The 2013 National Crime Victimization and Safety Survey conducted by the CLEEN Foundation has revealed that Enugu State is the official crime capital of Nigeria.
The national average was 25%, one in every 4 Nigerian.“There has been a six per cent decrease in actual experience of crime from the 31 per cent recorded in 2012 to the current 25 percent,” the report said. The report surveyed for crimes like robbery, kidnapping, physical assault, phone and car theft, rape and attempted rape, domestic violence, attempted murder and other crimes.
The Crime Victimization Survey used data collected across Nigeria between June and July 2013. Closely following Enugu State is its neighbour, Ebonyi, where at least 65 per cent – at least three in every five residents – were victims of crime.
Ekiti State, in South Western Nigeria, shares the same crime records with Ebonyi State. More than three in every five respondents admitted they were victims of crime last year. Ogun State, a neighbour to Lagos is the safest state in Nigeria with only about one in every 20 citizens admitting they were victims of crimes last year.
Katsina State in Northwest Nigeria is the next safest. Only about one in every 10 residents was a victim of crime last year. Lagos State recorded 18 percent. Borno and Yobe, despite being the hotbeds for Boko Haram attacks recorded seemingly low crime rates, according to the report. Only about one in every four resident admitted being victims of crime last year.
Boko Haram militants have murdered over 1,500 people in the states since launching a vicious attack against government establishments, security agencies, religious places and the residents. At a geopolitical level, the South East recorded the highest number of crimes with 44 per cent of respondents complaining they were victims. The North West recorded the lowest score of 18 per cent crime rate. On a gender scale, more men than women fell victims of crimes in Nigeria last year.
“Further (segregation) by gender indicates that more men (27%) had actual experience than women (23%),” the report said. Although Ogun State recorded the lowest actual experience of crime, almost everyone in the state fear they would become victims of crime. The findings of the 2013 survey indicated that 94 per cent of Ogun residents fear they are likely victims of crime.
The survey showed a progressive decrease in the number of victims of crime in Nigeria.
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