The South African Police Service (SAPS) has released its crime stats for the 2018/19 period, outlining which areas in the country have recorded the most crime in the past year. The stats cover 21 crime categories – 17 of which are reported by the public, and four of which are as a result of police..
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These are the 30 most crime-ridden areas in South Africa, based on crimes reported
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South Africans call for return of the death penalty following the release of this year’s crime stats, but will this really rid SA of its out of control crime rate?
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While the IFP are the first major political party to call for discussion of the sentence following the release of this year’s crime stats, many citizens appear to support the call. Following the release of the 2017/2018 crime stats this morning, which showed a shocking 6.9% increase in murders and an increase in sexual assaults,..
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CrimeStats in a nutshell: South Africa’s murder rate up by 1.8%
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South Africa’s crime stats for the 2016/2017 were released on Tuesday. According to the stats, “approximately 2.1 million serious crime counts were recorded, of which 1 738 980 were community-reported serious crimes.” In this time period, 19 016 murder cases were reported, the highest in 10 years. Carjacking also continues to increase massively, as does..
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