Accra: crime index 2014-2022

As of 2022, Accra, Ghana's capital, registered a crime index of 46.08. This meant that, at the said date, crime in the city was considered as being on a moderate level. Compared to 2015, when the level of crime in the country peaked, the index decreased by approximately four percent. Overall, at the national level, Ghana achieved a crime index score of 46.98. The index measures the level of crime in a given country or city based on surveys from visitors of the source's website.

Crime index in Accra, Ghana from 2014 to 2022

Characteristic	Crime index
2022	46.08
2021	47.18
2017	45.07
2016	48.28
2015	49.15
2014	46.98

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Release date

May 2022

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Region

Ghana

Survey time period

2014 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Figures from 2018 to 2020 were not provided by the source.

The source does not provide a publication date. The date of data access is therefore the release date.

The source explains that Crime Index is an estimation of the overall level of crime in a given city or a country. It considers crime levels lower than 20 as very low, crime levels between 20 and 40 as being low, crime levels between 40 and 60 as being moderate, crime levels between 60 and 80 as being high, and crime levels higher than 80 as being very high.
Data are based on surveys from visitors of the source's website, therefore, not on governmental statistics.

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