Jakarta – In the wake of a much-discussed online video of a house burglary, which was uploaded by the victim reportedly due to his distrust of the police, a study reveals that only 30 percent of burglary victims in Indonesia had filed police reports.

The study, which was made available to The Jakarta Post on Wednesday, is called "The World Justice Project: Rule of Law Index 2010".

It surveyed 1,000 respondents in Jakarta, Surabaya and Bandung and found that 6 percent of respondents had been burgled from September 2006 to September 2009. The study also showed that only 30 percent of burglary victims reported to the police.

Binus University forensic psychology expert Reza Indragiri Amriel said the study strengthen the suggestion that public trust in the police continued to decline. "Many think that reporting a crime to the police would not necessarily lead to a solution. Instead, the victims could be 're-criminalized'," he said.