- Nearly half (46%) of Emaswati say they or someone in their family felt unsafe at home or in their neighbourhood at least once during the year before the survey.
- Reports of feeling unsafe at least “several times” are more common among the poor (45% of those experiencing high lived poverty), the least-educated respondents (41% of those with little or no formal education), and elderly citizens (41% among those aged 56 years and above).
- Among citizens who sought help from the police over the past 12 months:
- A slim majority say it was “difficult” (25%) or “very difficult” (26%) to get the services they needed, while almost as many believe it was “easy” (31%) or “very easy” (18%).
- One in 10 (10%) say they had to pay a bribe, give a gift, or do a favour “once or twice” for a police officer in order to get the assistance they needed, while 3% say they did so “a few times” and 2% did so “often”.
- Nearly two-thirds (63%) of Emaswati say they trust the police “just a little” or “not at all,” while fewer than four in 10 (36%) trust them “somewhat” or “a lot”.
Fewer than four in 10 Emaswati say they trust the police, the latest Afrobarometer survey shows. The proportion of citizens who approve of government’s performance on reducing crime has doubled since the last survey in 2022, though the total share remains below half.
Nearly half of citizens say they felt unsafe in and around their homes at least once during the 12 months preceding the survey. Senior citizens, less-educated respondents, and the poor are more likely to indicate feeling unsafe at least “several times.”
Among citizens who requested police assistance in the past year, more than half say it was difficult to get the services they needed, while one in seven report having to pay a bribe.
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