Tanzania is one of the countries in the world known for peace and hospitality of its citizens. Despite this complements statistics tell us that 40 percent of the people have experienced crime and face anxiety over possible crime. Tanzania is followed by South Africa which recorded 38 percent, Cameroon which recorded 37 percent and Liberia which recorded 35 percent.
According to findings of the fifth Afrobarometer survey released yesterday in Dar es Salaam crimes in Tanzania has been increasing from the mid 2000s to date where the number of home breaks and physical attacks have grown considerably.
Dr Abel Kinyondo, a senior researcher found out that 43 percent of Tanzanians live in fear of crimes in their homes and 37 percent live in fear of crimes in the neighborhood . He also said that his research found out that between 2011 and 2012 44 percent of the Tanzanians were physically attacked. Of all the attacks it is also noted that only 42 percent of the crime victims report the incidents to the police thus according to the police crime report crime in the country is perceived to be very low.
Dr Abel went further to find out why victims do not report crime incident and concluded that police stations are too far, police do not listen or do not care and are corrupt. The researchers compared Tanzania to the general African average and their research presented that Tanzania's self reported crimes rate is considerably low compared to Algeria and Mauritius where more than two thirds of the victims of all crimes report their incidents to the police.
There is no statistics showing that men are more prone to crimes than women or vice verse but findings show that women tend to be more fearful of crime compared to men. Fear of crime in the country was low between 2003 and 2008 but it has surprisingly been increasing ever since. It is recommended that much more education to be disseminated on police services, increase in the number of police stations particularly in the rural areas and the need to keep ethics and codes.
The Senior Superintendent of Police in Tanzania,Beatus Silla acknowledged that most people are not aware of the services provided by the force despite their efforts to run several campaigns including distribution of placards and brochures.
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