STATISTICAL APPRAISAL OF CRIME RATE IN NIGERIA

Iwuagwu, Chukwuma E.

Department of Statistics

Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria.

E-mail: iwuagwuchuks@gmail.com 

ABSTRACT This work looked at crime rate in Nigeria. Data was collected from secondary source was analyzed with regression analysis, analysis of variance and chi-square (

) test. The study found out the crime rate is on the increase and there is no significant difference in crime rate among the state in Nigeria. The developed model for crime in Nigeria is Y = 38741.2 +