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ANNUAL CRIME STATISTICS (2016) SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 1 ANNUAL CRIME STATISTICS 2016 CRIME STATISTICS Comparative analysis of Crime Statistics for the year 2015 and 2016 showed remarkable results: Police received a total of 177,241 complaints throughout the country in the year 2016. This represents a decrease of 9,193 cases, which translated into 4.9% over that of the year 2015 which recorded a figure of 186,434. Out of this total, 166,839 representing 94.1% were registered as true cases; the remaining 10,402 cases representing 5.9% were refused. The cases, which were refused, were regarded as trivial, civil in nature or false and so did not warrant Police action. Out of the true cases, 29,778 cases were sent to court for prosecution. At the court, 8,379 cases representing 28.1% gained conviction whilst 812 representing 2.7% were acquitted. At the close of the year 2016, 20,587 cases representing 69.1% of the total number of cases sent to court for prosecutions were awaiting trial. A total of 36,042 cases were closed as undetected whilst 101,019 cases representing 60.5% of the total number of true cases were under investigation at the close of the year 2016. CRIME REVIEW Figures on the total number of cases reported to the Police throughout the country and their treatments are given as follows: SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 2 TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES REPORTED 177,241 Total number of cases refused 10,402 Total number of true cases 166,839 Total number of cases sent to court 29,778 Total number of cases convicted 8,379 Total number of cases acquitted 812 Total number of cases awaiting trial 20,587 Total number of cases closed 36,042 TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES UNDER INVESTIGATION 101,019 A crime review table for 2015 and 2016 and their related percentage changes are given below: 2015 2016 % CHANGE CASES REPORTED 186,434 177,241 -4.9 Cases refused 10,314 10,402 0.9 True cases 176,091 166,839 -5.3 Cases sent to court 36,138 29,778 -17.6 Cases convicted 16,084 8,379 -47.9 Cases acquitted 829 812 -2.1 Cases awaiting trial 19,225 20,587 7.1 Cases closed 37,262 36,042 -3.3 Cases under investigation 102,691 101,019 -1.6 SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 3 Graphical Representation of the National Crime Review: CRIMES COMMONLY COMMITTED All the Commonly Committed Offences registered increases with the exception of causing harm and unlawful entry, which showed decreases of 176 and 387 cases representing 5.3% and 24.4% respectively. As usual, Assault emerged as the most highly committed Criminal Offence in the country. Below is the tabular representation of the Commonly Committed Offences for the years 2015 & 2016: SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 4 NUMBER REPORTED OFFENCE (YEAR) % CHANGE 2015 2016 Assault 55, 624 59, 158 6.4 Stealing 49, 739 54, 802 10.2 Threatening 19, 662 22, 590 14.9 Fraud 16, 491 17, 667 7.1 Causing damage 9, 507 11, 012 15.8 Causing harm 3, 299 3, 123 -5.3 Unlawful entry 1, 588 1, 201 -24.4 MAJOR OFFENCES Figures for some offences which were considered Most Serious and attracted public concern are given as follows: - OFFENCE YEAR 2015 2016 % CHANGE Murder 525 549 4.6 Robbery 1, 411 1, 397 -1.0 Rape 451 497 10.2 Defilement 1, 630 1, 341 -17.7 Possession, use & distribution of narcotic drugs 698 681 -2.4 SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 5 Graphical Representation of the Major Offences committed is as given below: Percentage Variances in Selected Major Offences on Regional Basis for 2015 & 2016. Tabular & graphical representations of Statistics on Major Offences on Regional basis are as given below: SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 6 MURDER YEAR REGION 2015 2016 % CHANGE ACCRA 28 48 71.4 ASHANTI 121 155 28.1 TEMA 13 15 15.4 EASTERN 68 63 -7.4 WESTERN 56 48 -14.3 CENTRAL 36 29 -19.4 BRONG AHAFO 46 52 13.0 VOLTA 48 37 -22.9 NORTHERN 45 50 11.1 UPPER WEST 16 9 -43.8 UPPER EAST 18 24 33.3 C.I.D. HEADQUARTERS 30 19 -36.7 525 549 TOTAL 4.6 SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 7 Incidence of Murder nationwide recorded a wavy trend. The total number of Murder cases reported to the Police Service countrywide in 2016 was 549 cases, an increase of 24 cases representing 4.6 % as compared to 2015. The Ashanti region recorded the highest in the menace. Nevertheless, Upper West region recorded a significant decrease in murder cases. SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 8 DEFILEMENT YEAR REGION 2015 2016 % CHANGE ACCRA 335 308 -8.1 ASHANTI 266 156 -41.7 TEMA 122 131 7.4 EASTERN 211 121 -42.7 WESTERN 186 149 -19.9 CENTRAL 149 146 -2.0 BRONG AHAFO 88 75 -14.8 VOLTA 174 180 3.4 NORTHERN 57 38 -33.3 UPPER EAST 25 16 -36.0 UPPER WEST 15 20 33.3 C.I.D. HEADQUARTERS 2 1 -50.0 TOTAL 1,630 1,341 -17.7 SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 9 SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 10 RAPE YEAR REGION 2015 2016 % CHANGE ACCRA 142 150 5.6 ASHANTI 48 60 25.0 TEMA 25 27 8.0 EASTERN 51 40 -21.6 WESTERN 41 48 17.1 CENTRAL 31 38 22.6 BRONG AHAFO 27 33 22.2 VOLTA 48 53 10.4 NORTHERN 16 24 50.0 UPPER EAST 8 12 50.0 UPPER WEST 13 12 -7.7 C.I.D. HEADQUARTERS 1 0 -100.0 TOTAL 451 497 10.2 SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 11 SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 12 ROBBERY YEAR REGION 2015 2016 % CHANGE ACCRA 456 616 35.1 ASHANTI 147 103 -29.9 TEMA 173 183 5.8 EASTERN 155 106 -31.6 WESTERN 49 93 89.8 CENTRAL 103 77 -25.2 BRONG AHAFO 13 17 30.8 VOLTA 95 47 -50.5 NORTHERN 81 47 -42.0 UPPER EAST 66 38 -42.4 UPPER WEST 61 61 0.0 C.I.D. HEADQUARTERS 12 9 -25.0 TOTAL 1,411 1,397 -1.0 SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 13 SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 14 MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION: ROBBERY MONTH YEAR 2015 2016 % CHANGE January 85 123 44.7 February 91 95 4.4 March 114 80 -29.8 April 119 93 -21.8 May 104 147 41.3 June 113 125 10.6 July 128 113 -11.7 August 98 99 1.0 September 131 117 -10.7 October 125 138 10.4 November 117 137 17.1 December 186 130 -30.1 Total 1,411 1, 397 -1.0 SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 15 Robbery cases recorded in the year 2016 registered a decrease of 14 cases representing 1%. A total of 1,397 robbery cases were recorded at the end of the year 2016 as compared to 1,411 cases in the year 2015. Statistics indicate that approximately four (4) cases of robbery were recorded daily in the year 2016. Seventy-one (71) foreign nationals including sixty-four (64) Chinese, one (1) British, one (1) Indian, one (1) American, two (2) Lebanese and one (1) Swiss national were attacked by robbers. Twenty-three (23) Chinese and two (2) Turkish were injured through robbery. Eleven (11) Chinese were arrested for mining without lawful authority. Two (2) Chinese were murdered and six (6) expatriates, including a Chinese, three (3) Indians, a Scottish and an American perished through unnatural death. Police managed to arrest two hundred and ninety-two (292) suspected robbers nationwide. SOURCE: STATISTICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT (SITU), CID HEADQUARTERS, ACCRA. Page 16 Lives Lost & Injuries through Robbery: A total of seventy-nine (79) lives were lost through armed robbery in the year 2016 as compared to forty-nine (49) in the year 2015. Out of these, forty-five (45) were innocent victims including five (5) policemen whilst twenty-four (24) were armed robbers who engaged the Police in a gun battle. Two (2) of these robbers were killed by their own colleague robbers. Seven (7) female robbery victims were raped and one (1) defiled. Two hundred and twenty-nine (229) robbery victims sustained various degrees of injury. The public were educated not to take the law into their own hands by meting out instant justice to suspected criminals. Nevertheless, five (5) of such cases were recorded over the period. o The Modus Operandi of the robbers include: The robbers (usually one person) hire a targeted vehicle but having liaised with his counterparts somewhere, requests the driver to stop, usually at obscure areas, where his accomplices are hiding, thereby facilitating a reinforced attack. Armed men, usually on board unregistered motorbikes, trail unsuspecting members of the public to obscure areas, intimidate them with lethal weapons and rob them. The armed men sometimes barricade a section of the Highway and rob travelers of their money and other belongings. The armed men oftentimes having robbed a vehicle, fix fake number plates on it, later trail unsuspecting victims with this vehicle to obscure areas and rob them.