Surprisingly I found more on the breakdown of rape statistic according to state, via the website of Minister of Women, Family and Community Development of Malaysia.
| State |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| Johor |
194 |
234 |
235 |
312 |
323 |
324 |
| Kedah |
110 |
123 |
132 |
119 |
127 |
163 |
| Kelantan |
52 |
74 |
70 |
66 |
82 |
90 |
| KualaLumpur |
67 |
97 |
120 |
77 |
116 |
110 |
| Melaka |
43 |
43 |
57 |
67 |
100 |
78 |
| NegeriSembilan |
59 |
82 |
62 |
69 |
89 |
97 |
| Pahang |
74 |
79 |
79 |
70 |
102 |
84 |
| Perak |
91 |
79 |
100 |
118 |
121 |
148 |
| PulauPinang |
61 |
75 |
73 |
70 |
89 |
71 |
| Sabah |
109 |
94 |
115 |
111 |
149 |
156 |
| Sarawak |
81 |
79 |
77 |
71 |
94 |
117 |
| Selangor |
216 |
269 |
253 |
280 |
294 |
368 |
| Trengganu |
48 |
48 |
45 |
38 |
58 |
99 |
By absolute number, Johor has the highest number of rape cases reported, especially for the recent 3 years: over 300 cases reported per year. On the other hand, Selangor seeing a great jump from 294 cases in year 2004 to 368 cases for year 2005. The lowest number of rape cases reported among the states are: Perlis (average 15.5 cases), Trengganu (average 56.0 cases) and Melaka (64.7 cases). However, base on the different population of each state, it is more meaning to compare the rape cases normalized to population for each state (year 2005), as shown below:
State (rape cases per 100 000 pop.)
Penang – 4.8
Sarawak – 5.1
Sabah – 5.3
Pahang – 5.9
Kelantan – 6.0
Perak – 6.6
Kuala Lumpur – 7.1
Selangor – 7.8
Kedah – 8.8
Trengganu – 9.7
Negeri Sembilan – 10.3
Johor – 10.4
Melaka – 10.9
Perlis – 11.6
Penang has the lowest number of rape cases per 100 000 pop. among Malaysia’s states, followed by Sabah and Selangor. Despite of having high number of rape cases reported in Selangor, the high population of Selangor 4.736 million could explain the high count of cases as well. On the other hand, small population state like Perlis (224500) has 11.6 rape cases per 100 000 pop., followed by Melaka 10.9 and Johor 10.4 cases per 100 000 pop. per year.
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