Yes Singapore security is not so good now too, with a 5+ mill pop.
See all those POLICE CRIME signs put up at HDB estates about vehicle theft, molest? The influx of foreigners are making Singapore 'more and more like" Malaysia.
And train and bus groping in Singapore are on the rise. So how safe are our ladies in Singapore actually?
So I would say, as long as one is careful in Malaysia, living in high security condos, travel in tight groups at night, don't go to questionable places, its pretty safe. And course, ladies don't wear short tight skirt walking alone on a Malaysian street at night, that's tempting and luring wolves straight to you. Even in SG, if you do that in a dark place, you could get possibly molested.
Ever consider the possibility of some people trying scaremongering people not to buy Malaysian properties? We never know.
I dont think JB security is so bad that you will get car-jacked everytime you go in so I wont put it at "opposite scale" even though I would have to agree that the security is still not on par with Singapore.
Not that Singapore security level is improving ( *ahem* ) as our taxi drivers live in fear when choosing customers at night. Every other day I read of cabbies kena beaten up and girls being molested in trains and void decks etc