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Mbeya, Tanzania: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 2 out of 10 High crime

2/10 in Tanzania · 3/10 in the world

Compared with 31 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).

Weighted crime: 5,099 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	91	3.6	2.8
Sexual offences
Rape	328	12.8	11.6
Unnatural offence	49	1.9	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	3	0.1	0.1
Human trafficking	0	0	0
Minor offences against persons	9,455	369.9	252.2
Offences the police class as minor, mainly common assault.
Robbery
Armed robbery	5	0.2	0.4
Robbery with violence	50	2	0.9
Theft and burglary
Theft of firearms	4	0.2	0
Breaking (burglary)	316	12.4	11.8
Breaking into a home or other building, as a major offence.
Theft of motorcycles	56	2.2	5.7
Theft of motor vehicles	11	0.4	0.1
Theft (major)	5	0.2	0.7
Thefts the police count as major offences; ordinary stealing is under minor offences against property.
Livestock theft	176	6.9	5.6
Minor offences against property	7,373	288.4	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	2	0.1	0.1
Possession or trafficking of cocaine, heroin, mandrax, cannabis resin or methamphetamine.
Cannabis	264	10.3	8.6
Cannabis farms	0	0	0.1
Khat	0	0	2
Damage and public order
Destruction of infrastructure	2	0.1	0.4
Arson	44	1.7	1.1
Minor offences against public order	1,852	72.4	167.4
Offences the police class as minor against state security and public tranquillity, such as abusive language.
Other
Child desertion	11	0.4	0.3
Counterfeit banknotes	5	0.2	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	11	0.4	0.9
Smuggling and corruption	40	1.6	0.2
Wildlife trophies	42	1.6	1.4
Unlawful possession of government trophies: ivory, skins, meat and other parts of protected wildlife.
Illicit local liquor	183	7.2	7.2
Illicit brewing equipment	0	0	0.5
Illegal firearms, ammunition or explosives	20	0.8	0.3
Illegal immigration	9	0.4	1.6
Illegal fishing	10	0.4	0.4
Illegal forest products	52	2	0.4
Illegal minerals	1	0	0
Illegal sea products	5	0.2	0

Source: Tanzania Police Force, updated 26 October 2026.

Recorded crime by type (2025)

Homicide	91
Sexual offences	377
Violence	9,458
Robbery	55
Theft and burglary	7,941
Drugs	266
Damage and public order	1,898
Other	389

Source: National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania, Crime and Traffic Incidents Statistics (data: Tanzania Police Force); police regions grouped into administrative regions and groups ours; residents: NBS 2025 projection as published in the report; outlines: OCHA COD-AB via HDX, CC BY-IGO, updated 26 October 2026.