-Mashonaland West
Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe: crime rate and Safety score
No Safety score: the figures for 3 months to March 2026 are incomplete or partly not published.
Crime by type, as recorded by ZIMSTAT (3 months to March 2026)
| Type | Count | Per 100,000 a year | All places this source covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual offences | |||
| Sexual offences | 474 | 92.7 | 95.8 |
| Sexual violence and sexual exploitation. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Assault and other harm to persons | 3,750 | 733.2 | 1,049.4 |
| Mostly assaults and threats (Q1 2026: 27,181 of 42,434); also dangerous acts (13,192), negligence, coercion, acts against liberty and trafficking in persons. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Robbery | 296 | 57.9 | 61.9 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft, burglary and damage | 4,416 | 863.4 | 1,217.2 |
| Theft (Q1 2026: 35,109 of 49,220), burglary (9,091), property damage (3,644), intellectual property and other property offences. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug and alcohol offences | 1,501 | 293.5 | 311.6 |
| Mostly unlawful acts involving alcohol, tobacco and other controlled substances (Q1 2026: 8,975 of 12,601); controlled drugs and precursors 3,336. | |||
| Damage and public order | |||
| Public order offences | 1,950 | 381.3 | 431.2 |
| Public order behaviour, revenue and regulatory offences, migration, offences against the justice system and others. | |||
| Other | |||
| Killings and attempted killings | 141 | 27.6 | 27.1 |
| ICCS section 01 as ZIMSTAT counts it: intentional homicide, attempted homicide, non-intentional homicide (including deaths caused on the road) and illegal feticide (Q1 2026 nationally: 306 of 1,094 were intentional homicides), so it is not counted as homicide. | |||
| Fraud and corruption | 243 | 47.5 | 82.6 |
| Environmental offences | 208 | 40.7 | 26.8 |
| Other offences | 913 | 178.5 | 167.3 |
Source: ZIMSTAT, updated 26 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (3 months to March 2026)
| Sexual offences | 474 |
|---|---|
| Violence | 3,750 |
| Robbery | 296 |
| Theft and burglary | 4,416 |
| Drugs | 1,501 |
| Damage and public order | 1,950 |
| Other | 1,505 |
