The effect of social integration among the locals on reducing the fear of crime

Crime leaves critical damage to victims and evokes the fear of crime in others. The study analysed the effect of social integration among the locals on the fear of crime to identify if social factors affect the fear of crime except for individual and environmental factors as the cause of the fear of crime. The independent variable is the social integration among the locals and the dependent variable is the fear of crime that the locals have. It tested the correlation between the variables through Multiple Regression Analysis. According to the analysis, the level of social integration significantly contributes to predicting the locals’ fear of crime. The higher the social integration is, the less the fear of crime is. The social integration could reduce the fear of crime. As a demographic factor, the female has more fear of crime than male. The respondents with children have less fear of crime but those with high household income have more fear of crime. In conclusion, it needs to improve the social integration among the locals to reduce the fear of crime. The fear of crime will naturally decrease when the locals can solve community problems by themselves and faith and trust among the locals should be formed through building friendships and increasing contact with neighbours in areas that have weak ties and solidarity among the locals.