An assessment of households’ perceptions of private security companies and crime in urban Ghana

Crime Science

Table 1 Decadal aggregate crime growth and variation in Ghana, 1980–2010

Crime type	Decade aggregate			Inter-cohort variations (percentage)
Crime type	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

Source: Ghana Police Service, Crime Statistics Bureau, Accra (Owusu et al. 2015, p. 258)

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