THE IMPACTS OF SCHOOL LOCATION ON NEIGHBOURHOOD CRIME RATE IN ILORIN METROPOLIS
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2025-10
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Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Abstract
Schools play a significant role in every society. They create opportunities by bringing
out the socio-economic potentials of the neighbourhoods and also attract both
economic and social activities to the area. Nonetheless, schools are also a cause of
social vices such as crime and violence. Just as criminality in communities that
surround a school can spill over into the school and disrupt learning activities, so does
criminality among students, can spill into the immediate environment. This study
investigates the extent to which the presence of public secondary schools is linked to
the crime rate in some neighbourhoods where schools are located in Ilorin, Kwara
State, Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey was the research design adopted and purposive
and simple random sampling methods were used in selecting 476 respondents for the
study. The study employed a structured questionnaire for data gathering and
information gathered was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences
(SPSSS). The results indicated a statistical relationship between the presence of
schools, age of perpetrators and neighbourhood crime rate in communities understudy.
The study, recommends the need for more effective and efficient school-management
strategies among schools and adequate control measures in communities where
schools are located in Nigeria.
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Nigerian secondary schools, neighbourhood crime, school location, youth criminality