On Thursday 12 September 2019, the Minister of Police General Bheki Cele released the crime statistics in South Africa for the financial year 2018/19. The following percentages reflect either an increase (+) or decrease (-) on the previous year.
Murder + 3.4 %
Sexual Offences + 4.6%
Attempted Murder + 4.1%
Assault to do grievous bodily harm + 2.2%
Common Assault + 3.7%
Common Robbery + 2.0%
Robbery with aggravating circumstances + 1.2 %
All Sexual Offences increased by + 4.6%
Rape + 3.9%
Sexual Assault + 9.6%
Attempted Sexual Offences + 3.9%
Contact Sexual Offences + 2.7%
All categories of crime under Aggravated Robbery decreased except for Robbery at Residential Premises which registered an increase:
Carjacking – 1.8%
Robbery at Residential Premises + 0.8%
Robbery at Non-Residential Premises – 0.3%
Robbery of Cash-In-Transit – 23.1%
Bank Robbery – 69.2%
Truck hijacking – 1.7%
Contact-Related Crimes increased by 1.6%
Arson + 5.5%
Malicious damage to property + 1.4%
All Property-Related Crimes decreased except with the exception of stock theft which has increased by 2.9%. Burglary at non-residential premises has stabilised.
Burglary at non-residential premises 0.0%
Burglary at residential premises – 3.2%
Theft of motor vehicle and motor cycle – 4.6%
Theft out or from motor vehicle – 3.2%
Stock-theft + 2.9%
Other Serious Crimes decreased by 1.4% except for Commercial Crimes.
All theft not mentioned elsewhere – 0.7%
Commercial Crime (fraud, scams, corruption etc) + 14.4%
Shoplifting -3.2%
Crime Detected As a Result of Police Action has decreased by 21.8%.
Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition – 10.4%
Drug-related crime – 28.1%
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs – 3.8%
Sexual Offences detected as a result of police action + 19.0%
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