The prevailing weather conditions greatly influence human behaviour, activities, and quality of life, including crime. Previous studies have reported that crime focuses more on socio-economic, demographic, and municipal determinants, regardless of weather conditions. There is relatively complex research to explore the relationship between criminal behaviour and climate change towards the quality of life. Thus, measuring the quality of life can be important in understanding the impact of criminal activities and weather changes on individuals and communities. In the case of criminal activities, measuring the quality of life can help us understand how crime affects people's physical and mental health, social relationships, economic opportunities, and overall well-being. By assessing the impact of crime on quality of life, policymakers and law enforcement officials can better understand the actual costs of crime and develop more effective strategies for preventing and responding to criminal activities. Therefore, this paper explores the research gap to evaluate the validity and reliability of instruments for measuring the quality of life based on criminal activity and weather changes. This paper explores and describes the validity and reliability of a questionnaire/survey and discusses the finding of the measurement of quality of life-based on criminal activities and weather changes. This study uses a quantitative approach by using a random distribution of a questionnaire to residents in three states facing high crime rates. The survey involved 51 residents' respondents from the community. The findings of this paper show that this questionnaire is valid for measuring the quality of life with a substantial value of Cronbach's Alpha for the construct. The physical domain measured 0.91, psychological indicated 0.90, environmental indicated 0.71, and social indicated 0.77. Non-significant items will be restricted for each latent variable and reviewed and rearranged to ensure the number of items measuring each construct is satisfactory in future research. Measurement validation can be used to explore crime and behaviour in future research. This paper provided knowledge for future research about developing a quality-of-life questionnaire based on criminal activity and weather changes as environmental factors. More importantly, the researcher has discussed these measures and provided the suggested quality of life domain. Thus, measuring the level of satisfaction and perception would be helpful in future research (based on the QOL domain).
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