Data

Crime this week

123 stories published 26 Oct to 2 Nov, against 49 in the 7 days before.

Counts of GhanaCrimes stories, not incidents and not official Ghana Police statistics. One incident can be covered by several stories; stories with no region or type are not counted in that table.

By region

region	This week	Last week	Change
Greater Accra	35	18	+17
Ashanti	14	7	+7
Western	13	1	+12
Eastern	9	2	+7
Central	8	2	+6
Western North	8	1	+7
Northern	5	4	+1
Upper West	2	0	+2
Bono East	1	0	+1
Volta	1	3	-2
Upper East	1	2	-1
Savannah	1	0	+1
Oti	1	2	-1
North East	0	1	-1

By crime type

crime type	This week	Last week	Change
Illegal mining	15	0	+15
Assault	8	2	+6
Murder	7	6	+1
Robbery	5	3	+2
Corruption	5	1	+4
Police	5	7	-2
Galamsey	5	3	+2
Drugs	4	5	-1
Road crash	3	1	+2
Fraud	3	1	+2
Alleged murder	2	0	+2
Defilement	2	0	+2
Theft	2	0	+2
Extortion	2	0	+2
Alleged passport irregularities	1	0	+1
Theft of state equipment	1	0	+1
Sexual offence	1	3	-2
Wire fraud	1	0	+1
Alleged fraud	1	0	+1
Alleged assault	1	0	+1
Money laundering	1	0	+1
Intimidation	1	0	+1
Alleged sexual assault	1	0	+1
Defamation civil	1	0	+1
Shooting	1	0	+1
Romance fraud	1	0	+1
Death investigation	1	0	+1
Misappropriation	1	0	+1
Alleged school violence	1	0	+1
Fatal road crash	1	0	+1
Identity verification offences	1	0	+1
Speeding	1	0	+1
Alleged receiving stolen property	1	0	+1
Mobile money robbery	1	0	+1
Alleged cocaine trafficking	1	0	+1
Illegal mining	1	0	+1
Alleged murder and robbery	1	0	+1
Failure to use footbridge	1	0	+1
Cannabis cultivation	1	0	+1
Narcotics possession	1	0	+1
Stealing	1	0	+1
Drug offences	1	0	+1
Wrongful conviction compensation	1	0	+1
Illegal sand winning	1	0	+1
Shop allocation scam	1	0	+1
Road traffic accident	1	0	+1
Romance scam wire fraud	1	0	+1
Traffic offences	1	0	+1
Fraud	1	0	+1
Cyber fraud	1	0	+1
Kidnapping	1	1	0
Cybercrime	1	1	0
Firearms	1	0	+1
Court	0	12	-12
Trafficking	0	2	-2
Mob violence	0	1	-1

Live crime map · All statistics