Nairobi, March 6 -- At least one in two Kenyans was a victim of crime in the past year, according to the latest report by the National Crime Research Centre (NCRC).

The report shows housebreaking and general theft accounted for more than half of all the criminal incidents reported in the country in the past 12 months.

The research centre found that 50.7 per cent of Kenyans were victims of crime in 2023. Burglary was the most common type of crime at 28.5 percent, followed by general theft at 26.6 percent.

Cattle theft accounted for a fifth of all crimes at 20.7 percent, theft from people (16.6 person), theft from buildings (12.8 percent), robbery with violence (9.8 percent) and theft of agricultural produce (4.3 percent), among other ca...