The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) has announced a 15 case rise in gun violence for the second quarter of 2025, compared to the first quarter of the year.
This was contained in the 2nd Quarter Open-Source Gun Incident (OGI) Report released on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, disclosing the significant rise in gun-related violence across the country.
According to the report, 54 gun-related violent incidents were recorded between April and June 2025, as against the 39 recorded in the first quarter.
The Ashanti, Eastern and Upper East regions led the surge with 21, eight and seven incidents respectively.
Also, only five out of the country’s 16 regions did not record a gun-violence incident, with 11 regions registering figures during the period in question.
The five regions which did not record any gun incident within the period were the —Bono, Bono East, Savannah, Ahafo, and Upper West, which the report commended for the feat.
Also, the report indicated that the leading forms of gun violence included 22 cases of armed robbery, 9 murder, 8 violent crashes, and 7 possession of unlawful firearms, collectively amounting for over 85% of the cases.
The report also noted other forms of gun-related violence, including indiscriminate shootings, celebratory gunfire, and disputes over land.
The data on perpetrators and victims says males were involved in 100% of the gun violence incidents as perpetrators and 78% as victims. Out of the 43 deaths recorded in the quarter, 39 of the victims were men.
Regarding the types of weapons being used by perpetrators, the NACSA report out of the 42 weapons recovered from crime scenes, the majority were pump action guns (20), pistols (10), and AK 47 rifles (3).
NACSA’s report described the findings as “alarming” and called for an “all-inclusive approach” to addressing the issue.
The Commission appealed to stakeholders, including the Attorney General’s Department, lawmakers, and civil society organizations, to support the Minister for the Interior in advancing a “robust legal framework for effective arms control”.
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