The South African Police Service (SAPS) recorded significant declines in contact crimes, whilst murder and attempted murder increased
This was revealed by Police Minister, Bheki
Cele when he announced the crime statistics for the fourth quarter of the
2020/2021 financial year.
The statistics reflect crimes that occurred
from 1 January to the end of March 2021, showing the crime levels when the
country was under lockdown level 3 and adjusted level 1 due to the coronavirus
pandemic.
Contact crimes include assault GBH, sexual
offences, common assault, robbery, robbery with aggravating circumstances,
murder and attempted murder.
During this term, contact crime decreased by
8.5%. With the exception of murder and attempted murder, all sub-sections noted
decreases. Murder recorded an 8.4% while attempted murder rose by 8.7%.
Cele said the top four causative factors of
these murders were arguments, robberies, both residential and non-residential
and street robberies, mob justice and gang-related incidents.
The crimes stats showed that out of the whole
country, the most community-reported serious crimes in the Western Cape were at
the Mitchell’s Plain police station and the City Central police station.
The stats revealed that there was a 31.4%
increase in criminal incidents being detected due to policing in Mitchells Plain.
The Cape Town Central police station where 1 392 fewer cases were reported
compared to the previous year (44.7%).
The Cape Flats area is ranked 4th in
the world, followed by Cape town Central. This is followed by Delft and Kraaifontein
who are ranked 12th and 13th, respectively.
Done By: Mitchum George
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