KOTA BHARU - Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Daud expresses gratitude after the state was reported as the second safest in Malaysia.
In a Facebook post, he said this information came from the latest report on crime rates in Malaysia by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) and Malay Mail, shared by The Vocket.
"Kelantan is ranked as the second safest state in Malaysia. Together, we are building a prosperous Kelantan," he said on Sunday.
According to the statement, Sabah recorded the lowest crime index with a score of 95, making it the safest state in the country in 2023.
Kelantan ranked second with a crime index of 96, while Terengganu came in third with a score of 100.
Referring to the report from DOSM and Malay Mail, the crime rate in Malaysia was reported to have increased by 3.2 per cent last year, with the overall crime index, including cases of assault and property crimes, rising to 52,444 cases compared to 50,813 cases in the previous year.
This indicated that the crime rate per 100,000 population also increased to 149 compared to 146 in 2022.
The statement highlighted that five states recorded crime rates higher than the national average.
Kuala Lumpur had the highest rate at 221, followed by Selangor at 196, Kedah and Penang each at 193 and Negeri Sembilan at 159.
Notably, in the middle of this year, Malaysia was ranked as the 10th safest country in the world overall in the 2024 Global Peace Index (GPI).
The report, published by the Sydney-based Institute for Economics and Peace, also ranked Malaysia as the third safest country in the Asia-Pacific region, behind New Zealand and Singapore.
This achievement was influenced by several global factors that saw a decline in peace levels in 97 countries due to conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine.
These conflicts have also contributed to an increase in refugees, significantly impacting the global economy and raising the level of violence to 19.1 trillion in 2023.