Socio-Economic Determinants Of Crime In Central Java: Spatial Econometrics Analysis

Abstract

Several previous studies have proven that low socio-economic factors are the causes of crime.
Central Java is a province with a fairly low level of socio-economic welfare. However, this
province is also one of the provinces with the lowest crime rate in Indonesia. This research
aims to prove the socio-economic factors including poverty, education, unemployment, income
per capita, and area effect on the total crime in all districts of Central Java. This research is a
quantitative research using the panel data from 35 districts of Central Java in the period of
2018-2022. The data was analyzed using spatial econometric methods with a panel data
approach. Based on the results of Spatial Auto Regressive (SAR) with Fixed Effect Model
(FEM) shows that education and income per capita have significant negative impact on crime.