National Crime Research Act, 1997 · State Corporation
NCRC
Platform status: active monitoring

Kenya's evidence base for crime, made legible.

NCRC collates research, agency data, and field studies into one platform — built so a policymaker, a county official, a researcher, or a citizen can each find what they need in their own terms.

National snapshot Updated quarterly
Counties with active studies
19+4 this year
Published research outputs
62archive
Crime domains tracked
8taxonomy
Agency data partners
11growing
Last verified entry Jun 2026
From the platform

Current intelligence and research

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Crime Observatory

Youth recruitment into organized gangs shows a sustained upward signal across five counties

Drawing on collated reports across eleven monitored counties, NCRC's observatory function flags a continued rise in youth-gang recruitment narratives — consistent with patterns first identified in the national gang mapping study.

Crime Observatory · Updated weekly Confidence: developing signal
Research

Femicide in Kenya: Findings from the 2025 national convening

A synthesis of partnership research presented at NCRC's femicide research workshop, examining patterns, risk factors, and prevention pathways.

Report · 2025 Cite ↗
Data

National Crime Mapping Dataset, 2022

County-level data underlying NCRC's preliminary national crime mapping report — now structured for direct download and filtering.

Dataset · Public tier Explore →
Research

Community policing models and crime prevention outcomes

An assessment of community policing initiatives and their relationship to localized crime-reduction outcomes.

Report · 2025 Cite ↗
Indicator

Quarterly indicator basket released

The Q2 release of NCRC's national crime indicator basket is now available across all tracked domains.

Indicators · Jun 2026 View →
Why a platform, not a repository

Built to close the distance between evidence and decision

NCRC's mandate has always included research, data collation, and dissemination. The platform is what makes that mandate operational at national scale.

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Counties with a structured intelligence profile, regardless of current data depth
8
Crime domains tracked under one consistent taxonomy
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Access tiers — from open public data to restricted agency intelligence
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Citable source for crime evidence, replacing scattered document requests
Institutional affiliations & data partners
National Police Service Judiciary of Kenya Council of Governors Kenya Prisons Service NCAJ

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