North Sumatra, Province with the Highest Number of Immoral Crimes in 2021

According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), throughout 2021 there were 5,905 cases of sexual crimes across Indonesia. 1,164 cases were rape and 4,741 were acts of molestation.

The number of sexual crimes in 2021 decreased compared to the previous year, which reached 6,872 cases, consisting of 1,336 rape cases and 5,536 molestation cases.

In 2021, the highest number of sexual crimes occurred in North Sumatra Province, with 904 cases. This comprised 202 rape cases and 702 molestation cases.

The next province with the highest number of sexual crimes was Central Java, with 420 cases, consisting of 32 rape cases and 388 molestation cases.

Then there is West Sumatra with 340 sexual crimes, consisting of 32 rape cases and 308 molestation cases.

Other provinces with the highest number of sexual crimes nationally were East Java (308 cases), Central Sulawesi (306 cases), South Sulawesi (302 cases), West Java (293 cases), Lampung (275 cases), Southeast Sulawesi (237 cases), and East Nusa Tenggara (136 cases).

Overall, Indonesia's crime rate decreased to 90 per 100,000 people in 2021, compared to 93 per 100,000 people the previous year.

This crime risk decreased along with a slower interval between crimes. In 2021, crimes nationally occurred every 2 minutes and 11 seconds, while the previous year crimes occurred every 1 minute and 32 seconds.