Contact crimes, including murder, kidnapping and extortion remain on the increase.
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu released the crime statistics
for the period between April and June 2024 on Friday.
PHOTO - Stephanie van Rayen: Police Minister, Senzo MchunuContact crime increased by 2.6% overall, with more than 153
637 cases recorded for the three-month period.
"Crime is generally on the increase. Crimes that
should worry us most are murder, rape, hijacking, kidnapping for ransom
payments, and extortion,” said Mchunu.
PHOTO: Stephanie van RayenHe said four of the nine provinces recorded an increase in
murder cases.
"Four of the nine provinces recorded increases in
murder cases, with the highest increase recorded in the Western Cape, followed
by North West, then the Eastern Cape and Limpopo.
"All the top 30 stations for murder were in only four
provinces, namely Western Cape (11 stations), KwaZulu-Natal (eight stations),
Eastern Cape (six stations) and Gauteng (five stations). The leading stations
among them were Nyanga, followed by Inanda, Umlazi, Khayelitsha and
Harare."
Almost 6 200 people were murdered during the period under
review, a slight decrease for the quarter year-on-year.
There has also been an increase in the number of rape cases
reported to authorities, from 9,252 counts to 9,309.
Done By: Stephanie van Rayen
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