| % of people who say they always feel safe | |||||||||||||||||
| Citizen Survey Q 121 | Walking in community | In my home | |||||||||||||||
| Day | Night | Day | Night | n= | |||||||||||||
| Female | 97.5 | 83.4 | 98 | 88 | 609 | ||||||||||||
| Male | 94.2 | 78 | 99.2 | 90.7 | 591 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 95.9 | 80.8 | 98.6 | 89.3 | 1200 | ||||||||||||
| Citizen Survey | (CSD Q107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117) | ||||||||||||||||
| People who were asked about their experience with crime | Women | Men | Total | ||||||||||||||
| 609 | 591 | 1200 | |||||||||||||||
| Resondents who reported having something stolen from them | 107 | 34.48 | 50.9 | 42.69 | |||||||||||||
| And of those who have, what did they do about it? | # who had: | 210 | 301 | 255.5 | |||||||||||||
| did not seek a remedy | 76.56 | 72.06 | 74.31 | ||||||||||||||
| went to the police | 2.9 | 4.32 | 3.61 | ||||||||||||||
| went to the court | 0 | 0.39 | 0.195 | ||||||||||||||
| went to A UP member/chairman or other elective representative of local government | 4.29 | 2.36 | 6.65 | ||||||||||||||
| went to a respected member of the community | 6.09 | 11.39 | 8.74 | ||||||||||||||
| Respondents who reported being victims of dacoity in their house | 109 | 2.3 | 5.41 | 3.855 | |||||||||||||
| And what that those who have done about it? | # who had: | 14 | 32 | 46 | |||||||||||||
| did not seek a remedy | 57.14 | 50 | 53.57 | ||||||||||||||
| went to the police | 21.43 | 34.38 | 27.905 | ||||||||||||||
| went to the court | 0 | 3.13 | 3.13 | ||||||||||||||
| went to A UP member/chairman or other elective representative of local government | 14.29 | 3.13 | 8.71 | ||||||||||||||
| went to a respected member of the community | 7.14 | 3.13 | 5.135 | ||||||||||||||
| Respondents who reported being physically assaulted up by someone outside their family | 111 | 7.72 | 16.92 | 12.32 | |||||||||||||
| And what did those who had do? | # who had: | 47 | 100 | 147 | |||||||||||||
| did not seek a remedy | 34.04 | 17.69 | 25.865 | ||||||||||||||
| went to the police | 10.64 | 5.44 | 8.04 | ||||||||||||||
| went to the court | 2.13 | 8.16 | 10.29 | ||||||||||||||
| went to A UP member/chairman or other elective representative of local government | 19.15 | 8.16 | 13.655 | ||||||||||||||
| went to a respected member of the community | 23.4 | 23.13 | 23.265 | ||||||||||||||
| Respondents who reported being beaten up by someone inside the family | 113 | 30.71 | 3.05 | 33.76 | |||||||||||||
| And what did those who had do? | # who had: | 187 | 18 | 205 | |||||||||||||
| did not seek a remedy | 75.4 | 38.89 | 57.145 | ||||||||||||||
| only went to a family member | 4.28 | 0 | 2.14 | ||||||||||||||
| went to A UP member/chairman or other elective representative of local government | 1.07 | 0 | 0.535 | ||||||||||||||
| went to a respected member of the community | 1.6 | 16.67 | 9.135 | ||||||||||||||
| solved it on their own | 17.65 | 44.44 | 31.045 | ||||||||||||||
| Respondents who reported that someone grabbed their land | 115 | 3.61 | 23.18 | 1200 | |||||||||||||
| And what did those who had do? | # who had: | 22 | 137 | 159 | |||||||||||||
| did not seek a remedy | 9.09 | 10.22 | 19.31 | ||||||||||||||
| went to the police | 18.18 | 3.65 | 10.915 | ||||||||||||||
| went to the court | 13.64 | 26.28 | 19.96 | ||||||||||||||
| went to A UP member/chairman or other elective representative of local government | 13.64 | 13.14 | 26.78 | ||||||||||||||
| went to a respected member of the community | 36.36 | 41.61 | 38.985 | ||||||||||||||
| Respondents who reported they were in a dispute (quarrel/disagreement) | 117 | 18.88 | 25.72 | 22.3 | |||||||||||||
| And what did those who had do? | # who had: | 115 | 152 | 267 | |||||||||||||
| did not seek a remedy | 66.09 | 4.61 | 35.35 | ||||||||||||||
| went to the police | 1.74 | 6.58 | 4.16 | ||||||||||||||
| went to the court | 4.35 | 32.89 | 37.24 | ||||||||||||||
| went to A UP member/chairman or other elective representative of local government | 9.57 | 11.84 | 10.705 | ||||||||||||||
| went to a respected member of the community | 15.65 | 27.63 | 21.64 | ||||||||||||||
| solved it on their own | 1.74 | 15.13 | 8.435 | ||||||||||||||
| Crimes Recorded by Police (2012) | |||||||||||||||||
| Upazilla Name | Dacoity | Robbery | Murder | Riot | Women & Child Repression | Kidnapping | Police Assault | Burglary | Theft | Other | Arms Act | Explosives | Narcotics | Smuggling | Total | Upazilla Cime Rate per 100000 | |
| Gopalganj Sadar | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 286 | 6 | 0 | 138 | 1 | 578 | 168.0 | |
| Kashiani | 1 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 165 | 80.2 | ||
| Kotalipara | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 255 | 110.5 | |
| Muksudpur | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 103 | 35.6 | |||
| Tungipara | 1 | 8 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 180 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 307 | 303.9 | ||
| Gopalganj Total | 4 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 269 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 57 | 690 | 11 | 0 | 305 | 1 | 1408 | 120.0 | |
| Crime Rate per 100000 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 46.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 9.6 | 58.8 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 26.0 | 0.1 | 120.0 | ||
| Citizen Survey | (CSD Q106) | ||||||||||||||||
| What would you say is the most common crime in your community? | Neighbor Dispute | Drugs | Theft | Land Dispute | Gambling | All Others | Total | ||||||||||
| N=1200 | 58.4% | 13.1% | 12.5% | 10.9% | 4.8% | 0.3% | 100.0% | ||||||||||
| Note About Data | |||||||||||||||||
| "Other" crimes category is the largest, but it is unclear which crimes are included. | |||||||||||||||||
| Crimes Recorded by Rapid Action Battalion (2012) | |||||||||||||||||
| Crimes | Dacoity | Robbery | Murder | Riot | Women & Child Repression | Kidnapping | Police Assault | Burglary | Theft | Other | Arms Act | Explosives | Narcotics | Smuggling | Total | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Note About Data | |||||||||||||||||
| No dedicated RAB unit for Gopalganj | |||||||||||||||||
| Police Workflow (2012) | |||||||||||||||||
| Upazilla Name | General Diary Entries | First Information Report (FIR) | FIR's Sent to Court with named accused | FIR's to Court as % of all FIR's | Complaints Registered referred from court to police for investigation | Cases referred for Alternative Dispute Resolution | |||||||||||
| Gopalganj Sadar | 15840 | 578 | 502 | 87% | 852 | 1160 | |||||||||||
| Kashiani | 13230 | 165 | 230 | 139% | 187 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Kotalipara | 10752 | 255 | 81 | 32% | 210 | 133 | |||||||||||
| Muksudpur | 20103 | 103 | 33 | 32% | 212 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tungipara | 16520 | 207 | 168 | 81% | 193 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Gopalganj Total | 76445 | 1308 | 1014 | 78% | 1654 | 1299 | |||||||||||
| Practitioner Survey | |||||||||||||||||
| Between 1 and 15% of cases are informally resolved through police shalish | |||||||||||||||||
| Arrests Made by Police (2012) | |||||||||||||||||
| Upazilla Name | Arrests | Men | Women | Men | Women | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | ||||||||
| Gopalganj Sadar | 1057 | 985 | 65 | 93.2 | 6.1 | 7 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Kashiani | 341 | 332 | 9 | 97.4 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Kotalipara | 219 | 211 | 8 | 96.3 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Muksudpur | 171 | 165 | 6 | 96.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Tungipara | 344 | 303 | 41 | 88.1 | 11.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Gopalganj Total | 2132 | 1996 | 129 | 93.6 | 6.1 | 7 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| Practitioner Survey, Police thana (N:2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1) Police do not grant bail in case of specific complaint. But to prevent the crime 10% are released with bail on bond. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1) In the presence of social leader juvenile are sent back to the parent's custody / in case of minor offence/ 2) for correction | |||||||||||||||||
| Arrests Recorded by Rapid Action Battalion (2012) | |||||||||||||||||
| RAB Arrests | Total | Men | Women | Boys | Girls | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||||||||||||
| RAB arrests as % of total police arrests | 0.0% | ||||||||||||||||