Police Recorded Crime Statistics Republic of South Africa
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POLICE RECORDED CRIME STATISTICS REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA FIRST QUARTER OF 2021/2022 FINANCIAL YEAR ( APRIL TO JUNE 2021) TABLE OF CONTENTS . Introduction . Broad categories of crime . Crime statistics analysis . Highlights of the 17 community-reported serious crimes . National crime overview . Contact crime . Kidnapping . Trio crime . Contact-related crime . Property-related crime . Other serious crime . Crime dependent on police action for detection . Provincial crime overview 2 CATEGORIESFinancial year 2017/2018 OF CRIME 17 COMMUNITY-REPORTED SERIOUS CRIMES CDPA Contact Contact- Property- Other Crime Related Related Serious Crimes Murder Arson Burglary Theft other Dependent on Police Action for Attempted Malicious residential Commercial murder damage to Burglary non- crime Detection Assault GBH property residential Illegal possession of Shoplifting firearms and ammunition Common Theft of motor Drug-related crimes assault vehicle and Driving under the Aggravated motorcycle influence of alcohol and drugs robbery Theft out/from Common robbery Sexual offences detected motor vehicle as result of police action Sexual offences Stock theft 3 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA CRIME SITUATION April to June April to June April to June April to June April to June CRIME CATEGORY Count Diff % Change 2017_18 2018_19 2019_20 2020_21 2021_22 CONTACT CRIMES ( CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON) Murder 4 859 4 668 5 398 3 466 5 760 2 294 66,2% Sexual Offences 11 526 11 387 12 094 7 296 12 702 5 406 74,1% Attempted murder 4 492 4 429 4 575 3 487 5 145 1 658 47,5% Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 37 336 37 564 37 425 22 064 37 530 15 466 70,1% Common assault 35 727 36 024 36 185 25 995 39 406 13 411 51,6% Common robbery 12 336 12 711 12 885 6 469 10 701 4 232 65,4% Robbery with aggravating circumstances 34 545 34 332 35 705 21 599 33 876 12 277 56,8% Total Contact Crimes ( Crimes Against The Person) 140 821 141 115 144 267 90 376 145 120 54 744 60,6% Total Sexual Offences Rape 9 237 9 018 9 737 5 805 10 006 4 201 72,4% Sexual Assault 1 499 1 625 1 668 1 070 1 900 830 77,6% Attempted Sexual Offences 463 451 454 271 514 243 89,7% Contact Sexual Offences 327 293 235 150 282 132 88,0% Total Sexual Offences 11 526 11 387 12 094 7 296 12 702 5 406 74,1% SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY Carjacking 4 028 4 002 4 550 2 677 5 146 2 469 92,2% Robbery at residential premises 5 530 5 535 5 214 4 006 5 346 1 340 33,4% Robbery at non-residential premises 5 133 4 779 5 100 3 341 5 255 1 914 57,3% Robbery of cash in transit 59 62 38 19 46 27 142,1% Bank robbery 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 Count Higher Truck hijacking 288 334 283 198 411 213 107,6% 4 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA CRIME SITUATION PER RATIO PER CAPITA (*RATIO PER 100 000 OF THE POPULATION April to June April to June April to June April to June April to June CRIME CATEGORY 2017_18 2018_19 2019_20 2020_21 2021_22 CONTACT CRIMES ( CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON) Murder 8,6 8,1 9,3 5,8 9,5 Rape 16,4 15,7 16,7 9,8 16,6 Attempted murder 8,0 7,7 7,8 5,9 8,5 Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily 66,2 65,5 64,2 37,2 62,2 harm Common assault 63,3 62,8 62,1 43,8 65,3 Common robbery 21,9 22,2 22,1 10,9 17,7 5 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA CRIME SITUATION April to June April to June April to June April to June April to June CRIME CATEGORY Count Diff % Change 2017_18 2018_19 2019_20 2020_21 2021_22 CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES Arson 928 945 943 633 978 345 54,5% Malicious damage to property 26 960 26 719 26 224 18 558 26 326 7 768 41,9% Total Contact-Related Crimes 27 888 27 664 27 167 19 191 27 304 8 113 42,3% PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES Burglary at non-residential premises 18 032 17 827 17 274 18 840 14 627 -4 213 -22,4% Burglary at residential premises 57 736 55 247 53 433 37 128 39 477 2 349 6,3% Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 12 817 12 181 11 835 5 564 9 433 3 869 69,5% Theft out of or from motor vehicle 33 063 31 651 31 467 17 533 21 310 3 777 21,5% Stock-theft 7 217 7 969 7 813 7 345 6 757 -588 -8,0% Total Property-Related Crimes 128 865 124 875 121 822 86 410 91 604 5 194 6,0% OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES All theft not mentioned elsewhere 75 313 74 253 71 704 45 455 60 056 14 601 32,1% Commercial crime 17 771 21 928 21 316 15 431 24 030 8 599 55,7% Shoplifting 16 041 14 817 15 747 9 632 11 281 1 649 17,1% Total Other Serious Crimes 109 125 110 998 108 767 70 518 95 367 24 849 35,2% Total 17 Community Reported Serious Crimes 406 699 404 652 402 023 266 495 359 395 92 900 34,9% CRIME DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 4 156 3 883 3 573 2 747 3 147 400 14,6% Drug-related crime 74 287 76 400 39 964 18 767 31 648 12 881 68,6% Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 22 016 19 531 21 853 3 168 10 964 7 796 246,1% Sexual Offences detected as a result of police action 1 513 1 708 2 189 411 1 428 1 017 247,4% Total Crime Detected As A Result Of Police Action 101 972 101 522 67 579 25 093 47 187 22 094 88,0% 6 CONTACT CRIME TREND OVER THREE-MONTH PERIOD LEVEL 1 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 59 990 01 March to 30 May 2021 31 May to 15 Jun 2021 16 Jun to 27 Jun 2021 50 259 50 011 49 990 44 850 41 034 39 990 LEVEL 5 26 Mar to 30 Apr 2020 LEVEL 3 29 990 2020/2021 27 633 01 Jun to 17 Aug 2020 2021/2022 21 709 LEVEL 4 19 990 01 to 31 May 2020 28 550 9 990 22 378 3 816 -10 April May June EASTERN CAPE FREE STATE GAUTENG KWAZULU/NATALLIMPOPO MPUMALANGA NORTH WEST NORTHERN CAPE WESTERN CAPERSA Kwazulu Northern Western Republic of Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng /Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Cape Cape South Africa Apr_Jun 2020_21 9 994 5 140 25 879 15 764 4 851 5 071 4 848 2 515 16 314 90 376 Apr_Jun 2021_22 16 362 8 300 41 086 25 221 8 904 8 958 8 263 3 701 24 325 145 120 Count Diff 6 368 3 160 15 207 9 457 4 053 3 887 3 415 1 186 8 011 54 744 % Change 63,7% 61,5% 58,8% 60,0% 83,5% 76,7% 70,4% 47,2% 49,1% 60,6% 7 17 COMMUNITY-REPORTED SERIOUS CRIMES TOP 30 STATIONS April to June April to June April to June April to June April to June % Position Station Province Count Diff 2017_18 2018_19 2019_20 2020_21 2021_22 Change 1 HONEYDEW GAUTENG 2 684 2 433 2 472 1 376 2 075 699 50,8% 2 JHB CENTRAL GAUTENG 3 093 2 984 2 731 1 065 1 896 831 78,0% 3 CAPE TOWN CENTRAL WESTERN CAPE 4 016 3 346 3 380 1 021 1 870 849 83,2% 4 DURBAN CENTRAL KWAZULU/NATAL 2 600 2 437 2 385 851 1 842 991 116,5% 5 PARK ROAD FREE STATE 2 410 2 794 2 537 1 125 1 782 657 58,4% 6 MITCHELLS PLAIN WESTERN CAPE 2 578 2 684 2 717 1 182 1 737 555 47,0% 7 PINETOWN KWAZULU/NATAL 1 987 1 791 1 778 1 135 1 694 559 49,3% 8 PHOENIX KWAZULU/NATAL 1 601 1 562 1 893 1 197 1 643 446 37,3% 9 PLESSISLAER KWAZULU/NATAL 1 450 1 480 1 555 1 343 1 606 263 19,6% 10 RUSTENBURG NORTH WEST 1 998 1 807 1 751 1 064 1 601 537 50,5% 11 WITBANK MPUMALANGA 2 254 2 281 2 128 1 114 1 589 475 42,6% 12 DELFT WESTERN CAPE 1 269 1 590 1 749 1 001 1 563 562 56,1% 13 MIDRAND GAUTENG 1 963 1 819 1 684 927 1 560 633 68,3% 14 BROOKLYN GAUTENG 1 877 1 547 1 825 698 1 529 831 119,1% 15 KRAAIFONTEIN WESTERN CAPE 1 862 2 144 1 699 1 191 1 515 324 27,2% 16 TEMBA GAUTENG 1 519 1 486 1 490 1 086 1 503 417 38,4% 17 RANDFONTEIN GAUTENG 1 546 1 568 1 502 1 181 1 470 289 24,5% 18 STELLENBOSCH WESTERN CAPE 2 198 1 696 1 816 741 1 464 723 97,6% 19 EMPANGENI KWAZULU/NATAL 1 408 1 389 1 393 1 027 1 463 436 42,5% 20 PRETORIA CENTRAL GAUTENG 2 122 2 135 2 035 759 1 455 696 91,7% 21 HILLBROW GAUTENG 2 232 2 132 1 885 831 1 436 605 72,8% 22 TEMBISA GAUTENG 1 325 1 313 1 590 1 042 1 413 371 35,6% 23 SUNNYSIDE GAUTENG 1 987 1 794 1 902 656 1 413 757 115,4% 24 UMLAZI KWAZULU/NATAL 1 476 1 378 1 530 1 011 1 402 391 38,7% 25 ALEXANDRA GAUTENG 1 188 1 121 1 205 903 1 387 484 53,6% 26 AKASIA GAUTENG 1 315 1 544 1 498 1 027 1 385 358 34,9% 27 MFULENI WESTERN CAPE 1 441 1 563 1 654 878 1 384 506 57,6% 28 NELSPRUIT MPUMALANGA 1 547 1 603 1 532 721 1 371 650 90,2% 29 SANDTON GAUTENG 2 110 1 743 1 869 785 1 349 564 71,8% 30 KEMPTON PARK GAUTENG 1 679 1 722 1 636 805 1 299 494 61,4% 8 CONTACT CRIME Contact crime refers to crimes in which the victims themselves are the targets of violence or instances where the victims are in the vicinity of property that criminals target and are subjected to the use of or threats of violence by perpetrators.