The crime statistics cover five broad categories of crime: Contact crimes Contact-related crimes Property-related crimes Crimes heavily dependent on police action for detection Other serious crimes Detailed analysis is presented only with regard to contact crimes and the subcategories of aggravated robbery. The figures in the accompanying graphs represent crime ratios, i.e. the incidence of crime per of the South African population.
Murder Rape Indecent assault Attempted murder Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm Common assault Robbery with aggravating circumstances Common robbery CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
Contact crime
The attempted murder ratio decreased by 3.0% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Contact crime
The rape ratio decreased by 5.2% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Contact crime
The indecent assault ratio decreased by 5.5% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Contact crime
The assault GBH ratio decreased by 4.9% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Contact crime
The common assault ratio decreased by 8.7% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Contact crime
Crime % Perpetrators known to victim % Perpetrators being relatives, friends or acquaintances of victims % Relatives as perpetrators Murder *81,5%61,9%20,1% Attempted murder59,4%41,1%8,8% Rape75,9%56,9%16,2% Assault GBH89,1%71,5%25,2% Common assault89,3%66,4%25,8% * The number of unknown perpetrators involved in murder cases was higher than in the case of other crimes featuring in this table. The relationship between the victim and perpetrator could not be established in 27,5% of the murder dockets analysed. Contact crime (contd.)
Contact crimes (contd.)
MURDER NyangaHarareEsikhawiniKatlehong KwaMashuGugulethuPlessislaerHillbrow InandaMthathaNew BrightonMfuleni UmlaziKwazakeleDelftEmpangeni KhayelitshaTembisaKraaifonteinDurban Central Contact crimes (contd.)
ATTEMPTED MURDER UmlaziKwadukuzaTembaKanyamazane NyangaMorokaBloemspruitDelft KwaMashuEmpangeniGelvandaleMitchells Plain TembisaGalesheweAtteridgevilleMamelodi HillbrowEsikhawiniAlexandraBethelsdorp
Contact crimes (contd.) RAPE KwamashuMorokaNew BrightonMankweng InandaKatlehongOrange Farms Galeshewe UmlaziThohoyandouSeshegoKhayelitsha TembisaNyangaHillbrowBethelsdorp TembaKwazakelePlessislaerKwadukuza
Contact crimes (contd.) ASSAULT: GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM HillbrowAtteridgevilleNyangaInanda GalesheweUmlaziMeadowlandsIvory Park MorokaVosmanTembisaKwanobuhle KwamashuJHB CentralWorcesterDobsonville ThohoyandouTembaKanyamazaneAlexandra
The aggravated robbery ratio increased by 4.6% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Contact crime
The common robbery ratio decreased by 5.8% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Contact crime
Carjacking Truck hijacking Robbery of cash in transit Bank robbery Robbery at residential premises (house robbery) Robbery at business premises (business robbery) Raw figures are used.
Carjacking increased by 6.0% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Subcategory of aggravated robbery
Truck hijackings increased by 7.6% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Subcategory of aggravated robbery
CIT robberies increased by 21.9% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Subcategory of aggravated robbery
Bank robbery increased by 118.6% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Subcategory of aggravated robbery
House robbery increased by 25.4% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Subcategory of aggravated robbery
Business robbery increased by 52.5% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Contact crimes (contd.) GENERAL ROBBERY Durban Central BooysensKwaMashuRustenburg HillbrowSunnysideCape Town Central Tembisa JHB CentralMamelodi and Mamelodi East UmlaziDobsonville Mitchells PlainParkwegNyangaPhoenix Pretoria Central KhayelitshaPointPinetown
Contact crimes (contd.) HOUSE ROBBERY SandtonDouglasdaleRandburgMondeor TembisaGarsfonteinInandaUmlazi MidrandBrooklynNorwoodBedfordview KwaMashuBooysensWierdabrugKhayelitsha HoneydewIvory ParkEsikhawiniKwadukuza
Contact crimes (contd.) CARJACKING BooysensUmlaziHillbrowTemba MondeorJHB CentralChatsworthSandton JeppeEmpangeniPhoenixBramley PinetownGermistonMidrandYeoville IsipingoDurban CentralLytteltonSandringham
Contact crimes (contd.) BUSINESS ROBBERY JHB CentralBenoniGermistonGreenwood Park BooysensRandburgTembaHillbrow SandtonKempton Park FloridaBramley PietermaritzburgMidrandAlbertonPhoenix HoneydewRustenburgBoksburg North Umbilo
Arson Malicious damage to property
The arson ratio increased by 2.0% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Contact-related crime
The malicious damage ratio decreased by 1.7% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Contact-related crime
Burglary at residential premises Burglary at non-residential premises Theft of motor vehicles and motorcycles Theft out of or from motor vehicles Stock-theft
The residential burglary ratio decreased by 5.9% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Property-related crime
The non-residential burglary ratio increased by 6.3% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Property-related crime
The theft of vehicle ratio decreased by 0.7% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Property-related crime
The theft out of / from vehicle ratio decreased by 11.8% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Property-related crime
The stock-theft ratio decreased by 0.8% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Property-related crime
Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition Drug-related crimes Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
The illegal possession ratio increased by 5.6% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Crime heavily dependent on police action for detection
The drug-related crime ratio increased by 8.2% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Crime heavily dependent on police action for detection
The driving under the influence ratio increased by 14.3% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Crime heavily dependent on police action for detection
All theft not mentioned elsewhere Commercial crime Shoplifting
The other theft ratio decreased by 5.1% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Other serious crime
The commercial crime ratio increased by 12.6% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Other serious crime
The shoplifting ratio increased by 0.5% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Other serious crime
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