SWS: 1 out of 10 Pinoys victimized by common crimes
Helen Flores
Philippine Star
One out of 10 or 9.6 percent of Filipino families has been victimized by common crimes in the past six months, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) reported yesterday.
The survey was conducted from June 27 to 30 using face-to-face interviews with 1,200 adults.
“Victimization reported in SWS surveys is much higher than the number of crimes actually reported to the police, and is usually highest in Metro Manila,” the survey firm said.
The SWS said victimization by common crime had been going down since August 2004, when 14.9 percent of families were victimized by any crime. It was a relatively low 8.3 percent in June 2006 before going back to double-digit levels from September 2006 to February 2007, ranging from 10.7 percent to 13.2 percent.
The latest survey found that 8.9 percent of families lost property to pickpockets, burglars or carnappers, and 1.8 percent suffered physical violence.
Of those having any type of motor vehicle, 0.2 percent were robbed of the vehicle, the SWS said.
The proportion of families which had members suffering from physical violence in the past six months was 1.8 percent.
“This sums up to a total 9.6 percent of families reported to be victimized by any common crime, with an average of 12 crimes for every 10 victimized families,” the SWS said.
Families victimized by pickpockets had ranged from 6.4 percent to 10 percent in the past two years. The ranges for other crimes were 2.1 percent to 4 percent for home break-ins, 0.6 percent to 3.7 percent for carnap-victims among vehicle-owners, and 1 percent to 2.5 percent for physical violence.
The survey further revealed that 15 percent of Metro Manila families were victimized by pickpockets in the previous six months, compared to 6.3 percent in the balance of Luzon, 4.3 percent in the Visayas, and 4 percent in Mindanao.
Families who suffered break-ins were 5.3 percent in Metro Manila, four percent in Mindanao, 3.7 percent in the balance of Luzon, and 1.3 percent in the Visayas.
Vehicle-owning families who experienced carnapping were 1.8 percent in Metro Manila.
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