Understanding Philippine

Crime Statistics
Regina S. Reyes
Philippine Statistics Authority

2nd International Conference on Governance,

Crime and Justice Statistics
Mexico City, Mexico

18 – 20 June 2014
Outline of Presentation

1. Background
2. The Philippine Criminal Justice System
(PCJS)
3. Existing crime reporting systems in the
Philippines
4. Proposed National Crime Information
System
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STATISTICS
tell a STORY…

support strategic THINKING

and DECISION-MAKING

inform public POLICY.

help make the right

DECISIONS and ACTIONS

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 STATISTICS
support evidence-based governance

program monitoring &

policy
implementation/ evaluation
formulation
service delivery

targeting surveillance
strategic and
expenditure project
planning management intelligence

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The Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016
• Guide in formulating policies and implementing
development programs for the next six years

• Rapid and sustainable economic growth and

development

• Good governance and anticorruption

• Translates into specific goals, objectives, strategies,

programs and projects

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A roadmap to inclusive growth
• The Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016
– Inclusive growth
• sustained high growth
• massively creates jobs
• reduces poverty
– Hindrance to inclusive growth
• inadequate infrastructure
• national security concerns
• degraded state of environment and natural
resources, etc.
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National security concerns

• Terrorism
• Human trafficking
• Illegal arms trade
• Drug trafficking
• …….

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The Philippine Criminal Justice System

PHILIPPINE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

LAW ENFORCEMENT

COMMUNITY

CORRECTIONS
 PROSECUTION

COURTS

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Crime Reporting Systems
Law Enforcement

• Data sources
– Philippine National Police
– National Bureau of Investigation
– Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
– Philippine Center on Transnational Crime
– Commission on Human Rights
– Other agencies with law enforcement functions, e.g.,
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Office
of the Ombudsman

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Crime Reporting Systems

Philippine National Police

• Primary source of crime statistics

• Some of the crime data that it regularly compiles are:

– index and non-index crimes

– traffic offenses
– violence against women and children
– drugs and drug-related crimes
– street crimes
– transnational crimes

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Crime Reporting Systems – Philippine National Police

Index crimes
• serious in nature
• occur with sufficient frequency and regularity
• serve as an index to the crime situation
• crimes against persons such as murder, homicide,
physical injury and rape; and
• crimes against property such as robbery, theft,
carnapping and cattle rustling

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Crime Reporting Systems – Philippine National Police

Non-index crimes
• all other crimes not categorized as index crimes
• kidnapping, threat and coercion, acts of lasciviousness,
etc.
• violations of special laws (e.g., illegal logging,
prostitution/pornography and child abuse, smuggling and
piracy )

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Crime Reporting Systems – Philippine National Police

• Reporting Systems
– Unit Crime Periodic Report (UCPER)
• Uniform procedure for the PNP
• Police blotter
• All sources, e.g., NBI, PDEA, DENR, BFAR, and other
agencies with law enforcement functions
• Data consolidated by a Crime Registrar

– Crime Incident Reporting System (CIRS) or e-Blotter

• real-time monitoring and mapping of crime incidents
nationwide
• Incident Record Form
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Crime Reporting Systems – Philippine National Police

Statistical Reports/Tables Generated

• Crime incidents classified as index and non index crimes
• Street crime statistics
• Detailed report on cases involving use of firearms
• Bombing incidents
• Grenade and other explosion incidents
• Crimes involving atrocities committed by different threat
groups
• Children on conflict with the law
• Violence against women
• Crimes against children
• Trafficking in persons (cases, suspects, victims)
• Statistics on cleared/solved cases, etc.
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Crime Reporting Systems

Crime Victimization Survey

• Another source of crime statistics

• Complements police-recorded data

• Two CVS conducted

– Nationwide Crime Victimization Survey: 2005-2007 by the
National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM)
– 2012 Crime Victimization Survey by the National Statistics
Office (NSO

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Crime Reporting Systems

Prosecution
• statistical information on all criminal cases filed against
suspected individuals and organized groups

• Prosecution Case Monitoring System (PCMS)

• Data sources
– Department of Justice (DOJ)
• National Prosecution Services
• National Bureau of Investigation
• Public Attorney’s Office
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Crime Reporting Systems

Courts

• statistical information relating to cases filed before

different courts all over the country

• Court Administration Management Information System

(CAMIS)

• Data sources
– Supreme Court of the Philippines
– Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
/Bureau of Local Government Supervision
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Crime Reporting Systems - Corrections

Corrections

• Data sources
– Department of Justice
• Bureau of Corrections (BuCor)
• Parole and Probation Administration (PPA)
• Board of Pardons and Parole (BPP)
– DILG/Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)

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Crime Reporting Systems - Corrections

Information Systems

• Simplified Inmate Reporting System (SIRS)

• Integrated Inmate Monitoring System (IIMS)
• Probationer’s Information System (PIS)
• Parole and Probation Information System (PPIS)

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Crime Reporting Systems
Community
• statistical information on community-based programs
geared towards the attainment of peace and order, and
fair administration of justice at the lowest geographic
level of government

• Data sources
– DILG/Bureau of Local Government Supervision
– Non-government organizations/people’s
organizations/civil society

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Proposed National Crime Information System
• Establishment of the National Crime Information System

– a centralized coordinated network of crime information

systems

– allows interconnection of the police, the courts, etc.

– Offender-Based Crime Information System (OBCIS)

– enhance government capacity to prevent crimes, track
down criminals, monitor criminality, and administer
justice

– track the same person as he/she moves from one pillar

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Proposed National Crime and Justice Information System

• Objectives
– improve the availability and reliability of crime
information

– foster closer coordination and cooperation

– establish an up-to-date data collection on crime and

justice

– integrate the different databases maintained by the

various agencies of the criminal justice system

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– establish data communication linkages
Proposed National Crime Information System

– The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM)

– NCIS Advisory Board

• NAPOLCOM
• National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
• Philippine National Police
• National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)

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Proposed National Crime Information System

With all the good intentions of the Project, the NCIS has
yet to be implemented

– lack of mechanism to ensure transparency

– non involvement of concerned agencies
– insufficient budget
– changes in the lead agency to implement the Project

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Thank you !