Crime in Lagos, Nigeria

Crime rates in Lagos, Nigeria

Level of crime	73.61	High
Crime increasing in the past 5 years	66.09	High
Worries home broken and things stolen	66.60	High
Worries being mugged or robbed	71.83	High
Worries car stolen	63.93	High
Worries things from car stolen	69.96	High
Worries attacked	64.90	High
Worries being insulted	61.26	High
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	49.79	Moderate
Problem people using or dealing drugs	66.22	High
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	72.08	High
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	75.40	High
Problem corruption and bribery	88.57	Very High

Safety in Lagos, Nigeria

Safety walking alone during daylight		47.97	Moderate
Safety walking alone during night		27.03	Low

Contributors: 266

Last update: 5 April 2025

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 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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6 Comments so far

Anonymous on Jun 02, 2025:

To answer Jake's question on Feb 25 2023, I think that it could be due to the low literacy rates in those melanin regions. First, we should understand that Africa was heavily colonized by Europeans, and the Europeans were trying to keep the locals from thinking hard about revolution, so they just decrease the literacy rates. For the record, most of Africa is populated by black people. In my opinion, the high crime rates are due to an inherited low literacy rate from the colonized times.

Tom Adamson on Oct 05, 2023:

This is a very place to live and I don’t like that there are gang member everywhere who kill my and my house is not good

Paul Malkinson on Oct 05, 2023:

This city is poluted and i got my car stole and people call me an acountant

Jake on Feb 25, 2023:

Exploring melanin sub-regions and their distinction in leading the world for criminal homicide (and their most homicidal countries):

#1 Central Africa (#1 Central African Republic; #2 Democratic Republic of the Congo; #3 Chad)

#2 West Africa (#1 Mali; #2 Burkina Faso; #3 Nigeria)

#3 Melanesia (#1 Papua New Guinea; #2 Solomon Islands; #3 Fiji)

#5 Southern Africa (#1 South Africa; #2 Lesotho; #3 Eswatini/Swaziland)

#6 East Africa (#1 Somalia; #2 South Sudan; #3 Burundi)

#8 Caribbean (#1 Haiti; #2 Jamaica; #3 Trinidad & Tobago)

Regions like East Africa and the Caribbean include lots of places with big populations that reduce the overall score to a lower one than you might expect. OTOH, 90% of the populations of Melanesia and Southern Africa are comprised of Papua New Guinea and South Africa respectively (the Southern Africa here excludes Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Malawi etc). Homicides in the Caribbean are hugely concentrated in Haiti alone.

The top 3 and 6 of the top 8 are melanin regions. Why is this so? This is NOT a politicized post it's meant to be a serious question.

Brit Guy on Dec 29, 2021:

White, British bloke, spent a month in Lagos, keep your wits about you and you'll enjoy your stay, do not go around looking well off, do not go out alone after 9pm, be polite, found locals to be Intelligent, friendly and hard working, use your common sense and smile slot.

Bhoomika on Nov 16, 2021:

I cant believe this website thinks there is corruption I work for the government in Nigeria I only take tootsie rolls s payment for white men assassinations I've killed American presidents for there blasphemy to the Nigerian government it is I BHOOMIKA BRAMIOU.

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Index
Crime Index:	68.38
Safety Index:	31.62