International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) Volume 5 Issue 6, September-October 2021 Available Online: www.ijtsrd.com e-ISSN: 2456 – 6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD47551 | Volume – 5 | Issue – 6 | Sep-Oct 2021 Page 1243 Effectiveness of Public Private Partnership Strategies in Urban Crime Management in Kaduna South Local Government Area Ayoade, I.; Oladosu R. O; Dukku S. J Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria ABSTRACT Urban crime is a universal phenomenon that existed since the evolution of urban settlements and has continuously threatened human activities in different cities across the globe and more intensively in Nigeria in recent time. High cost of providing security for citizens amidst meagre resources and failure of the state criminal justice system which are actively seeking out alternatives or complements necessitated the need to examine the effectiveness of Public Private Partnership Strategies in managing urban crime in Kaduna South Local Government (KSLGA) with a view to making appropriate recommendations aiming at enhancing Public Private Partnership (PPP) as an option in urban crime management. Quantitative method was employed for the study, while systematic sampling was used to obtain quantitative data from 382 household heads in the six districts of the local government. Finding reveals that 73% are aware of the existence of the partnership, while 41.7% agreed that the partnership is effective and the most effective PPP strategy in urban crime management is the use of vigilante groups while the least effective is creation of job opportunities for ex- offenders. The study recommends that integrated crime management offices should be established in all the six districts as this is key to the effective management of crime using PPP strategies. Also, encouragement of community collaboration with the local vigilante groups (Joint Task Force) by the district/community leaders and philanthropists in the districts, is noted as a factor of success of PPP in crime management in KSLGA. There is equally the need for campaign awareness aiming at educating community members about the aim of the PPP programmes as well as the channels through which they can participate in crime management of their areas. Keywords: Public Private Partnership, Urban Crime, Management, Strategy How to cite this paper: Ayoade, I. | Oladosu R. O | Dukku S. J "Effectiveness of Public Private Partnership Strategies in Urban Crime Management in Kaduna South Local Government Area" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456- 6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6, October 2021, pp.1243- 1250, URL: www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd47551.pdf Copyright © 2021 by author (s) and International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Journal. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) INTRODUCTION Urban crime is a universal phenomenon which existed since the evolution of urban settlements. It threatens human activities in urban areas. With the high rates of urbanization in the cities of today, crime and violence have become issues that attract the attention of urban planners and other professionals in the built environment (Ayuba, 2015; Hafiz & Muhammed 2011; McMicheal, 2000).Analysis of different security risk, threats and vulnerabilities that are potentially faced by individual on daily basis is becoming ever more complex. The increase in crime is attributed to rapidly urbanized cities, failure to cope with growing urban populations and scarcity of employment opportunities. Others include poor provision of infrastructure and services for basic survival within the rapidly urbanizing areas (UN- HABITAT, 2009). Accordingly, the cost of implementing effective management strategies and having robust response options continues to rise (UNICRI, 2009). Global trends indicate a rise in crime over the last 35 years. However, these statistics varies from one region to another across the world. According to crime index rates for different countries in the year 2020, Venezuela in Latin America has the crime index rate of 84.49 %. Similarly, Papua New Guinea IJTSRD47551