Malacañang assured the public the Duterte administration would continue to make significant stride to stop crime and other forms of criminality, noting the latest Social Weather Stations survey on crime victimization was much higher by 0.7 percent compared to the second quarter SWS survey.
Palace spokesperson Salvador Panelo said despite the slight increase, Filipinos felt much safer now because of the government’s stance against criminals and drug pushers.
“We take note of the 2018 3rd quarter survey showing 6.1 percent of families reporting crime victimization within the past six months. This figure is identical to the statistic for the same period in the previous year,” Panelo said in a statement.
The Palace official said significant strides had been made by the current administration through its war against criminality, including those related to illegal drugs.
While noting the SWS report, Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against criminality and illegal narcotics shall be pursued until the last day of his term to ensure that our streets are completely safe from criminals, drug personalities and other rogue elements.
The Palace official said those disagreeing against the President’s policies were either people connected with illegal activities or politicians belonging to the opposition, as well as their blind followers, who could not accept the feats of the government.
“This achievement, however, will not render us complacent,” he added.
According to the SWS report, about 1.4 million families or 6.1 percent said they were victimized by common crimes such as pickpocketing or robbery, break-ins, “carnapping,” and physical violence in the past 6 months.
This is higher than the 1.2 million families or 5.3 percent that reported victimization by common crimes in June this year.
More families at 1.3 million also said they were victimized by property crimes such as street robbery, burglary, and “carnapping,” within the past 6 months, higher than the 1.2 million families in June.
Majority were victims of street robbery at 1.1 million families, higher than the 930,000 in June 2018.
SWS added more families at 159,000 also reported physical violence within the past 6 months, higher than the estimated 50,000 families reported in June.
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