SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF CRIME HOT-SPOT IN THE NORTHEAST PENANG ISLAND DISTRICT AND KUCHING DISTRICT, MALAYSIA

• Main Authors: Tarmiji, Masron, Azizan, Marzuki, Nur Faziera, Yaakub, Mohd Norashad, Nordin, Norita, Jubit
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) 2021
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44710/3/SPATIAL%20ANALYSIS.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44710/; https://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/1057; https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v19i19.1057
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Over time, the relation between criminal acts with drug abuse cases has been discussed pedantically. From social and spatial points of view, this paper aims to determine the hot spot areas of burglary cases in the Northeast Penang Island District and Kuching District. The gained results of burglary cases are then being correlated with the presence of drug abuse cases. Both study areas came with location coordinates of the incident based on police stations boundaries and police station sector boundaries from the year 2015. The type of analysis used for this research is Optimized Hot Spot Analysis. Results for burglary cases of both areas are divided into two (2) which are daytime and nighttime. The spatial analysis revealed that there are five (5) sectors identified as hot spots for the Northeast Penang Island District which involve Jelutong Police Station boundary and Ayer Itam Police Station boundary, while none of the areas identified as hot spot areas in Kuching District.