Crime in Lagos, Nigeria

Crime rates in Lagos, Nigeria

Level of crime	69.49	High
Crime increasing in the past 3 years	59.78	Moderate
Worries home broken and things stolen	62.01	High
Worries being mugged or robbed	68.08	High
Worries car stolen	60.11	High
Worries things from car stolen	65.42	High
Worries attacked	60.50	High
Worries being insulted	57.58	Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	47.18	Moderate
Problem people using or dealing drugs	64.25	High
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	69.57	High
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	72.49	High
Problem corruption and bribery	87.92	Very High

Safety in Lagos, Nigeria

Safety walking alone during daylight		50.00	Moderate
Safety walking alone during night		27.47	Low

Contributors: 188

Last update: February 2021

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

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10 Comments so far

Babs Akin on May 10, 2020:

It’s unfortunate the bad rap Nigeria gets because of lazy good for nothing scammers. On the whole, Nigerians are industrious and hardworking people. The country unfortunately has bad leaders who have siphoned the great resources of that country. Corruption needs to be tackled for the country to progress.

GamerPro8878 on Nov 09, 2019:

I am for go live in Lagos and i get call serie a farmer every day, do not live country bad and insult rate high

. on Sep 11, 2019:

Abuja is way safer than Lagos. If you want to visit Nigeria, go to Abuja or Benin City, Not Lagos.

Art Bosman Bosman on Jul 01, 2019:

Is there anybody who knows the whereabouts of Ton van de Mey is on age of late 50 bold Dutch ..left behind by his employer Dutch comp..Wijsmuller ..whole crew whas involved ..shortafter they let him go loose in the dark of Lagos .never seen again ..payed lots of moneys to find him ... not spending ..but looks for closure ..

Mishael on Oct 06, 2018:

PPle with differents opinions.Lagos is a safe cities,like most cities in the world there are slums and ghettos in Lagos and you cant live in ghettos and espect no crimes(places like Oshodi,Agege,Agbado,Ajegunle,etc) but move to other places like Ajah,Lagos Island,Victoria Island,Lekki,etc you will find these pl,aces to be very safe. Even some of the ghettos has a very low crime like Agbado(i live in Agbado).And about pple assault you physically bcos of your skin color it's not possible instead we blacks are the victims of racial discrimination.

Henry on Jun 25, 2018:

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.

Christine on Mar 09, 2018:

There are so many scams on faceand Inst right now with men pretending to be from England, but are actually 24 year old Nigerians, called yahoos. They steal other men’s photos and pretend they are him. How do I know? I met a Stephen Wells, now Fidelis Oscar Wells in Facebook. Nice guy, from Liverpool ha! He had photos of him and his “daughter” I’m a smart lady. These photos are of Southern California! He denied it. I took his face photo and put it on tineye,com and it shows he’s a scammer. A yahoo they call them! They ask for money for sob stories. I didn’t buy into it but a lot of middle age women do. And they get taken for a lot! The Yahoo’s even have phones that change their voices to female or children! It’s a disgrace! All scams! Don’t believe them!

Anonymous on Jun 12, 2017:

"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.

Unknown on May 15, 2017:

Don't write a book about Lagos if you don't know anything about it!

Cassandra Jefferson on Mar 13, 2017:

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.

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