As of December 2023, Nigerians reported being most worried about being mugged or robbed. The level of concern about this stood at 69.93 points, on a scale from zero to 100, where 100 represents the highest concern. Some other crimes causing high levels of worry in the country were robbery, burglary, theft, and attacks.

Historical dataset showing Nigeria crime rate per 100K population by year from 2016 to 2019.

Nigeria: Violent crimes per 100,000 people: The latest value from is crimes per 100,000 people, unavailable from crimes per 100,000 people in . In comparison, the world average is 0.00 crimes per 100,000 people, based on data from countries. Historically, the average for Nigeria from to is crimes per 100,000 people. The minimum value, crimes per 100,000 people, was reached in while the maximum of crimes per 100,000 people was recorded in .

About this Dataset

This dataset features occurene of paricular crimes in Nigeria crimes include(Rape,Banditry,Murder,Kidnapping) over the past five years

Category

Social Sciences

Keywords

crime,Nigeria,training,state,Gunmen

Row Count

10815

Price

$500.00

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.

Some specific crimes are rampant in some states in Nigeria so before you visit any state as a stranger it will be wise to know the common crimes committed in that state. It is categorically divided into Offences Against Lawful Auth with 41 rows and 10 columns, Offences Against Persons with 41 rows and 15 columns and Offences Against Property with 41 rows and 14 colums. The data is retrieved from the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics

According to the organized crime index, arms trafficking and synthetic drug trade were the most common types of criminal market in Nigeria as of 2023, each with a score of *** points. By extension, Western Africa has one of the highest levels of criminality in Africa.

Nigeria NG: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data was reported at 9.800 Ratio in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10.700 Ratio for 2010. Nigeria NG: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data is updated yearly, averaging 10.700 Ratio from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2015, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.800 Ratio in 2005 and a record low of 9.800 Ratio in 2015. Nigeria NG: Intentional Homicides: per 100,000 People data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.World Bank: Health Statistics. 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.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; Weighted average;

In 2018, there were 838 reported kidnapping cases in Nigeria. 140 cases were under investigation, while some 176 were charged to court.

About *** thousand crimes were reported in Nigeria in the course of 2017. The largest number of cases were related to property crimes, which accounted for almost ** thousand of the overall cases. More than ** thousand reports concerned offences against persons.

In 2024, South Africa ranked first in the crime index among African countries, with a score of **** index points. Nigeria was the second most dangerous country on the continent, obtaining **** points. The index evaluates the overall crime levels in a specific country. Several African countries scored between ** and ** points, indicating high crime levels. Escalating concerns: South Africans worry about crime and violence In 2024, South Africa had one of the highest proportions of respondents expressing concerns about crime and violence compared to other countries participating in an online study. Throughout the period examined, the percentage of participants worried about violence peaked at ** percent in March 2023. The escalating levels of violent crime currently witnessed in the country has caused this significant rise in concerned respondents. South Africa's organized crime landscape In 2023, South Africa ranked the ************* in organized crime compared to its African counterparts. The continent's most prevalent organized criminal activity was **************************************. Moreover, from a regional perspective, Southern African countries had the lowest organized crime rate.

This Afrobarometer round 9 dataset is meant to assist readers and fellow researchers in conducting replicable research of the article titled "The Organized Crime of Kidnapping in Nigeria: A Quantitative Study of the Factors Influencing its Severity." Two datasets have been included. The first one is the narrower/final/cleaned dataset, which contains only the variables of interest utilized in the analysis. The second one is the broader/full round 9 dataset.

Abstract

The Business Survey on Crime and Corruption was undertaken by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in collaboration with EFCC. Technical guidance was provided by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as part of a larger International Crime and Corruption Business Survey (CCBS) programme geared towards collecting on a regular basis data and generating a set of indicators on the impact of crime and corruption on business and promotion of joint measures against them. It further aims to support the government in its efforts to combat economic and financial crimes as well as assess the perception of corruption and awareness of EFCC among the business community.

Geographic coverage

National Coverage

Analysis unit

Institutions/Organizations

Universe

All establishments employing 10 staff and above.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

In order to have a broad-based list of business and industrial establishments, three (3) sets of establishment frames were used. There are: (i) Frame of Establishments from Economic Survey and Census Division of NBS. (ii) Frame of Establishments from National Quick Employment Generation Survey (NQEGS) conducted by NBS in 2006. (iii) Frame of Establishments from NBS/CBN/NCC collaborative Economic Survey conducted by NBS in 2006.

These frames were merged to give a single cleaned and validated frame. The cleaning and validation of the frame involves the following: (i) Elimination of duplications (ii) Removing dead or moribund establishments from the frame (iii) Filling in missing information where feasible.

A sample of 2,775 were selected from a frame of 15,556 which cut across 14 sectors of the economy namely: (i) Agriculture (163) (ii) Fishing (10) (iii) Mining and Quarrying (75) (iv) Manufacturing (474) (v) Electricity, Gas and Water (66) (vi) Building and Construction (137) (vii) Wholesale and Retail Trade (450) (viii) Hotels, Restaurants and Tourism (155) (ix) Transport (200) (x) Communication (92) (xi) Financial Intermediation (233) (xii) Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities (480) (xiii) Public Administration (Government) (77) (xiv) Education (163)

In order to select the required number of establishments, some parameters were considered, which include: (i) Employment size, that is strata of 10 and above (ii) Contribution of sector to GDP. (iii) Purposive or prior knowledge of performance of sectors in the economy.

Selection Procedure: Basically, the sample design used for this survey was a two-level probability proportion to size (PPS) in which the contribution of each sector to the GDP formed the basis of allocation at the first level while the basis of allocation at the second level was number of establishments in each sector. A prior (purposive) allocation was also used to complement and boost the efficiency of the design.

Mode of data collection

Mail Questionnaire [mail]

Research instrument

The questionnaire was divided into ten (10) sections namely:

Section A which asked of the Name of Establishment, Address, Telephone Number, State, LGA and Type of Ownership Section B contained Instruction, Designation of the Respondent in Establishment and Gender. Section C asked questions on Type of Economic Activity, Number of Paid Employees, Capital Participation of Foreign Investors. Section D dealt with questions on type of crimes committed, reported or not reported to police Section E was based on questions on obstacles for doing good business in Nigeria, such as unofficial payments or gifts to public official to get things done Section F contained questions on anyone ever requesting for money in exchange for service to protect establishment from robbery, act of vandalism and so on Section G contained questions on the establishment experience on dispensation of justice. Section H contained questions on awareness of EFCC Section I contained questions on any kind of joint action taken against crime, corruption or extortion. Section J Contained questions on Name of Respondent, Telephone Number, Address and Willingness to participate in future interview of this nature

Cleaning operations

Data processing was done centrally at NBS Headquarters, Abuja. 30 Data entry staff and 15 Editors were engaged. Censuses and Surveys Program (CSPRO) was used for data entry. SPSS was used for final analysis.

Response rate

About an eighty-one percent response rate was achieved nationwide. On the zonal level, the south west zone achieved the highest response rate of 32.2 percent in the country.

Sampling error estimates

Sampling errors have been calculated for a select set of statistics (all of which are proportions due to the limitations of the Taylor linearization method) for the national sample, and for each of the sectors. For each statistic, the estimate, its standard error, the coefficient of variation (or relative error -- the ratio between the standard error and the estimate), the design effect, and the square root design effect (DEFT -- the ratio between the standard error using the given sample design and the standard error that would result if a simple random sample had been used), as well as the 95 percent confidence intervals (+/-2 standard errors).

According to a recent survey, women in rural Nigeria are less likely to pay a bribe to a public official or to be asked to pay a bribe by a public official. As of 2019, **** percent of female respondents in rural Nigeria paid a bribe in the last 12 months prior to the survey, whereas the share of men was ** percent. Overall, the prevalence of bribery in urban areas of Nigeria is higher than in rural zones.

Nigeria's escalating crime rate threatens the country's future. The study specifically examined the level of youth participation in empowerment initiatives and the perceived effectiveness of these programs in reducing crime in Ekiti State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey design was utilized for this research. Data were gathered from 400 validated responses out of 417 distributed questionnaires. A three-stage sampling technique was employed to select Ado, Ikere, and Oye local governments, each representing one of the three senatorial districts in Ekiti State. Data were analyzed through Crammers’ V, Pearson Chi-square, and Linear Regression at a 5% significance level. 74.25% of respondents believed that youth involvement in empowerment programs was high. 71.5% of the respondents opined that grandaunts should be provided with micro-credits, to make the program more effective. The study revealed a relationship between participating in empowerment programs and crime reduction. Secondly, a relationship exists between youths’ financial status and crime reduction. The study confirmed the adequacy of empowerment centers as a crucial factor in reducing crime. Finally, the study demonstrated that youth empowerment significantly promotes entrepreneurship, reducing youth involvement in crime. The study concludes that empowerment promotes entrepreneurship and reduces crime in Ekiti State. A more comprehensive approach targeting youth involvement in empowerment programs, supported by increased funding, is recommended to enhance the effectiveness of these programs and reduce crime rates further.

The Africa Data Center Physical Security Market is booming, projected to reach $42.69 million in 2025 with a 19.10% CAGR. Driven by cloud adoption and digital transformation, this market offers significant opportunities for video surveillance, access control, and other security solutions across key sectors. Learn more about market trends and key players. Recent developments include: October 2023: Zwipe partnered with Schneider Electric’s Security Solutions Group. Schneider Electric will introduce its clientele to the Zwipe Access fingerprint-scanning smart card. This card will be integrated with Schneider Electric’s Continuum and Security Expert platforms, serving a client base from sectors, including airports, transportation, healthcare, and data centers., April 2023: Schneider Electric launched a new service offer, EcoCare for Modular Data Centers services membership. Members of this innovative service plan benefit from specialized expertise to maximize modular data centers' uptime with 24/7 proactive remote monitoring and condition-based maintenance.. Key drivers for this market are: Growing Adoption of Access Control Systems Owing to Rising Crime Rates and Threats, Advancements in Video Surveillance Systems Connected to Cloud Systems. Potential restraints include: Growing Adoption of Access Control Systems Owing to Rising Crime Rates and Threats, Advancements in Video Surveillance Systems Connected to Cloud Systems. Notable trends are: The IT and Telecom Segment to Hold Significant Share.

According to a recent survey, men in Nigeria are more likely to pay a bribe to a public official or to be asked to pay a bribe by a public official. As of 2019, **** percent of male respondents had paid a bribe in the last 12 months prior to the survey, whereas the share of women was around ** percent. This represented a decrease for both men and women in the prevalence of bribery in Nigeria compared to 2016.

This paper unveils the role of security intelligence in facilitating the war against cybercrime in organizations. it introduces the term cybercrime and security intelligence with financial organizations in Nigeria as the focus of the paper. Since the invention of information and communication technology in Nigeria, citizens have become fascinated and engrossed. Unfortunately, it opened the door for people with malicious intent to attack individuals, organizations, and nations. Thus, the paper views the problem of information vulnerability, finds out the level of cybercrime in financial entities, establishes the type of cybercrime, and assesses security intelligence awareness among staff and customers. The paper employed the simple-random sampling technic, using a primary and secondary source of information, analyzing with frequency counts, percentages, and charts for the demographic variables, and the use of chi-square through SPSS data processing. The Discussion of findings states the ...

Abstract

The main objectives of the 2018/19 NLSS are: i) to provide critical information for production of a wide range of socio-economic and demographic indicators, including for benchmarking and monitoring of SDGs; ii) to monitor progress in population’s welfare; iii) to provide statistical evidence and measure the impact on households of current and anticipated government policies. In addition, the 2018/19 NLSS could be utilized to improve other non-survey statistical information, e.g. to determine and calibrate the contribution of final consumption expenditures of households to GDP; to update the weights and determine the basket for the national Consumer Price Index (CPI); to improve the methodology and dissemination of micro-economic and welfare statistics in Nigeria.

The 2018/19 NLSS collected a comprehensive and diverse set of socio-economic and demographic data pertaining to the basic needs and conditions under which households live on a day to day basis. The 2018/19 NLSS questionnaire includes wide-ranging modules, covering demographic indicators, education, health, labour, expenditures on food and non-food goods, non-farm enterprises, household assets and durables, access to safety nets, housing conditions, economic shocks, exposure to crime and farm production indicators.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

• Households
• Individuals
• Communities

Universe

The survey covered all de jure households excluding prisons, hospitals, military barracks, and school dormitories.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The 2018/19 NLSS sample is designed to provide representative estimates for the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. By extension. The sample is also representative at the national and zonal levels. Although the sample is not explicitly stratified by urban and rural areas, it is possible to obtain urban and rural estimates from the NLSS data at the national level. At all stages, the relative proportion of urban and rural EAs as has been maintained.

Before designing the sample for the 2018/19 NLSS, the results from the 2009/10 HNLSS were analysed to extract the sampling properties (variance, design effect, etc.) and estimate the required sample size to reach a desired precision for poverty estimates in the 2018/19 NLSS.

EA SELECTION: The sampling frame for the 2018/19 NLSS was based on the national master sample developed by the NBS, referred to as the NISH2 (Nigeria Integrated Survey of Households 2). This master sample was based on the enumeration areas (EAs) defined for the 2006 Nigeria Census Housing and Population conducted by National Population Commission (NPopC). The NISH2 was developed by the NBS to use as a frame for surveys with state-level domains. NISH2 EAs were drawn from another master sample that NBS developed for surveys with LGA-level domains (referred to as the “LGA master sample”). The NISH2 contains 200 EAs per state composed of 20 replicates of 10 sample EAs for each state, selected systematically from the full LGA master sample. Since the 2018/19 NLSS required domains at the state-level, the NISH2 served as the sampling frame for the survey.

Since the NISH2 is composed of state-level replicates of 10 sample EAs, a total of 6 replicates were selected from the NISH2 for each state to provide a total sample of 60 EAs per state. The 6 replicates selected for the 2018/19 NLSS in each state were selected using random systematic sampling. This sampling procedure provides a similar distribution of the sample EAs within each state as if one systematic sample of 60 EAs had been selected directly from the census frame of EAs.

A fresh listing of households was conducted in the EAs selected for the 2018/19 NLSS. Throughout the course of the listing, 139 of the selected EAs (or about 6%) were not able to be listed by the field teams. The primary reason the teams were not able to conduct the listing in these EAs was due to security issues in the country. The fieldwork period of the 2018/19 NLSS saw events related to the insurgency in the north east of the country, clashes between farmers and herdsman, and roving groups of bandits. These events made it impossible for the interviewers to visit the EAs in the villages and areas affected by these conflict events. In addition to security issues, some EAs had been demolished or abandoned since the 2006 census was conducted. In order to not compromise the sample size and thus the statistical power of the estimates, it was decided to replace these 139 EAs. Additional EAs from the same state and sector were randomly selected from the remaining NISH2 EAs to replace each EA that could not be listed by the field teams. This necessary exclusion of conflict affected areas implies that the sample is representative of areas of Nigeria that were accessible during the 2018/19 NLSS fieldwork period. The sample will not reflect conditions in areas that were undergoing conflict at that time. This compromise was necessary to ensure the safety of interviewers.

HOUSEHOLD SELECTION: Following the listing, the 10 households to be interviewed were selected from the listed households. These households were selected systemically after sorting by the order in which the households were listed. This systematic sampling helped to ensure that the selected households were well dispersed across the EA and thereby limit the potential for clustering of the selected households within an EA.

Occasionally, interviewers would encounter selected households that were not able to be interviewed (e.g. due to migration, refusal, etc.). In order to preserve the sample size and statistical power, households that could not be interviewed were replaced with an additional randomly selected household from the EA. Replacement households had to be requested by the field teams on a case-by-case basis and the replacement household was sent by the CAPI managers from NBS headquarters. Interviewers were required to submit a record for each household that was replaced, and justification given for their replacement. These replaced households are included in the disseminated data. However, replacements were relatively rare with only 2% of sampled households not able to be interviewed and replaced.

Sampling deviation

Although a sample was initially drawn for Borno state, the ongoing insurgency in the state presented severe challenges in conducting the survey there. The situation in the state made it impossible for the field teams to reach large areas of the state without compromising their safety. Given this limitation it was clear that a representative sample for Borno was not possible. However, it was decided to proceed with conducting the survey in areas that the teams could access in order to collect some information on the parts of the state that were accessible.

The limited area that field staff could safely operate in in Borno necessitated an alternative sample selection process from the other states. The EA selection occurred in several stages. Initially, an attempt was made to limit the frame to selected LGAs that were considered accessible. However, after selection of the EAs from the identified LGAs, it was reported by the NBS listing teams that a large share of the selected EAs were not safe for them to visit. Therefore, an alternative approach was adopted that would better ensure the safety of the field team but compromise further the representativeness of the sample. First, the list of 788 EAs in the LGA master sample for Borno were reviewed by NBS staff in Borno and the EAs they deemed accessible were identified. The team identified 359 EAs (46%) that were accessible. These 359 EAs served as the frame for the Borno sample and 60 EAs were randomly selected from this frame. However, throughout the course of the NLSS fieldwork, additional insurgency related events occurred which resulted in 7 of the 60 EAs being inaccessible when they were to be visited. Unlike for the main sample, these EAs were not replaced. Therefore, 53 EAs were ultimately covered from the Borno sample. The listing and household selection process that followed was the same as for the rest of the states.

Mode of data collection

Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]

Research instrument

Two sets of questionnaires – household and community – were used to collect information in the NLSS2018/19. The Household Questionnaire was administered to all households in the sample. The Community Questionnaire was administered to the community to collect information on the socio-economic indicators of the enumeration areas where the sample households reside.

Household Questionnaire: The Household Questionnaire provides information on demographics; education; health; labour; food and non-food expenditure; household nonfarm income-generating activities; food security and shocks; safety nets; housing conditions; assets; information and communication technology; agriculture and land tenure; and other sources of household income.

Community Questionnaire: The Community Questionnaire solicits information on access to transported and infrastructure; community organizations; resource management; changes in the community; key events; community needs, actions and achievements; and local retail price information.

Cleaning operations

CAPI: The 2018/19 NLSS was conducted using the Survey Solutions Computer Assisted Person Interview (CAPI) platform. The Survey Solutions software was developed and maintained by the Development Economics Data Group (DECDG) at the World Bank. Each interviewer and supervisor was given a tablet

In 2019, *** thousand males and *** females were arrested in Nigeria for advance fee fraud. Moreover, *** males and ** females were arrested for cyber-crimes. Overall, males represented the vast majority of individuals arrested in Nigeria for financial and economic crimes.