(Eagle News) — Fewer Filipinos fell victim to crimes this second quarter of 2018, the Social Weather Stations said.
Based on its survey done from June 27 to 30, 5.3% of families, or an estimated 1.2 million, reported being victimized by any common crime–pickpocket, break-in, carnapping, physical violence–within the past six months.
This, according to the SWS, was 1.3 points below the 6.6 percent of families, estimated at 1.5 million, registered in March 2018, and the lowest since the record-low 3.7 percent in June 2017.
The SWS said that based on the survey, 5.1%, or an estimated 1.2 million, of families lost property to “street robbery, burglars (break-ins), or carnappers” within the past six months, 1.0 point below the 6.1%, or an estimated 1.4 million, in March 2018, and the lowest since the record-low 3.1% in June 2017.
“The survey also found a record-low 0.2% (est. 45,000) of families with members hurt by physical violence within the past six months,” the SWS said, noting that this was 0.4 point below the 0.6%, or an estimated 145,000 families, in March 2018.
The SWS said this was 0.1 point below the previous record-low of 0.3% in June 2011 and June 2014.
The survey also found that 4.0%, or an estimated 930,000 families, were victimized by street robbery during the past six months, 0.6 point less than the 4.6%, or an estimated 1.1 million families, recorded in March 2018.
The SWS said this was the lowest since the record-low 2.3% in June 2017.
As for those who were victimized by break-ins, the survey pegged this at 1.8%, or an estimated 431,000 families.
This was 0.4 point less from the 2.2%, or an estimated 516,000, registered in March 2018.
The SWS said this was the lowest since the 1.1% in June 2017.
“Of families owning any type of motor vehicle, the survey found that 0.5% (est. 52,000) were robbed of it in the past six months, unchanged from 0.5% (est. 51,000) in March 2018,” the SWS said.