-Mbale Central
Mbale Central, Uganda: crime rate and Safety score
No Safety score: fewer than 30 comparable places, or figures not complete.
Crime by type, as recorded by Uganda Police Force (2025)
| Type | Count | Per 100,000 a year | All places this source covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | |||
| Homicide | 11 | - | 9.1 |
| Murder by any means, mob action and ritual murders included (2025 nationally: 4,238 cases). | |||
| Sexual offences | |||
| Sex-related offences | 35 | - | 25.9 |
| Defilement (sex with a minor), rape, indecent assault, incest and unnatural offences. | |||
| Violence | |||
| Assault | 111 | - | 55.7 |
| Common and aggravated assault. Domestic violence and threatening violence are counted under other crimes. | |||
| Robbery | |||
| Robbery | 57 | - | 12.4 |
| Includes aggravated robbery (with a weapon) of cash, motorcycles and vehicles. | |||
| Theft and burglary | |||
| Breakings (burglary) | 40 | - | 23.8 |
| Burglary, house, shop and office breaking and other breakings. | |||
| Thefts | 296 | - | 105.9 |
| General theft and theft of phones, motor vehicles, motorcycles and animals. | |||
| Drugs | |||
| Drug offences | 6 | - | 1.9 |
| Other | |||
| Economic crimes | 79 | - | 16.1 |
| Mostly obtaining by false pretences; also forgery, land fraud, cyber crime, embezzlement and counterfeiting. Corruption is counted on its own. | |||
| Child-related offences | 81 | - | 16.1 |
| Mostly child neglect, missing children and desertion; also child abuse and torture, trafficking, stealing and abduction of children, abortion and infanticide. | |||
| Other crimes | 231 | - | 107.9 |
| Domestic violence (2025 nationally: 12,361 of 52,855), threatening violence, malicious damage, criminal trespass, arson, attempted killing, kidnap, human trafficking and other Penal Code offences. | |||
| Terrorism | 0 | - | 0 |
| Political and electoral offences | 4 | - | 1.6 |
| Election offences, incitement to violence, sectarianism and treason. | |||
| Corruption | 0 | - | 0.1 |
| Offences under other laws | 1 | - | 4.6 |
| Offences under laws other than the Penal Code. | |||
Source: Uganda Police Force, updated 29 October 2026.
Recorded crime by type (2025)
| Homicide | 11 |
|---|---|
| Sexual offences | 35 |
| Violence | 111 |
| Robbery | 57 |
| Theft and burglary | 336 |
| Drugs | 6 |
| Other | 396 |
Questions about crime in Mbale Central
- Is Mbale Central safe?
- Mbale Central: No Safety score: fewer than 30 comparable places, or figures not complete.
- How many murders are there in Mbale Central?
- Recorded homicides in Mbale Central (2025): 11.
