Socio-demographic characteristics as a panaceafor crime rate assessment in tourism destination: Calabar South Scenario, Nigeria

Over the years, Calabar South Local Government Area has remained one of the area with increasing crime rate in Calabar, Cross River State. This paper seeks to evaluate the major socio-demographic indices that are responsible to the prevailing crime rate in Calabar South. Three major streets were used for this study which includes Palm Street, Etinyin-Abasi and Afokang. Four hundred and fifty questionnaires were used of which one hundred and fifty were distributed in major entertainment scentres. However, the data collected shows that unemployment and illiteracy were the major socio-demographic indicators that have influenced crime rate in the area. To this end, adequate measures must be put in place to avert the menace of prevailing crime in the area.