Ministry of Justice statistics for June 2026 show the Court of Appeals resolved 5,030 of 5,983 pending cases nationwide for an 84.1 percent completion rate after 3,724 new cases arrived. The ministry’s data placed the Capital Governorate first with 2,631 new cases, or 70.6 percent of the total, followed by Farwaniya Governorate at 20.8 percent. Capital Governorate also led in pending cases with 4,359, or 72.9 percent of the national load, and in resolved cases with 3,419, representing 68 percent.
The same ministry tally listed 3,073 new non-criminal cases, 5,094 pending and 4,256 resolved for an 83.5 percent completion rate across that category. Commercial disputes formed 25.6 percent of new non-criminal filings according to the ministry breakdown. Criminal cases totalled 651 new, 889 pending and 774 resolved, producing an 87.1 percent completion rate.
Ministry of Justice figures for the criminal segment showed the Capital Governorate supplied 430 new cases, or 66.1 percent of the national criminal intake. The governorate maintained the largest share of pending and resolved criminal matters as well. Other governorates trailed significantly in volume though several posted stronger completion percentages.
The ministry report recorded Ahmadi Governorate with the highest overall completion rate at 116.7 percent, followed by Farwaniya at 105 percent. Capital Governorate stood at 78.4 percent while Hawally recorded 62.9 percent, the lowest among the six governorates. These rates reflect varying abilities to clear backlogs amid differing caseload pressures.
Separate Ministry of Justice data on enforcement procedures in the same month indicated Capital Governorate again led with 120,778 actions processed, ahead of Ahmadi at 75,634. The enforcement department handled more than 400,000 procedures nationwide during June according to the ministry. Such patterns align with the Capital’s position as the country’s commercial and population centre.
Numbeo-derived assessments placed Kuwait’s overall crime index at 32.6 points in 2026, a slight decline from 32.8 the year before and among the lower readings in the Gulf. Interior ministry data showed assault cases fell 53.2 percent in the first half of 2026 while general crime reports dropped 4.6 percent to 354,878. The figures underscore that while the Capital generates the largest absolute caseload, Kuwait maintains low rates of violent crime relative to population.
