Security generally can be defined as freedom and protection from danger and worries, while some authors
define social security as being the measures taken to guarantee safety of a country, person, things and value.
People need to be assured of safety and security to be able to enjoy life’s pleasure without being attacked,
keeping valuables without fearing that they may be stolen and so on. Should the people feel unsafe and insecure
to enjoy these, they are bound to complain about the ineffectiveness of their own police. Further more, the type
of security measure to be employed in any neighbourhood would depend to a greater extent on the proportion of
income that the local authority and the individual members of the society are willing to invest into security
matter. This paper generally aimed at assessing the spatial distribution of police station/post, their staff
strength, the local vigilante groups and the neighbourhood securities. Conclusively, the study finds out that the
ratio of the Nigerian police force to the general public is one police man to two hundred and ninety three
people(1:293) which is far better than what is obtainable in countries like Canada, Britain and South Africa
with about one police man to 400 people although with better services. And that many neihbourhoods in Minna
are comparatively safer to live in than other urban centres in Nigeria.