Reported crime in the Oshana Region declined from over 11,000 cases during the 2024-2025 to 10,267 during the 2025-2026 financial year.
The National Council MP Abner Shikongo informed the National Council during the motivation of the Oshana Regional Council 2025-2027 financial year.
Six people have died in road accidents over the weekend, according to police information.
The police's weekend report also features violent crimes, including armed robberies, rape, and murder.
Rape incidents dominated crimes reported in the ||Kharas Region from New Year's Eve through the weekend, with police recording three separate cases.
Concerned community members of Oranjemund on Friday protested at the Magistrates Court, opposing the granting of bail to a father who allegedly raped his 14-year-old daughter since she was 8.
Lawyer Sisa Namandje, representing former Environment Minister Pohamba Shifeta, has written to the Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, demanding an investigation into what they claim are false rape allegations and the unlawful leaking of police information to the media.
A 14-year-old boy was arrested in the Omusati Region after allegedly raping three minor boys.
Omusati Police Commander Ismael Basson said the three boys were collecting cattle from the grazing field when the suspect allegedly caught them one by one, undressed them, and raped them.
Police in the Otjozondjupa Region have identified the woman found dead at the 5 Rand location in Okahandja on 25 April as 15-year-old Beyoncé !Kharuxas.
According to Regional Community Liaison Officer, Senior Inspector Maureen Mbeha, a case of murder and rape has been opened.
Authorities in the Oshikoto Region arrested a 44-year-old man from Onyaanya village for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter.
The suspect reportedly called his daughter into his room and raped her. He was caught in the act.
25-year-old woman was raped while walking home from her employer's birthday party in the Nangoro section of Otjimbingwe, Erongo Region, on Sunday.
The Namibian Police are investigating three reported cases of rape that occurred over the weekend in Oshakati, Okatope, and Okakarara.
