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Violent crime during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the violent crime changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in per 100k; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. per 100,000 residents · Royal Malaysia Police via Department of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my) (crime_district), violent index crimes (murder, rape, robbery, causing injury) over the population, yearly from 2016 to 2023 · Malaysia data · as of Sep 2026.

Sources: Department of Statistics Malaysia (OpenDOSM, data.gov.my: national and state accounts, Labour Force Survey, Salaries & Wages Survey, consumer prices, population estimates, Household Income Survey; the Royal Malaysia Police's crime figures), NAPIC's house price index via the BIS, Natural Earth, World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; office-holders checked against the states' official lists. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. CreditsPrivacy