IN FOCUS: Crime on the decline in most Singapore neighbourhoods, but new policing challenges await

Diana Nunuț

Only neighbourhood police centres in Punggol, Marina Bay, Sengkang and Sembawang recorded more physical crime over the past decade. SINGAPORE: Having lived in Yishun for over 10 years, Ting Jian Rong comes prepared with a quip whenever he’s asked about the neighbourhood in Singapore’s north : “We have a lot of ‘crazy’ people here, but we don’t have criminals!” The 31-year-old was poking fun at Yishun’s largely social media-fuelled reputation for being a place of danger and just bad news overall,