Afrobarometer Survey 2013, Round 5
Sudan, 2013
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Q11. Main reason for not reporting crimes to the police (Q11)
Data file: gha_r5_data
Overview
Valid:
1199
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
9999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
168
End:
171
Width:
4
Range:
0 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
11. Some people say that many crimes are never reported to the police. Based on your experience, what do you think is the main reason that many people do not report crimes like thefts or attacks to the police when they occur?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 0 | Most people do report crimes to the police | 286 |
23.9%
|
| 1 | People don't have enough time to report crimes | 76 |
6.3%
|
| 2 | No police or police station in the area/too far | 49 |
4.1%
|
| 3 | Police don't listen or care | 132 |
11%
|
| 4 | Police would have demanded money or a bribe to help | 63 |
5.3%
|
| 5 | Police wouldn't have been able to do anything | 73 |
6.1%
|
| 6 | Police may be involved in the robbery or assault | 29 |
2.4%
|
| 7 | Victim feared reprisal from attacker | 53 |
4.4%
|
| 8 | Victim too ashamed or embarrassed | 29 |
2.4%
|
| 9 | Crime was reported to other authority | 10 |
0.8%
|
| 10 | Lack of evidence or witnesses | 93 |
7.8%
|
| 11 | Criminal unknown / lack of suspect | 43 |
3.6%
|
| 12 | People fear police / dont trust police | 48 |
4%
|
| 13 | Crime was minor | 71 |
5.9%
|
| 14 | Criminals were relatives or friends | 68 |
5.7%
|
| 15 | Dont know how to report / ignorance | 37 |
3.1%
|
| 16 | People forgive the criminals | 21 |
1.8%
|
| 9995 | Other | 0 |
0%
|
| 9998 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 9999 | Don't know | 18 |
1.5%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.