INDEX AND NON – INDEX

CRIMES
REPORTERS:
AYALA, JECEL S.
MORCO, MA. ALLANA A.
BSCRIM III-E
CRIME STATISTICS
• REFERS TO THE MEASURE OF THE LEVEL OR AMOUNT OF CRIMES
• THE COLLECTION OR STUDY OF NUMERICAL DATA OF CRIMES RECORDED OR
REPORTED TO THE POLICE
• IT IS USES THE TERMS INDEX AND NON INDEX CRIMES IN CLASSIFYING
CRIMES.
STATISTICAL FORMULA

• CRIME SOLUTION EFFICIENCY (CSE) – PERCENTAGE OF SOLVED CASES OUT

OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED CRIMES INCIDENTS HANDLED BY THE
POLICE FOR A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME.
• IT IS A GENERAL MEASURES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY'S
INVESTIGATIVE CAPABILITY OR EFFICIENCY.
• CSE= CRIME RATE – THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS IN A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME FOR EVERY
100, 000 INHABITANTS OF AREA OR PLACE

• CR= AVERAGE MONTHLY CRIME RATE (AMCR)- THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CRIME
INCIDENTS OCCURRED PER MONTH FOR EVERY 100,000 INHABITANTS IN A CERTAIN
AREA.

• AMCR= VARIANCE (OR % CHANGE) – ONE WAY OF ANALYZING CRIMES TRENDS. IT

MEASURES THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE OVER A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME.
• CRIME ANALYSIS – PERCENTAGE SHARE OF CRIME VOLUME OF A CERTAIN
AREA
• PERCENTAGE SHARE OF THE OCCURRENCE OF A TYPE OF CRIME
WHAT IS INDEX CRIME?
•INDEX CRIMES ARE CRIMES THAT THE PNP CONSIDERS
“SERIOUS” AND WHICH OCCUR WITH “REGULARITY” ACROSS ALL
CITIES SO MUCH SO THAT IT’S NUMBER CAN BECOME AN INDEX
OR GUIDE TO DETERMINE HOW CRIME-INFESTED AN AREA IS.
OTHER DEFINITION OF INDEX CRIMES

•INDEX CRIMES ARE CRIMES WHICH ARE SUFFICIENTLY

SIGNIFICANT AND WHICH OCCUR WITH SUFFICIENT REGULARITY
TO BE MEANINGFUL, SUCH AS MURDER, HOMICIDE, PHYSICAL
INJURY, ROBBERY, THEFT AND RAPE.
• THESE EIGHT CRIMES SERVE AS A COMMON INDICATOR OF THE NATION'S
CRIME EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF THEIR SERIOUSNESS AND FREQUENCY OF
OCCURRENCE:
• INDEX CRIME INCLUDES:
• MURDER
• RAPE
• ROBBERY
•AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
• BURGLARY,
• LARCENY,
• MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
• ARSON
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• CRIME IS AS AN ACT COMMITTED OR OMITTED IN THE VIOLATION OF A LAW
FORBIDDING OR COMMANDING IT AND FOR WHICH A PUNISHMENT IS IMPOSED UPON
CONVICTION.

• • IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE REVISED PENAL CODE (REPUBLIC ACT. NO. 3815) SERVES AS
THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW THAT DEFINES CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PROVIDES THE
PENALTIES FOR THE COMMISSION OF SUCH.

• • CRIME IS DIVIDED INTO INDEX AND NON-INDEX CRIMES FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES
AND TO CREATE A STANDARDIZED DEFINITION OF CRIME CLASSIFICATION.
• • CRIME IS DIVIDED INTO INDEX AND NON-INDEX CRIMES FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES
AND TO CREATE A STANDARDIZED DEFINITION OF CRIME CLASSIFICATION.

• INDEX CRIMES REFER TO CRIMES AGAINST PERSON AND CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
SUCH AS MURDER, HOMICIDE, PHYSICAL INJURY AND RAPE, CAR
NAPPING/CARJACKING, AND CATTLE RUSTLING.

• • ON THE OTHER HAND, NON-INDEX CRIMES ARE VIOLATIONS OF SPECIAL LAWS SUCH
AS ILLEGAL LOGGING OR LOCAL ORDINANCES.
AN ANALYSIS ON THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF INDEX CRIMES IN THE PHILIPPINES
RESULT
• BASED ON THE RESULTS, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE
LOCATION AND TYPE OF INDEX CRIMES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

• IN GENERAL, THIS IMPLIES THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC CRIMES WHICH ARE MOST LIKELY
TO OCCUR IN CERTAIN REGIONS. THUS, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT CONCERNED
GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND AGENCIES SHALL CREATE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES FOR
CRIME PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT ON A REGIONAL LEVEL.
• SPECIFICALLY, ARMM, CALABARZON, AND CARAGA REGION SHOULD FOCUS ON POLICIES
THAT WILL HELP PREVENT CASES OF MURDER AND IMPROVE CRIME SOLUTION
EFFICIENCY.

• ILOCOS REGION, CENTRAL LUZON, MIMAROPA, WESTERN VISAYAS, ZAMBOANGA

PENINSULA SHOULD ADDRESS PROBLEMS ON PHYSICAL INJURY.

• CENTRAL VISAYAS, NORTHERN MINDANAO, DAVAO REGION, AND CAR SHOULD CREATE
FURTHER RESEARCH ON PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF THEFT CASES.
WHAT IS NON – INDEX CRIMES?
•NON – INDEX CRIMES, ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE VIOLATION OF
SPECIAL LAWS SUCH AS ILLEGAL LOGGING OR LOCAL
ORDINANCES.
OTHER DEFINITION OF NON INDEX CRIMES

• NON – INDEX CRIMES ARE CRIMES THAT ARE NOT CLASSIFIED AS INDEX
CRIMES.
• VIOLATION OF SPECIAL LAW AND OTHER CRIMES AGAINST MORAL ORDER.
• THESE CRIMES ARE GENERATED FROM THE RESULT OF POSITIVE POLICE
INITIATED OPERATIONS.
EXAMPLES OF NON – INDEX CRIMES
• NON – INDEX CRIMES INCLUDES:
• NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER EMBEZZLEMENT

• NON AGGRAVATED ASSAULT STOLEN PROPERTY

• FORGERY VANDALISM

• COUNTERFEITING WEAPONS

• FRAUD PROSTITUTIONS
• COMMON LAW VICE
• SEX OFFENSES
• NARCOTIC LAWS
• GAMBLING
• OFFENSES AGAINST FAMILY AND CHILDREN
• DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR
REMEMBER!

•CRIME IS DIVIDED INTO INDEX AND NON – INDEX CRIMES

FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES AND TO CREATE A
STANDARDIZED DEFINITION OF CRIME CLASSIFICATION
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!