Crime in Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos is much safer than other major cities in the US. You won’t find drug addicts or homeless people walking around street corners like you do in the US. I’ve lived in Atlanta, San Francisco, New Orleans and Houston. i feel much safer in Lagos than these cities.
Like every other city in the world the poorer neighborhoods like Agege, Obalende feel unsafe primarily due to poor facilities and overcrowded neighborhoods.
The safety rating I see here is not accurate and doesn’t reflect the reality on ground.

"Made a friend from Facebook just a few days. He claimed to be a British. Two days later he said he was in Lagos, Nigeria for a local government project. Then the next day he started the project, he got rob in the hotel. Asking for financial help. He claimed he was offered 24 hours protection from police in the charge of 1000 per month. Is it common that white people are always targeted. It seems completely a scam. I wondered why the local govt, the British embassy and the local church could not offer him any help ? He told me he hurt his hand in the incident, but he messenger me a lot, asking for financial help! OMG, I seem to be a fool that trust this scam? A Nigerian phone number was provided at the same time. Please advise if this kind of scam is always there in Lagos?"

Theres a sucker born every minute. I worked at Moneygram. I could not believe how many stupid people kept sending money to Nigeria in the name of scams.

I've never been to Lagos but I'm currently writing a book about it. This place is the same as cities in the states. The crime is the same all over the world. For those of you that are complaining, you should've done your homework before you left home. Also, most of the people there are trying to survive. When is the last time that one of you gave them anything. We as Americans waste food, throw away clean paper, and have a garage full of stuff that is not needed. If everyone here picked one person over there . Sponsor them with the money that we gain for crap in our houses yards and garages, the world will be a better place. I spend 50 dollars a month in fast food. I might as well sponsor someone because that fast food is going to kill me anyway. If you send money over there you have done your part. Let the Lord handle it from there.

While I am not trying to discredit your effort at informing people or travelers about crime level in cities around the world, I must point out that using the word "crime rates" is extremely misleading. Rates has to do with numbers and frequency of events, and I know that the Nigerian Police or any Nigerian agency does not have a crime database. So, what you are putting here is quite misleading. It's all perception. I compared what you have down for Lagos to what you show for Abuja, and that confirms my opinion. You rate Abuja "Very High" for many of the indexes that you rated "High" for Lagos. Really? Abuja happen to be one of the safest part of Nigeria.

And you showed "High" for being subject to a physical attack because of your skin colour, ethnic origin or religion, in Lagos. This is a farce.

The most wealthy Africans Americans might be Nigerian but Nigerian known as thief in the world that is why no one can trust them they will begging u to send them money by giving donations next thing u know he bank account is zero... That is why the US stop the lottery green card for Nigerian coz they thief.... Nigerians hummm nope please don't visit nigeria ...Nigerians angry about us citizens I don't why ....

Its a pity that some of you are ignorant and choose to remain so, how you would just condemn the whole of Lagos bugs me. There is no city in the world without its issues. We hear in the news everyday of people including children shooting others without provocation, racial killings, serial killers etc, yet we have not concluded that all Americans are gun-slingers and when you want to go there wear a bullet-proof vest! I think you always want to hear the worst about African cities because it makes you feel better about yourselves and give you something to talk about.

Hi recently I introduced a lady in Nigeria through the website. We love each other but I only see her some photos. She never come to the call or vdo call,but she told me to send money to buy a camera phone and then she will come to the Skype call. But I can't trust her. Should I send her money?

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All the people who say lagos is a dangerous place are just ignorant and foolish, I have lived in London, newyork, washington and newcastle. All these cities I have mentioned have a high gun crime rate where you can be shot in broad day light and the worst the perp would get is a sentence, when I lived in Lagos i often went to loads of social parties where the people I met where very nice and welcoming, you can party as you like as long as you dont do foolish things like walking in the ghetto at foolish o clock, I am a white English man and i have never been assulted in lagos whereas in London I have been assulted multiple times, people should stop talking nonsence, everywhere in the world there are rich middle class and poor people depending on where you live and how you treat people you would be served what you ask for. In my opinion Nigerians are the happiest people on this planet because even the poor people without riches are rich at heart, its a shame that my fore fathers came to this beautiful country to take away all their resources and have the nerve to speak bad about them.