CRIME STATISTICS FOR JALAN KAYU

The following Question stood in the name of Mr Heng Chiang Meng -

Mr Heng Chiang Meng: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs if he will give the crime statistics for Jalan Kayu from July 1987 up to the latest available date on a monthly basis, and how these figures compare to the national averages.

Mr Speaker: Mr Heng.

Dr S. Vasoo (Bo Wen): Question No. 4, Sir.

The Minister for Home Affairs (Prof. S. Jayakumar): Sir, the total number of preventable crimes for Jalan Kayu and nation-wide on a monthly basis from July 1987 to February 1988 is shown in the Table (Cols. 955 - 956) which has been distributed to Members. Preventable crimes refer to robbery, housebreaking, snatch theft, motor-vehicle theft and outraging of modesty. Table - CRIME STATISTICS FOR THE PERIOD JUL 87 TO FEB 88 (Cols. 955 - 956)

Generally, for the period July 1987 to February 1988, only two categories of preventable crimes in Jalan Kayu are higher than the national average. The figures for the other three categories are lower. For example, there was an average of 1.8 robberies per month in each constituency. In Jalan Kayu, the average number of robberies per month was only one. In the case of snatch thefts, the average number of such offences in Jalan Kayu each month was half the national monthly average of 1.2.