Almost half of nation’s population say they felt unsafe walking in their neighbourhood at least once during the past year, according to a new survey.
Afrobarometer in a new survey said “almost half (47%) of Gambians say they felt unsafe walking in their neighbourhood at least once during the past year, an 11-percentage-point increase compared to 2018 (36%)”.
Afrobarometer is a pan-African, nonpartisan survey research network that provides reliable data on Africans’ experiences and evaluations of democracy, governance, and quality of life.
Elsewhere, the research network’s survey revealed the proportion of citizens who feared crime in their homes at least once during the previous year also rose by 11 percentage points, to more than one-third (36%).
Fewer than four in 10 Gambians (37%) say the government is doing a good job of reducing crime, a 17-percentage-point drop compared to 2018 (54%), it said.
