Crime in Sudan

Crime data in Sudan substantially understate the risks because people may fear stigma, retaliation or further insecurity, while medical, legal and internet services are disrupted. OHCHR verified 546 conflict-related sexual-violence incidents involving at least 838 victims in 16 of Sudan's 18 states between 15 April 2023 and mid-April 2026; another 320 reports were still under verification. These figures are not a complete prevalence measure. The formal system includes the Ministry of Interior, Police Presidency, state police and Emergency Police. The Emergency Police can be reached on 999, which the Ministry describes as a 24-hour intake and rapid-response line, although operational reach is not guaranteed in conflict areas. The General Administration of Central Criminal Investigations handles serious, multi-state, organized, economic, trafficking and information crimes, as well as arms matters, criminal records, fingerprints and external cooperation. The General Administration of Narcotics Control, Public Prosecution and other justice bodies also have defined roles. The Unit for Combating Violence against Women and the Ministry of Social Development support the response to sexual and gender-based violence. The National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking resumed activity in November 2024, and INTERPOL NCB Khartoum supports cross-border police information exchange. Sudan Police also provides an electronic police report service, البلاغ الإلكتروني, for citizens and residents. Available categories include missing persons, sexual violence, stolen property, lost vehicles and found vehicles, with a report-lookup function using the category and report number. The platform states that police may handle, investigate and publish reports and may report back after security conditions stabilize. It publishes no response deadline, fee or guaranteed service area. The forms require specific information. A missing-person report can request the reporter's and missing person's names, sex, date of birth, nationality, residence, disappearance date, time and place, origin, destination, phone numbers, clothing, description and photograph. A sexual-violence report can request the victim's name, victim type, date of birth, occupation, nationality, residence, incident date and place, destination, phone numbers, relationship to the reporter, alleged perpetrator, number of incidents, identifiers, a detailed account and whether a doctor was seen. It states no anonymous route or confidentiality guarantee. Stolen-property and vehicle reports request the date, place, description, estimated value and identifying details; vehicle reports can include type, year, maker, colour, plate, licence and chassis information. The estimated value is reporting information, not a fee. Survivors may seek confidential, survivor-centred support through women and girls' safe spaces, shelters, health centres, mobile clinics, case-management services, mental-health and psychosocial support, medical referrals and legal referrals. UNICEF, UNFPA, gender-based-violence partners, displaced-person sites and local providers deliver these routes where available. Women, girls, men, boys and children are eligible in principle, but access depends on location and security. Medical, legal and psychosocial access is severely constrained, and accountability is rare. No universal hotline, standard cost schedule or statutory reporting deadline has been evidenced. Children can receive child-protection case management, safe-space support, family tracing and reunification, alternative care, mental-health and psychosocial support and health referrals through front-line workers and community-based child-protection networks. UNICEF provider data recorded 221 child rape cases and 77 sexual-assault cases in nine states since the start of 2024; the sample is not a national prevalence estimate. In 2025, the United Nations verified 193 children subjected to sexual violence and 137 abducted. Sudan's Cybercrime Act 2007 defines cybercrime and information systems and provides territorial and effects-based reach. It provides for special cybercrime prosecution and a special police force, but no distinct public cybercrime reporting form was identified and current intake channels, fees, processing times and eligibility are not published. In immediate danger, call 999 if the service is reachable, seek the nearest functioning police or humanitarian route, and avoid confronting an alleged offender. Preserve messages, photographs, documents or other evidence only when doing so does not increase danger. Armed-control changes, network outages and insecurity can interrupt every reporting route. Sudan has no published nationwide witness-protection, appeal, compensation or fee-waiver scheme identified in the available material, and no police protection or service continuity should be assumed.