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AJLC Volume 10 Number 1 (2020) 22 - 33 ISSN 2045-8525 (Online) ISSN-2045-8401 (Print)
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AN APPRAISAL OF THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF CRIMES IN IFE CENTRAL
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OSUN STATE IN NIGERIA
Okpuvwie Ejuvweyere Jonathan1
&
Toko Mouhamadou Inoussa1
1Department of Geographic Information Science,
African Regional Institute for Geospatial Information Science and Technology (AFRIGIST).
Obafemi Awolowo University Campus, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Abstract
Crime has been a major social problem confronting humanity and has
destabilized the corporate existence of many nations. Crime makes life
miserable and has left sad and painful memories in the minds of many
people around the world, hence the need to effectively tackle it to the barest
minimum. This study examines the spatial distribution of crimes in Ife
Central Local Government Area of Osun state, Nigeria from January to
December 2019. It aimed at investigating the rate of occurrence of criminal
activities using statistical methods to analyze the various crime variables.
Questionnaire and oral interviews were used for the study. The study
revealed cultism/ritual, breach of public peace, house breaking, stealing, rape
and drug abuse among others as some of the crimes committed in the study
area. From the study 50.3% of the respondents observed that the crime rate
in Ife Central LGA is moderate while 26% of respondents agreed that the
crime rate is low. However, 23.7% of the respondents were of the view that
crime rate in Ife Central LGA is high. The study recommends the need for
the police to be more proactive and adopt continuous patrols in its efforts to
combat crime in the local government area. It also recommends the need for
residents to be conversant with the various identified crime flashpoints and
the nature of crimes that are commonly committed in the study area.
Keywords: Crime, Security, Police Station, Flashpoint, Geographic
Information System.
1. Introduction
Crime is one of the major human security problems confronting humanity across the world
(Ukoji & Okolie-Osemene 2016). Nations like the United State of America, Mexico, United
Kingdom, Syria, South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria among others have course to grapple with
rising incidence of crimes like homicide, armed robbery, kidnap, drug trafficking, cultism and
assault among others. Ukoji & Okolie (2016) noted that ‘’crime is traceable to the formation of
groups by individuals who have related interests with the aim of having a strong network.’’
Crimes in Nigeria have created the feeling of insecurity, fears and anxieties about public safety.
Toju et al. (2014) asserted that the issue of crime in Nigeria disregards all forms of social
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stratification in respective of gender, religious creed and age as both the haves and the have nots
experienced similar attacks from criminals.
Olajuyigbe et al. (2016) observed that crime has created an atmosphere of unrest and great
burden to both the government and the citizens in Nigeria. This could be traced to the failure of
security forces that ought to maintain law and order in the society, as they continue to adopt
ineffective methods of acquiring and analyzing crime data. Pranav (2016) noted that crime as
an entity has spatial attributes like time, location and process. He maintains that if this spatial
information about crime prone areas is available timely then it will help the security agencies to
effectively carryout their work. In Nigeria, the prevention of crimes has been a major issue as
security agencies still grapple with old filing system of record keeping and tip-off methods to
fight crimes. These methods slow down effective crime prevention and management as
different parts of Nigeria including Ife Central LGA, Osun State have witnessed increase
violence crime in recent years. However, little had been reported about the effectiveness of the
influence of geospatial technology and statistical approach for crime control by security
agencies in Nigeria as this study seeks to evaluate the spatial distribution of crimes in Ife
Central LGA, Osun State.
2. STUDY AREA DESCRIPTIONS
The study area is Ife Central LGA of Osun State. The headquarters of Ife Central LGA is in the
city of Ile-Ife, located along Ibadan Road. Hirst (2019) noted that the name Ile-Ife is
pronounced as EE-lay EE- fay and known as Ife. The Ife Central LGA is mainly made up of Ile-
Ife town, an ancient city in present Osun State, Nigeria. The study area has an average height of
about 286 m above sea level and is located within latitude 7° 33‘31.313’’N and 7°
24’13.316’’N, and between longitude 4° 28’45.457’’E and 4° 39’17.779’’E (Orenaike 2008).
Ife Central LGA is bounded to the south-west by Ife North LGA, to the south by Ife East LGA,
to the East by Atakumosa-West LGA and to the north by Ede South and Ayedode LGA. The
local government is home to the Obafemi Awolowo University and other important places like
University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ife Museum of Antiquities and Oduduwa Palace.
The population of Ife Central LGA according to the 2006 National Population Commission and
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is 167,254. The study area has a total area of 111km square
with a projected population of 230,300 people. From the 2006 Census population figure,
88403(52.86 %) are males while 78851(47.14%) are females. The age distribution of the
population across the LGA reveals that about 69.9% falls within age bracket 15-64 years and
3.3% falls within 65 years above. However, the population of the LGA has since grown from
the aforementioned population growth. Oloukoi et al. (2014) noted that the people of the LGA
are mostly agrarian as the people produce farm produces like kola, maize, yam, orange, cassava
and vegetables among others.
Like every other Southwest area, the rainy season starts from April to October while the dry
season lasts from October to March. It has average rainfall of 1,000–1,250 mm (39–49 in)
usually from March to October and a mean relative humidity of 75% to 100%. The local
government is connected to Ibadan through the Ife-Ibadan highway and has road networks to
other cities such as Ede, Ondo and Ilesha. The study area has a network of roads that are not
properly tarred with some hotels, banks and communication facilities. Ife Central LGA is
gradually emerging as an urban centre due to its rapid increase in population and influx of
students, civil servants and traders. Adewumi & Abel (2013) noted that Ile-Ife has a crime rate
of 1.2% in 2000 and increased to 2.5% in 2010. This increase in crime could be attributed to
urbanization and other factors that influenced crime in the study area. Figure 1.1 shows the
study area.
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3. MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study used both primary and secondary data. The primary source of data collection
involved oral interviews and administration of questionnaire aimed at assessing the crime
situation in the study area. The structured questionnaire took the form of multiple choice, Likert
rating scale and closed-ended. The essence of the questionnaire and the oral interviews was to
access the perceptions of the respondents on crime and its impact on the socio-economic
activities of the people in the study area. The secondary source of data acquisition included
literatures, journals, library, published research works, crime incidence reports gotten from
internet and Nigeria Police Force and the shapefiles of the study area. The study population
consisted of both males and females between the age of 18-59 years with 93,400 as active
population. It was from this active population that the sample units were drawn for the study.
4. METHODOLOGY
The study employed both the quantitative and qualitative method of research. The justification
for these methods rests on the fact that it involves statistical numbers and the testing of
hypothesis where variables were measured as well as the validation of existing theories. A total
of 400 respondents was selected from the entire study area consisting a total population of
167,254. The sample of 400 respondents was decided using the Taro Yamane’s (1967) sample
size technique at a margin error of 5% and a confidence level of 95%. A total of 388
questionnaires were retrieved from the 400 administered questionnaires. This accounted for
about 97% which was seen as fair for the study. The study area was divided into 5 crime zones
as the stratified sampling technique was used for ease of administration of the questionnaire and
statistical analysis of these crime zones. The zones are zones A, B, C, D and E. Zone A covered
Mayfair/Ede road/OAU campus/Modomo and Ibadan road. Zone B covers Parakin axis. Zone
C included Sabo/Illesa road/and Moore axis. Zone D covers Ife-city/Opa/ Ile-fufun axis, while
Zone E takes care of the Ooni Palace environs/Lagere/Iremo/Ilode and Akarabata axis. From
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these zones, 80 respondents each were selected through simple random sampling technique for
the study.
Data collected included the residents’ demographic characteristics and residents’ perception of
the types and frequency of occurrence of criminal activities in the study area. The study also
involved the application of GIS techniques to manage crime data using the spatial and attribute
data collected from the field. The data were analyzed and presented by the use of maps and
charts to explain the spatial distribution of crime incidents in the study area. The software used
for the data analysis was the ArcGIS 10.4 version. A Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS C1 Level-2 imagery
of the study area was downloaded from the United State Geological Survey (USGS) to carry out
the classification of the landuse/land cover of the study area. This was aimed at analyzing how
urbanization has influenced crimes in the area under investigation. A handheld high precision
GPS (Garmin GPSmap 60CSx) was employed to obtain coordinates of major landmarks in the
study area such as police stations, banks, markets and other places of interest. The crime data
gotten from the field through GPS were transferred into Microsoft Excel and imported into
ArcGIS 10.4 version for geocoding while the hypotheses used for the study were analyzed
through the SPSS. The methodological flowchart used for the study is shown in figure 1.2
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Ife was a centre of the iron manufacturing, most importantly of small wares, such as
nails, horse-shoes, keys, locks, and common agricultural tools; and it was estimated that
there were about 500 iron smelters, smiths and other workers in iron of various kinds living
within a radius of about twenty kilometres.
5. RESULTS
5.1 Demographic Attributes
The respondent’s demographic attributes in the study area are shown in table 1.1
Table 1.1 Demographic Information of Respondents
Sex Distribution Frequency Percentage (%)
Male
Female
Total
265 68.3
123 31.7
388 100
Age Distribution
95
24.5 18-25 years
26-35 years
36-50 years
51and above
Total
118 30.4
135 34.8
40 10.3
388 100
Duration of stay in study area
10
2.6 Less than 1 year
1-2 years 28 7.2
3-5 years 101 26.
6-10 years 120 30.9
Above 10 years 129 33.3
Total 388 100
From table 1.1, the study reveals 68.3% of the respondents were males while 31.7% represents
females. On age distribution, respondents between the ages of 36-50 years accounted for
34.85%, while 30.4%, were respondents within age bracket 26-35. Respondents between ages
18-25 were 24.5% and respondents above 51 years were 10.3%. From the table, the active
population of the respondents accounted for about 89.7%. This shows that the respondents were
matured enough to understand the subject matter under investigation. Additionally, the duration
of stay of respondents in the study area reveals that respondents who have lived above 10 years
in the study area accounted for 33.3%, of the study population. Respondents who lived in the
study area between 6-10 years were 30.9%, while 26% of the respondents have lived in the
study area between 3-5 years. 7.2% while 2.6% represent respondents that have lived in the
study area for 1-2 years and less than 1 year respectively. Analysis of the table reveals that
about 90.2% of the respondents have lived in the study area for over 3 years and above which
gives a clear indication that the respondents understood the phenomena (crime) under
investigation by virtue of their long stay in the study area.
5.2 Various Forms and Ranking of Crimes
The research revealed 13 various forms of crimes that are committed in Ife Central LGA. The
identified crimes include cultism/ritual, breach of public peace, house breaking /Burglary,
armed robbery and kidnapping/abduction. Others are stealing, cyber-crime, rape/defilement,
drug abuse, vehicle theft, assault, murder and arson. Table 1.2 shows the ranking of the
identified crimes in the study area.
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Table 1.2 Order of Ranking of Various Identified Crimes Committed in Ife Central LGA
S/No Crime Ranking
1. Armed robbery 1st
2. Stealing/pickpocketing 2nd
3. House breaking (Burglary) 3rd
4. Breach of public peace 4th
5. Cultism/ritual 5th
6. Assault 6th
7. Cyber crime 7th
8. Rape 8th
9. Kidnapping/abduction 9th
10. Drug abuse 10th
11. Vehicle theft 11th
12. Murder 12th
13. Arson 13th
The study reveals that armed robbery tops the most prevalent crime that is committed in Ife
Central LGA for the period under review. This is closely followed by stealing/pickpocketing.
House breaking(burglary) and breach of public peace came distant third and fourth positions
respectively, while cultism/ritual, assault and cyber-crime respectively occupied the fifth, sixth
and seventh positions. The table further indicates that murder and arson were the least
committed crimes in Ife Central LGA for the period under review. Figure 1.3 is a pie-chart
showing the crime rating in the study area.
From the study, 50.3% of the respondents observed that the crime rate in Ife Central LGA is
moderate while 26% of the respondents believed that the crime rate is low. However, 23.7% of
the respondents were of the view that the crime rate of Ife Central LGA is high. It is therefore
clear that the crime rate of Ife Central LGA is generally moderate.
5.3 Effectiveness of Police and Other Security Agencies Strategies in Combating Crime
The performances of the police and other security agencies in combating crime in Ife Central
LGA is shown in figure 1.4
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The study revealed 61.1% of the total responses of the respondents expressed their
dissatisfaction with the performances of the police and other security agencies in their effort to
combat crime in the study area while 35.3% of the respondents were happy with the
performances of the police and other security agencies. Conversely, 3.6% of the respondents
were indifferent about the performances of the police and other security agencies in Ife Central
LGA. From the study, it is clear that the residents in Ife Central LGA are not generally satisfied
with the performances of the police and other security agencies in their quest to curb crime in
the study area.
Figure 1.5 Crime activities and their proximity to the nearest spatial location of security agencies
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6. DISCUSSION
6.1 Crime Flashpoints and Ranking Order
The study revealed the various forms of crimes that are committed in Ife Central LGA of Osun
State and how these crimes were spatially spread across the study area. Figure 4.4 shows the
identified crime flashpoints in the study area as Lagere/Akarabata, Okeola, Illode, Sabo, Illesa
Road, Modomo, Parakin, Ojoyin, AP and Ede Road. Others are OAU Campus, Iredumi
Quarters, Opa, Igboya, Mayfair, Okejan, Ibadan Road, Agbedegbede, Gbodo, Moore,
Iselagbara, Iremo and Road 7. The ranking of the crime flashpoints in the study area according
to the degree of volatility is shown in table 1.3 while the spatial distribution of some of the
identified crimes are shown at figure 1.8. Figure 1.5 shows responses of respondents on crime
activities and their proximity to the nearest spatial location of security agencies. From the study
73.5% of the respondents agreed that the location of police station and other security agencies to
a crime prone area will help in the prevention of crimes around that given geographic space
while 26.5% of the respondents think otherwise and did not agree. It can thus be inferred from
the study that the location of a security outpost in any given geographic space would aid the
reduction of criminality to the barest minimum for socio-economic activities to thrive.
Table 1.3 Crime Flashpoints Ranking Order
S/No Location Position
1. Lagere/Akarabata 1st
2. Sabo 2nd
3. Gbodo 3rd
4. Parakin 4th
5. Ede Road 5th
6. Mayfair 6th
7. Ibadan Road 7th
8. Okejan 8th
9. Agbedegbede 9th
10. Moore 10th
11. Road 7 11th
12. Iredumi 12th
13. Isalagbara 13th
From table 4.3, Lagere/Akarabata tops the list and is highly volatile for criminal activities. This
is closely followed by Sabo and Gbodo which are also noted for criminal activities in the entire
study area. It is worthy to state that other minor flashpoints were also identified in the study,
however, they are less significant as compared with the aforementioned locations in table 4.3
while figure 1.6 shows the map of the various crime flash points in the study area. These areas
are crime infested places and it is suggested that residents move with caution with a high sense
of security consciousness whenever they conduct their daily activities in these areas.
6.2 Varieties of Crime Causes and Flashpoints
The study identified unemployment, poverty, influence of peer groups, inequality, celebration of
ill-gotten wealth and influence of drugs among others as some of the causes of crime in the
study area. Figure 1.6 shows the various crime flashpoints in the study area.
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Figure 1.7 reveals three (3) police stations and one NDLEA office in the study area. These
include Moore police station, Aganhun police station, Lagere/Akarabata police station and
NDLEA office at Aserifa. It is important to note that both Aganhun, Akarabata/Lagere police
stations and NDLEA office are not located within the study area, except the Moore police
station. However, crime has no boundary hence the inclusion of these stations outside the study
area as they are closely located to the area under investigation. The study further reveals that
there are inadequate police stations in the study area as most respondents agitated for the
establishment of another police station in the study area. Most importantly, the new police
station could be located around Mayfair and Parakin area. The police station when established
could have jurisdiction over Modomo, Ede and Ibadan roads. Figure 1.8 shows the spatial
distribution of crimes while table 4.4 shows the responses of respondents on the need to
increase the police stations in the study area.
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6.3 Solutions to Mitigate Crime Occurrences
The study reveals the inadequate presence of police stations in the study area as respondents
seek the need for the establishment of another police station as shown in table 1.4
Table 1.4 Responses of Respondents on Establishment of another Police Station
Responses Number of respondents Per cent (%)
Yes 287 74%
No 71 18.3%
Not Sure 30 7.7%
Total 388 100
Table 1.4 shows the responses of respondents on the need to establish another police station in
the study area. From the study, 74% of the total respondents supported the establishment of a
new police station in the study area, 18.3% objected to the establishment of another police
station, while 7.7% of the respondents were not sure of the need to establish another police
station in Ife Central LGA. From the analysis of the study, it is generally believed that Ife
Central LGA needs another police station for effective crime control and management.
7. CONCLUSION
The study identified unemployment, poverty and influence of drugs among others as some of
the causes of crime in the study area. The study revealed armed robbery, cultism, stealing,
burglary, breach of public peace and car theft among others as some of the crimes that are
committed in the study area. The rational choice and routine activities theories were used for the
study as places like Lagere/Akarabata, Sabo, Gbodo and Parakin among others are notable
crime flashpoints in the study area. The study reveals the need for another police station to be
established in the study area for enhanced security. The study will help policy makers and
commanders of various security agencies in the study area for effective planning and design the
best to tackle crime in the study area.
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8. RECOMMENDATIONS
Based from the findings of the study, it is recommended that:
1. The police and other security agencies in Ife Central LGA should carryout constant patrols
in the identified crime flashpoints and other parts of the study area at least 5 times per week.
This would help to prevent the commission of crimes in the study area.
2. The Local Government Council should liaise with appropriate authorities for the
establishment of another police station in the study area before the end of third quarters of
2021. The new police station could be located either at Mayfair or Parakin axis which
would have a clear jurisdiction over Modomo/ Ede and Ibadan roads.
3. Residents of Ife Central LGA should be conversant with the various identified crime
flashpoints and the nature of crimes that are commonly committed in the study area on daily
basis. This would guide them on how best to protect themselves from criminal attacks.
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