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    Nigeria Crime Rate & Statistics 2016-2025

    • macrotrends.net
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    Updated Apr 30, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS (2025). Nigeria Crime Rate & Statistics 2016-2025 [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/nga/nigeria/crime-rate-statistics
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    Dataset updated
    Apr 30, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 2016 - May 30, 2025
    Area covered
    Nigeria
    Description
    Nigeria crime rate per 100K population for 2019 was 21.74, a 35.3% decline from 2016.
    <ul style='margin-top:20px;'>
    
    <li>Nigeria crime rate per 100K population for 2016 was <strong>33.60</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from .</li>
    <li>Nigeria crime rate per 100K population for was <strong>0.00</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from .</li>
    <li>Nigeria crime rate per 100K population for was <strong>0.00</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from .</li>
    </ul>Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.
    
  2. Number of crimes in Nigeria 2017, by state

    • statista.com
    Updated Jul 11, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of crimes in Nigeria 2017, by state [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201528/number-of-crimes-in-nigeria-by-state/
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    Jul 11, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2017
    Area covered
    Nigeria
    Description

    In 2017, the largest number of crimes in Nigeria were recorded in Lagos State. In the said year, Lagos registered about ** thousand crimes, by far the highest figure in the country. Abia followed with ** thousand cases. In Lagos State, Nigeria's largest city is located, the homonym Lagos. The city is also the largest in whole Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Nigeria Crime Rate & Statistics 2016-2025

Nigeria Crime Rate & Statistics 2016-2025

Explore at:
csvAvailable download formats
Dataset updated
Apr 30, 2025
Dataset authored and provided by
MACROTRENDS
License

Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License information was derived automatically

Time period covered
Jan 1, 2016 - May 30, 2025
Area covered
Nigeria
Description
Nigeria crime rate per 100K population for 2019 was 21.74, a 35.3% decline from 2016.
<ul style='margin-top:20px;'>

<li>Nigeria crime rate per 100K population for 2016 was <strong>33.60</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from .</li>
<li>Nigeria crime rate per 100K population for was <strong>0.00</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from .</li>
<li>Nigeria crime rate per 100K population for was <strong>0.00</strong>, a <strong>0% increase</strong> from .</li>
</ul>Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.
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