ZIMBABWE recorded a staggering total of 321 640 criminal offences between April and June 2025, according to the national statistics agency, Zimstat. This figure marked a 3.5 percent increase from the 310 876 cases reported in the first quarter of the year, reflecting a recent surge in crimes including robbery, sexual offences, drug related incidents,…
Zimbabwe’s crime spikes by 3.5 percent

The crime statistics report, released yesterday, showed that the national crime rate rose to 2 119 offences per 100 000 people, an uptick from 2 048.1 in the previous quarter. This implies that for every 100 000 people, about 2 119 crimes were recorded.