Police report reveals that you are most likely to be killed in Embu

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Kenya’s crime rates have vastly improved in recent decades. However, the general public remains deeply concerned about safety and criminality within their own communities.

In fact, Kenyans consistently express that crime is increasing throughout the country, despite statistical evidence to the contrary.

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Considering serious crimes by county in the first quarter of 2018, Kiambu had the highest number of robberies reported (88 cases), a position it maintained for the past two years. It also led in dangerous drugs offences (346 cases), whereas Nairobi topped in sexual offences (90 cases).

However, the numbers should not be used to infer the chances of someone falling victim to such crimes in those counties because the population was not factored in.

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Countrywide, dangerous drug cases along with economic crimes and corruption jumped by at least a third from 2013 to 2017 while sexual offences climbed by 15 per cent.

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A person residing in Samburu or Embu was six times more likely to be killed than one in Narok or Vihiga in the first quarter of the year. Samburu and Embu counties topped the list with four cases of homicide per 100,000, followed by Taita-Taveta, Tharaka-Nithi and Homa Bay, which each had homicide cases of three per 100,000 people.

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In the five years under review, men were generally more reported for crimes committed than women. However, from 2013 to 2016, more women were reported for abortion and infanticide cases than men, whereas in 2017, they were also most reported for abduction and bigamy cases.

In 2017, eight in 10 people reported for killing infants were women, an increase from seven in 10 the previous year. Half of those recorded to have abducted people were women, six times the proportion reported in 2016.

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Bigamy, corruption, abductions, indecent assaults and suicides recorded the highest percentage point increase of people reported to have committed the crimes in 2017. The largest spike in the number of people reported for a crime committed was observed in those accused of bigamy, which quadrupled from 13 in 2016 to 68 the following year. The number of people reported having engaged in corruption cases tripled to 275 from 97 followed by abduction cases, which more than doubled to stand at 138 from 53.

Other top offences that had an upsurge in people arrested were indecent assault (58 per cent increase), and suicide as well as sodomy (each increasing by about third).

While announcing the first-quarter crime report, the police cited a huge challenge in addressing sexual offences.

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