From: An assessment of households’ perceptions of private security companies and crime in urban Ghana
Crime type | Decade aggregate | Inter-cohort variations (percentage) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980–1989 | 1990–1999 | 2000–2010 | 1980–1999 | 1990–2010 | |
Murder | 3527 | 3473 | 5313 | −2 | 35 |
Assault | 446,625 | 645,903 | 972,722 | 31 | 34 |
Armed robbery | 1848 | 1345 | 12,069 | −37 | 89 |
Theft | 416,145 | 517,420 | 801,483 | 20 | 35 |
Narcotics | 228 | 465 | 5481 | 51 | 92 |
Total | 868,373 | 1,168,606 | 1,797,068 | 26 | 93 |