06/11/2014
Crime Hotspots in Nairobi
Mathare
Oilibya Petrol Station in Mathare slums
Mugging, robbery,
carjacking Night
Nigeria Area
Drug trafficking, illicit
brewing, break-ins, r**e,
Arms trafficking
Day and Night
Kosovo
Mugging, Drug trafficking,
break-ins, Arms trafficking Day and Night
Okey Petrol Station
opposite Moi Airbase
gate.
The area is controlled by
Mungiki who are mostly
behind most types of
crime in the area including
mugging, carjacking, armed
robbery, extortion
Day and Night
Mathare 3C
Ethnic based rivalries
which lead to arson, SGBV,
robbery, theft, mugging
Day and Night
Eastleigh
Jam Street and 12th Street
The two streets are
‘controlled’ by Superpower
and Sky gangs respectively.
Common types of crime
include mugging, robbery,
break-ins (business
premises), theft
Day and Night
Lavington
Along Gitanga road Carjackings, robbery Night
‘Congo’ (Kawangware) Arms trafficking, drug abuse,
r**e, mugging, robbery,
Day and Night
Buruburu
Kiamaiko slums
SALW trafficking, break-ins,
robbery, mugging, Drug
abuse and trafficking
Day and Night
Mutindwa-Jericho stretch
and the Shopping Centre
Robbery, drug abuse and
trafficking, prostitution,
theft
Day and Night
South B
Mariakani Road Carjacking, robbery, murder,
mugging, drug abuse
Day and Night
Muindi Mweusi- Mukuru
kwa Njenga
Mugging, robbery, r**e Day and Night
City Cotton- next to Moi
international Centre
Extortion, R**e, robbery,
murder, theft
Day and Night
Foot bridge connecting
Commercial and Mariguini
Mugging, robbery, R**e Day and Night
Mukuru kwa Njenga
Wapewape area Break-ins, mugging,
robbery, illicit brews, r**e Day and Night
Motomoto area Break-ins, mugging,
robbery, illicit brews, r**e Day and Night
Kware area Robbery, break-ins, murder,
theft Day and Night
Vietnam area Break-ins, mugging, robbery Day and Night