Nigeria recorded 125,790 crime cases in 2016 —NBS

A total of 125,790 crime cases were reported in 2016 across the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory in 2016 according to the Crime Statistics Reported Offences just released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Offence against property has the highest number of cases reported with 65,397 of such cases reported. Also, offence against persons recorded 45,554 cases reported while offence against lawful authority and local acts recorded the least with 12,144 and 2,695 cases recorded respectively.

The report with data gathered from Nigeria Police Force but validated by NBS noted that Lagos State has the highest percentage share of total cases reported with 36.08 per cent and 45,385 cases recorded.

FCT Abuja and Delta State followed closely with 10.48 per cent and 13,181 and 6.25 per cent and 7,867 cases recorded respectively.

Katsina State has the lowest percentage share of total cases reported with 0.10 per cent and 120 cases recorded.

Abia and Zamfara States followed closely with 0.29 per cent and 364 and 0.38 per cent and 483 cases recorded respectively.

NBS explained that offence against persons are those against human beings like murder, manslaughter, infanticide, concealment of birth, rape and other physical abuse while offence against properties are the ones against human belonging, properties of any kind like stealing, receiving stolen properties, obtaining property by false pretense, robbery, burglary and house breaking.

The report added that offences against lawful authority include any malfeasance against any establishment of the law such as failure to pay your tax (FIRS), which amounts to an offence against lawful authority and offences against local acts which are unlawful acts committed against laws that we cannot enforce outside Nigeria.