Contributing factors are for instance poverty, a low level of development, and huge social and economic disadvantages.
The number of rape cases reported annually was estimated to be between 700 and 1,600 in 2010, and domestic violence is primarily done by men against women.
A census in 2011[9] showed that the Namibian population was 2 113 077, and the UN Drugs and Organised Crime Office counted the number of murders in 2012 at 388[10] or 17.2 people per 100,000.
Former President Hifikepunye Pohamba suggested in 2014 that 6 March should become a national prayer day,[12] a measure that has received criticism for undermining the secular organisation of the state.
According to the report published by the parliamentary standing committee on human resources, social and community development, from 2003 to 2007, baby dumping rose from 6 to 23 cases per year, a 283 percent rise.
Reports indicate that vulnerable Namibian children are recruited for forced prostitution in Angola and South Africa, typically by truck drivers.
After a 2004 law amendment to the Stock Theft Act, stealing livestock over the value of 500N$ results in a 20-year (repeat offenders: 30 year) mandatory prison sentence.