Transcription of CRIME STATISTICS - SAPS
1 CRIME STATISTICSREPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICAFOURTH QUARTER 2020/2021 (JANUARY TO MARCH 2021) TABLE OF CONTENTS2 Introduction Broadcategoriesofcrime CrimeStatisticsAnalysis Highlightsofthe17 Community-ReportedSeriousCrimes Nationalcrimeoverview Contactcrimes Kidnapping Contact-relatedcrimes Property-relatedcrimes Otherseriouscrimes Crimedetectedasaresultofpoliceaction Provincialcrimeoverview3 Financial year 2017/2018 CATEGORIES OF CRIMEC ontact CrimeMurderAttempted murderAssault GBHA ssault CommonAggravated RobberyCommon RobberySexual OffencesContact RelatedArsonMalicious Damage to PropertyProperty RelatedBurglary ResidentialBurglary BusinessTheft of Motor VehicleTheft out/from Motor VehicleStock TheftOther SeriousTheft otherCommercial CrimeShopliftingCrimes Dependent on Police Action
2 For DetectionIllegal possession of firearms and ammunitionDrug related crimesDriving under the influence of alcohol and drugsSexual offences detected as result of police action17 COMMUNITY REPORTED SERIOUS CRIMESCDPANATIONAL CRIME SITUATION JANUARY TO MARCH 2020_215 CRIME CATEGORYJan to Mar 2016_17 Jan to Mar 2017_18 Jan to Mar 2018_19 Jan to Mar 2019_20 Jan to Mar 2020_21 Count Diff% ChangeCONTACT CRIMES ( CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)Murder4 2864 6684 8964 5894 9763878,4%Sexual Offences12 12212 27513 80112 62712 133-494-3,9%Attempted murder4 4174 2434 6474 2164 5823668,7%Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm41 16641 07843 11340 16836 417-3 751-9,3%Common assault38 13239 31442 26242 86638 889-3 977-9,3%Common robbery12 57012 22512 66712 2629 549-2 713-22,1%Robbery with aggravating circumstances32 85631 86433 13033 40430 768-2 636-7,9%Total Contact Crimes ( Crimes Against The Person)
3 145 549145 667154 516150 132137 314-12 818-8,5%Total Sexual OffencesRape9 7549 69510 7929 9059 518-387-3,9%Sexual Assault1 5221 7932 0721 9131 910-3-0,2%Attempted Sexual Offences488500610497433-64-12,9%Contact Sexual Offences358287327312272-40-12,8%Total Sexual Offences12 12212 27513 80112 62712 133-494-3,9%SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY Carjacking3 9933 8283 8834 3034 5132104,9%Robbery at residential premises5 3685 1835 3434 9165 2883727,6%Robbery at non-residential premises4 6184 4634 5494 7414 8721312,8%Robbery of cash in transit4150404742-5-10,6%Bank robbery2110111 Count HigherTruck hijacking2712542452843547024,6%REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICACRIME SITUATIONREPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICACRIME SITUATION6 CRIME CATEGORYJ anuary to March 2016_17 January to March 2017_18 January to March 2018_19 January to March 2019_20 January to March 2020_21 Case Diff% ChangeArson881840946853732-121-14,2%Mali cious damage to property27 82726 83627 91126 10624 850-1 256-4,8%Total Contact-Related Crimes28 70827 67628 85726 95925 582-1 377-5,1%Burglary at non-residential premises18 83617 49017 62318 38415 215-3 169-17,2%Burglary at residential premises60 69857 28755 31151 00440 568-10 436-20,5%Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle12 60112 28411 81311 1639 240-1 923-17.
4 2%Theft out of or from motor vehicle32 81831 23830 78527 81020 111-7 699-27,7%Stock-theft6 9847 6737 4336 8536 089-764-11,1%Total Property-Related Crimes131 937125 972122 965115 21491 223-23 991-20,8%All theft not mentioned elsewhere78 72475 62074 53369 55659 646-9 910-14,2%Commercial crime17 57319 21821 22520 19322 5582 36511,7%Shoplifting16 04514 76815 19714 41211 597-2 815-19,5%Total Other Serious Crimes112 342109 606110 955104 16193 801-10 360-9,9%Total 17 Community Reported Serious Crimes418 536408 921417 293396 466347 920-48 546-12,2%Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition4 1714 0713 8543 6073 184-423-11,7%Drug-related crime76 34782 45641 81043 34435 932-7 412-17,1%Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs16 18419 35419 65719 3308 583-10 747-55,6%Sexual Offences detected as a result of police action1 4901 7742 3892 3772 335-42-1,8%Total CRIME Detected As A Result Of Police Action 98 192107 65567 71068 65850 034-18 624-27,1%CONTACT-RELATED CRIMESPROPERTY-RELATED CRIMESOTHER SERIOUS CRIMESCRIME DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA CRIME SITUATION PER RATIOS7 Per capita (*Ratio per 100 000 of the population)
5 17 COMMUNITY REPORTED SERIOUS CRIME Contactcrime Contact-relatedcrime Property-relatedcrime Otherseriouscrimes17 COMMUNITY-REPORTED SERIOUS CRIMES TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD9 EASTERN CAPEFREE STATEGAUTENGKWAZULU/NATALLIMPOPOMPUMALAN GANORTH WESTNORTHERN CAPEWESTERN CAPERSAE astern CapeFree StateGautengKwazulu/NatalLimpopoMpumalan gaNorth WestNorthern CapeWestern CapeRepublic of South AfricaJan_Mar 2019_2040 41122 000112 66962 76922 89723 67922 41711 25578 369396 466 Jan_Mar 2020_2137 34420 14496 20855 93220 70821 55220 5949 81865 620347 920 Count Diff-3 067-1 856-16 461-6 837-2 189-2 127-1 823-1 437-12 749-48 546%Change-7,6%-8,4%-14,6%-10,9%-9,6%-9, 0%-8,1%-12,8%-16,3%-12,2%135023133888127 555101562116207130151-101999039990599907 999099990119990139990159990 JanuaryFebruaryMarch2019/20202020/2021-3 3461-17681259617 COMMUNITY-REPORTED SERIOUS CRIMES TOP 30 STATIONS10 PositionStationProvinceJanuary to March 2016_17 January to March 2017_18 January to March 2018_19 January to March 2019_20 January to March 2020_21 Count Diff% Change1 HONEYDEWGAUTENG2 6442 5782 4532 4652 036-429-17,4%2 JHB CENTRALGAUTENG2 9752 9043 0022 4941 899-595-23,9%3 DURBAN CENTRALKWAZULU/NATAL2 6072 3962 2862 1951 820-375-17,1%4 MITCHELLS PLAINWESTERN CAPE3 0303 0812 9742 5311 737-794-31,4%5 CAPE TOWN CENTRALWESTERN CAPE4 1143 4473 7313 1121 720-1 392-44.
6 7%6 PARK ROADFREE STATE2 5322 4002 5772 3421 717-625-26,7%7 PINETOWNKWAZULU/NATAL2 0831 8481 8421 8631 642-221-11,9%8 RUSTENBURGNORTH WEST2 0941 9021 7651 7981 626-172-9,6%9 WITBANKMPUMALANGA2 3602 2142 0811 9321 534-398-20,6%10 PLESSISLAERKWAZULU/NATAL1 4201 6531 5971 6321 526-106-6,5%11 BROOKLYNGAUTENG1 8681 6001 7821 8021 492-310-17,2%12 DELFTWESTERN CAPE1 3631 7781 8471 6831 489-194-11,5%13 KRAAIFONTEINWESTERN CAPE1 9642 0181 6671 5231 464-59-3,9%14 PRETORIA CENTRALGAUTENG2 0942 3152 2021 7851 456-329-18,4%15 TEMBAGAUTENG1 6371 5971 5711 5481 438-110-7,1%16 PHOENIXKWAZULU/NATAL1 8721 7041 4971 7951 434-361-20,1%17 UMLAZIKWAZULU/NATAL1 6181 5771 5241 3831 406231,7%18 MIDRANDGAUTENG1 8651 7781 6521 6511 402-249-15,1%19 RANDFONTEINGAUTENG1 6531 6801 6341 5481 401-147-9,5%20 EMPANGENIKWAZULU/NATAL1 4011 3291 4311 5811 394-187-11,8%21 WORCESTERWESTERN CAPE1 7881 8081 6131 7671 377-390-22,1%22 AKASIAGAUTENG1 4781 5551 5801 5091 367-142-9,4%23 SUNNYSIDEGAUTENG1 8791 8101 9881 7131 357-356-20,8%24 MFULENIWESTERN CAPE1 3611 4531 5631 4581 344-114-7,8%25 KIMBERLEYNORTHERN CAPE1 8241 4341 8131 8671 319-548-29,4%26 KWADUKUZAKWAZULU/NATAL1 4551 3571 5051 3421 302-40-3,0%27 HILLBROWGAUTENG2 1221 9651 9041 7671 297-470-26,6%28 INANDAKWAZULU/NATAL1 3851 4661 4321 3321 293-39-2,9%29 TEMBISAGAUTENG1 1821 4311 5961 6161 291-325-20.
7 1%30 KEMPTON PARKGAUTENG1 6711 6941 6711 4691 284-185-12,6%CONTACT CRIMECONTACT CRIME12 Contactcrimereferstothosecrimesinwhichth evictimsthemselvesarethetargetsofviolenc eorpropertyistargetedandthevictimsinthev icinityduringthecommissionofthecrimeares ubjectedtothreatsofviolenceortheuseofsuc hviolence. Murder Sexual offences ( rape, attempted sexual offences, contact sexual offences and sexual assault) Attempted murder Assault GBH Common assault Common robbery Robbery aggravatingCONTACT CRIME TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD13 EASTERN CAPEFREE STATEGAUTENGKWAZULU/NATALLIMPOPOMPUMALAN GANORTH WESTNORTHERN CAPEWESTERN CAPERSAE astern CapeFree StateGautengKwazulu/NatalLimpopoMpumalan gaNorth WestNorthern CapeWestern CapeRepublic of South AfricaJan_Mar 2019_2015 9888 83742 91424 7058 3878 5098 6414 38927 762150 132 Jan_Mar 2020_2115 2968 13338 67623 0648 0347 8608 0773 95924 215137 314 Count Diff-692-704-4 238-1 641-353-649-564-430-3 547-12 818%Change-4,3%-8,0%-9,9%-6,6%-4,2%-7,6% -6,5%-9,8%-12,8%-8.
8 5%497505107649306348104791154593-1099901 999029990399904999059990 JanuaryFebruaryMarch2019/20202020/2021-1 4940-31655287 CONTACT CRIMESTOP 30 STATIONS14 PositionStationProvinceJanuary to March 2016_17 January to March 2017_18 January to March 2018_19 January to March 2019_20 January to March 2020_21 Count Diff% Change1 UMLAZIKWAZULU/NATAL856841839805879749,2% 2 JHB CENTRALGAUTENG1 2511 2181 3481 132854-278-24,6%3 DELFTWESTERN CAPE687864927804837334,1%4 NYANGAWESTERN CAPE1 122942752877827-50-5,7%5 KHAYELITSHAWESTERN CAPE8457788227348188411,4%6 PLESSISLAERKWAZULU/NATAL6056797247607913 14,1%7 HILLBROWGAUTENG1 030963978990770-220-22,2%8 INANDAKWAZULU/NATAL721727772736758223,0% 9 HONEYDEWGAUTENG715691767801755-46-5,7%10 TEMBISAGAUTENG490671833870753-117-13,4%1 1 TEMBAGAUTENG729735824805734-71-8,8%12 MFULENIWESTERN CAPE591663821777734-43-5,5%13 ALEXANDRAGAUTENG533611700674713395,8%14 MITCHELLS PLAINWESTERN CAPE1 2011 1501 1641 030713-317-30,8%15 IVORY PARKGAUTENG6797487576267007411,8%16 KRAAIFONTEINWESTERN CAPE678762696633668355,5%17 MAMELODI EASTGAUTENG600556730816663-153-18,8%18 DURBAN CENTRALKWAZULU/NATAL586626679638650121,9 %19 HARAREWESTERN CAPE60459259361161430,5%20 EMPANGENIKWAZULU/NATAL577534550638597-41 -6,4%21 RIETGATGAUTENG537564627653593-60-9,2%22 KWADUKUZAKWAZULU/NATAL614556606583566-17 -2,9%23 JEPPEGAUTENG650698688658565-93-14.
9 1%24 MOROKAGAUTENG658644808606565-41-6,8%25 GUGULETHUWESTERN CAPE566395532514564509,7%26 KAGISOGAUTENG835898697680562-118-17,4%27 RANDFONTEINGAUTENG549630642593560-33-5,6 %28 AKASIAGAUTENG484486556567540-27-4,8%29 WORCESTERWESTERN CAPE691625613677540-137-20,2%30 DOBSONVILLEGAUTENG746833811821535-286-34 ,8%SELECTED CAUSATIVE FACTORSMURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ASSAULT GBH JAN TO MAR 202115 Murder = 4 911 counts, attempted murder = 4 280, assault GBH = 28 758 Causative factorsMurderAttempted murderAssault GBHA rguments/Misunderstanding (not domestic-related)/Road Rage/Provocation74857411 759 Retaliation/Revenge971311 560 Robbery (house/ business/street)341696344 Gang-related23633038 Vigilantism/Mob justice29869403 Law enforcement & security guards in line of duty3423289(excl.)
10 Police murder)Intervention in a fight726315 Taxi-related885940 Rape-related3117120 During commission of another offence -(not robbery or rape)12745 Illicit mining17131 Carjacking/attempted321390 PLACE OF OCCURRENCESELECTED CONTACT CRIMES JAN TO MAR 202116 Sample Size: Murder = 4 911 Counts, Attempted Murder = 4 280, Assault GBH = 28 758 Place of occurrenceMurderAttempted murderAssault GBHR esidences of perpetrator/victim (including residence known by victims/ perpetrator family/friends/neighbours)1 3271 24111 516 Public place street/open field/recreational centre/park/beach/parking