“…Most cases of crime in Malaysia include motor vehicle theft, burglary, snatch theft, and violent crime (Ghani, 2017). The level of crime has been associated with various factors including economy complexity (Madni & Khan, 2019), the inefficiency of the institution (Madni & Khan, 2019), inflation (Tang, 2009;Gillani, Rehman & Gill, 2009), unemployment (Janko & Popli, 2015), population (Boatner, 2019;Briseño & Rojas, 2020;Madni & Khan, 2019), urbanization (Bennett, 1991;Briseño & Rojas, 2020;Ghani, 2017) and migration (Sidhu, 2005).…”