The relationship of crime prevention strategies of safe city programme with fear of crime in Shah Alam, Selangor / Nurulain Syafiqah Rosman

Malaysia has identified crime as their biggest concern in the country. Malaysia has recorded a declining number in crime cases but the number recorded of the crime cases are still high. The Safe City Programme is one of the initiatives was taken by the Malaysian Government and implemented by local authority to improve public safety. This study aims to study the level of fear of crime among public in Shah Alam, Selangor. This study used simple random technique, stratified random sampling and convenience sampling method. In addition, the total population of the study is 650,000 public. The sample size for this study is 384 respondents. The selected study area is Shah Alam, Selangor. The objectives of this study are to study the relationship between crime prevention strategies of Safe City Programme with the level of fear of crime, to identify the level of fear of crime and to determine which crime prevention strategies of Safe City Programme is contributing most on the level of fear of crime. The results showed that the level of fear of crime among public in Shah Alam, Selangor is moderate. Meanwhile, there are significant relationships between crime prevention strategies of Safe City Programme with fear of crime. After examining all crime prevention strategies of Safe City Programme, Strategy 1: Environment Design Initiatives and Strategy 2: Target Hardening (Initiatives) could be seen as the most contributing crime prevention strategies of Safe City Programme towards reducing level of fear of crime among public in Shah Alam, Selangor. In order to improve Safe City Programme in this area, it is recommend to overcome the problem in Strategy 2: Target Hardening (Physical Evidence) and Strategy 3: Management, Community Involvement, & Public Awareness. The government and Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) should revise and make improvement towards these strategies because these strategies is important to avoid criminal activities occur in Shah Alam, Selangor and reducing level of fear of crime among public in Shah Alam, Selangor.