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An estimated 2.5 out of every 100,000 women and girls were killed in Kenya in 2016. This internationally comparable rate for deaths from interpersonal violence was similar to the global average of 2.6.

 

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An estimated 2.6 out of every 100,000 women and girls were killed in Kenya in 2016. This internationally comparable rate for deaths from interpersonal violence was similar to the global average of 2.6.

More: Five facts: Femicide in South Africa

A total of 979 rapes were recorded by the police in Kenya in 2018.

In September 2018, the National Police Service underwent re-organisation. As of that date, the Kenya Police Service had 80,773 officers, including general duty police, the General Service Unit and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations. The Administration Police Service had 24,780 officers,…

In 2018, the most common crimes reported in Kenya were assault (17,512 cases), general stealing (11,428 cases) and possession of dangerous drugs (7,112 cases). This is according to the 2018 Annual Crime Report, which was posted on the National Police Service’s website on 12 September 2019.

The National Police Service’s Annual Crime Report did not contain a murder rate in 2018. However, according to the report, there were 2,015 murders in 2018. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics estimated Kenya’s population at 47.8 million people in 2018. This means that there were 4.2 murders…