Reports from the Bureau of Public Safety reveal that violent crimes in the year 2021 increased by 40.8 per cent as compared to circumstances in 2020.
Data in the report indicates that associated deaths increased by 53.7 per cent in 2020 with murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault being the most reported violent crimes in the year 2021.
Amongst the 16 regions in the country, Ashanti Region had the most number of crime incidents for the year under review.
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“Ashanti Region is the murder capital of the country, returning 23% of all homicide cases reported across the country in 2021. Central Region dominated reported aggravated assault cases across the country by returning 23% of all aggravated assault cases reported for the period. Firearm use in the commission of reported violent crime has increased for the third year running, increasing in Y2021 by 57.6% over Y2020,” the report stated.
Per the data which posits that more than 70 per cent of the top three incidents of violent crimes occurred outside the places of abode of the victims.
The Bureau of Public Safety is therefore calling for public education “about situational awareness and dangers in transitional spaces”. The report called for public awareness” about situational awareness and dangers in transitional spaces.”
A total of 721 road crashes were recorded from the year 2018 to 2021, with the Western Region making a record of 39 in the year under review.
The report called on the National Road Safety Authority to make frantic efforts to curtail the rise in road crashes and fatalities.
“The National Road Safety Authority Regulation must lead efforts to improve the road experience in Ghana. The continual rise in road traffic crashes and fatalities in the last decade can be halted. Regulations on speeding, the whole regime of driver licensing, training, and retraining are low-hanging fruits that are yet to be harnessed,” it concluded.
