Policing System, Structure for Crime Activities and Crime Prevalence in Akinyele Local Government Area, Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria

Gbemisola Odunola Iyanda; Nathaniel Olugbade Adeoye

doi:10.56201/JLGP.vol.11.no2.2026.pg1.15

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Policing System, Structure for Crime Activities and Crime Prevalence in Akinyele Local Government Area, Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria

Gbemisola Odunola Iyanda and Nathaniel Olugbade Adeoye

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This study assessed the policing system, structure for crime activities and crime prevalence in Akinyele Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria between 2014 and 2023. The study adopted questionnaire which was designed and administered to 220 respondents consisting of one hundred and seventy (170) landlord/landladies, and fifty (50) tenants. Simple random sample method was adopted in administering the questionnaire where small, basic portion of the study area represent the entire data set. Policing structure were assessed through in-depth interview by the Police Force, Moniya Divisional Headquarters. However, questions were asked based on crime prevalence and control measures of crime in the study area. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse residents’ socio-economic attributes of respondents’ and perceptions on crime prevalence in the study area. The result revealed Ojoo among the selected communities that have the highest level of crime with 40 (18.20%) respondents. Stealing with 54 (24.54%) and burglary with 49 (22.27%) are the most recent crime experienced in the study area based on the respondents’ perception. However, respondents agreed that unemployment is the major causes of crime, youth as the principal perpetrators and landlord as the principal victims of crime and street blockages as the mitigating measures in the study area. The study discovered shortage of Police personnel with less than 320 Police officers in the entire LGA. In addition, inadequate equipments characterized the policing system as only two patrol vehicles were functioning at the Police station in Moniya, servicing Moniya and other nearby axes such as: Alabata, Olorisaoko, Elekuru, and Ijaye, which affected proper monitoring of other area(s) in terms of proximity and travel time.

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Policing systemcriminal activitiessocial surveysocio-economicperpetrators

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Policing System, Structure for Crime Activities and Crime Prevalence in Akinyele Local Government Area, Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria

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