10Kaskazini Pemba
Kaskazini Pemba, Tanzania: crime rate and Safety score
Safety 10 out of 10 Very low crime
10/10 in Tanzania · 6/10 in the world
Compared with 31 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).
Weighted crime: 1,852 per 100,000 people (2025)
Crime by type, as recorded by Tanzania Police Force (2025)
| Type | Count | Per 100,000 a year | All places this source covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | |||
| Murder | 0 | 0 | 2.8 |
| Sexual offences | |||
| Rape | 80 | 26.1 | 11.6 |
| Unnatural offence | 10 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| Penal Code section 154: sodomy. Most reports are of children: the same report counts 1,648 child victims of it among 1,757 cases (2025). | |||
| Violence | |||
| Child stealing | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Human trafficking | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minor offences against persons | 234 | 76.3 | 252.2 |
| Offences the police class as minor, mainly common assault. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Armed robbery | 2 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Robbery with violence | 1 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Theft of firearms | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Breaking (burglary) | 80 | 26.1 | 11.8 |
| Breaking into a home or other building, as a major offence. | |||
| Theft of motorcycles | 1 | 0.3 | 5.7 |
| Theft of motor vehicles | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Theft (major) | 3 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Thefts the police count as major offences; ordinary stealing is under minor offences against property. | |||
| Livestock theft | 39 | 12.7 | 5.6 |
| Minor offences against property | 587 | 191.3 | 385.3 |
| Offences the police class as minor, such as stealing from a person. Counted only in these three categories, with no breakdown by type. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Hard drugs | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Possession or trafficking of cocaine, heroin, mandrax, cannabis resin or methamphetamine. | |||
| Cannabis | 0 | 0 | 8.6 |
| Cannabis farms | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Khat | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Damage and public order | |||
| Destruction of infrastructure | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Arson | 3 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Minor offences against public order | 95 | 31 | 167.4 |
| Offences the police class as minor against state security and public tranquillity, such as abusive language. | |||
| Other | |||
| Child desertion | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Counterfeit banknotes | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Theft from public bodies and banks | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thefts in banks, state companies, cooperatives, local and central government and political parties, which the police count as financial crime. | |||
| Forgery | 0 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Smuggling and corruption | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Wildlife trophies | 0 | 0 | 1.4 |
| Unlawful possession of government trophies: ivory, skins, meat and other parts of protected wildlife. | |||
| Illicit local liquor | 0 | 0 | 7.2 |
| Illicit brewing equipment | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Illegal firearms, ammunition or explosives | 1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Illegal immigration | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Illegal fishing | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Illegal forest products | 1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Illegal minerals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Illegal sea products | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Tanzania Police Force, updated 26 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Homicide | 0 |
|---|---|
| Sexual offences | 90 |
| Violence | 234 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Theft and burglary | 710 |
| Drugs | 0 |
| Damage and public order | 98 |
| Other | 2 |
