estimate 516,000 were victims of break-ins, which is lower by 1.2 points from the 3.4 percent (est. 790,000) in December 2017.
It found that 0.5 percent or 51,000 were robbed of any type of motor vehicle in the past six months, down by 0.7 points from the 1.2 percent or 108,000 in December 2017.
The number of street robbery victims remain unchanged with 4.6 percent or about 1.1 million.
NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY
The SWS stated that since 1985, the group has regularly included two survey items on whether people in the neighborhood are usually afraid that robbers might break into their homes and to walk in the streets at night because it is not safe.
It was in 2005, however, that SWS added the item on whether there are many drug addicts in the neighborhood.
The latest survey also found that the number of people who believe the statement "In this neighborhood, people are usually afraid that robbers might break into their houses (Sa lugar na ito, ang mga tao ay karaniwang natatakot na baka may mga magnanakaw na makakapasok sa loob ng kanilang tahanan)."
There are 54 percent of Filipino adults who agreed with the statement this year, which is five points lower from the 59 percent in December 2017.
There are also lesser Filipinos who are less afraid of robbers in the March 2018 survey, in which 46 percent agreed with the statement which is lower by two points from the 48 percent in December 2017, and the lowest since the 42 percent in April 2016.
There are also lesser people who believe that there are lesser drug addicts in their neighborhood.
About 40 percent of Filipinos agreed that there were many drug addicts in their neighborhood, but this was down two points from 42 percent in December 2017. — BAP, GMA News
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