Written by Sebastian Strangio
Friday, 18 April 2008
Courtesy of Phnom Penh Post
Phnom Penh is now a safer city than London, New York, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Buenos Aires, although crime rates are still high in rural areas, according to a new report.
The study by Rod Broadhurst and Thierry Bouhours of Australia’s Griffith University surveyed 1,092 households in the capital and 635 in Kandal province, comparing the findings with similar sweeps conducted in 2001 and United Nations crime perception statistics from 26 other cities across the world.
The study said 24 percent of Phnom Penh respondents reported being a victim of crime in the past year, compared to 46 percent in 2006.
“We attribute [the fall in crime] to improvements in local governance, more wealth, better security and reduction in firearms,” Broadhurst said by email. However, Phnom Penh is still plagued by high levels of burglary, corruption and theft, and victimization rates in Kandal have remained constant since 2001, the report said.
While crime rates in the capital are down across the board, the study found that most victims of crime are still reluctant to report offences to police. Just 18.3 percent of burglaries and 27.3 percent of assaults were reported in 2005, according to the report. (Sebastian Strangio)
The study by Rod Broadhurst and Thierry Bouhours of Australia’s Griffith University surveyed 1,092 households in the capital and 635 in Kandal province, comparing the findings with similar sweeps conducted in 2001 and United Nations crime perception statistics from 26 other cities across the world.
The study said 24 percent of Phnom Penh respondents reported being a victim of crime in the past year, compared to 46 percent in 2006.
“We attribute [the fall in crime] to improvements in local governance, more wealth, better security and reduction in firearms,” Broadhurst said by email. However, Phnom Penh is still plagued by high levels of burglary, corruption and theft, and victimization rates in Kandal have remained constant since 2001, the report said.
While crime rates in the capital are down across the board, the study found that most victims of crime are still reluctant to report offences to police. Just 18.3 percent of burglaries and 27.3 percent of assaults were reported in 2005, according to the report. (Sebastian Strangio)
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