The spokesperson of the Kenya Police Charles Owino has said that crime is usually at its lowest during the national census.
Speaking to members of the press on Saturday, the the day the decennial exercised kicked off, Mr Owino said that there were statistics to justify his claim.
The crime numbers are usually low because most people are usually at home including criminals, the spokesperson contended.
"Usually when we have census enumerations is the time we always record lowest crime statistics because everybody including criminals will be at home," Mr Owino said.
The government, through the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, ordered all social joints to be closed on Saturday and Sunday to allow Kenyans to be counted.
About 140,000 police officers have been deployed to ensure that the exercise unfolds without any disruptions.
Enumerators will be moving from one house to another as they take the census data which will be fed into digital gadgets, a departure from previous census where the data was fed manually.
Resources required for the exercise have been deployed to ensure that it is a success even as there have been concerns over technical glitches and delays.