Fewer Filipino families reported being victimized by common crimes, such as robbery, burglary or carnapping, towards the end of 2016.
The Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, which used face-to-face interviews of 1,500 respondents last Dec. 3-6, found 4.5 percent or an estimated 2.8 million families claiming they have lost property to either street robbery, burglars or break-ins, or carnappers in the past six months.
The latest figure is lower than September 2016’s 6.4 percent or an estimated 4 million families. This brings to a new record-low Filipinos’ experience of criminality, SWS said.
Likewise, the annual average of criminality experience also hit an all-time low of 5.5 percent in 2016 from 6.2 percent in 2015.
In particular, the percentage of families who said they experienced street robbery in the past six months declined from 4.6 percent (2.8 million households) in September to a new record-low 3.4 percent (2.1 million households) in December.
Fewer families also said they experienced home burglary, with 1.8 percent (1.1 million households) in December from 2.2 percent (1.4 million households) in September. (Ellalyn de Vera-Ruiz)