Jeppe precinct showed a 42 per cent increase in a number of reported murders with 125 cases reported. This went up from 88 reported in 2016/2017 period.
Among the other crimes which showed an increase were common assault, car and truck hijacking and shoplifting. A decrease in crime was reported for sexual offences, rape, malicious damage to property, burglary at non-residential premises and commercial crime. A total of 86 cases of rape were reported and 262 cases were reported for carjacking. A further 111 cases were reported for commercial crime.
Also read: #CrimeStats: Yeoville murder rate increases by 50%, theft of motor vehicle down
Stats in numbers:
April 2017 to March 2018 total crimes reported: 5 992
• Murder – 125.
• Sexual offences – 111.
• Attempted murder – 125.
• Assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm – 554.
• Common assault – 553.
• Common robbery – 212.
• Robbery with aggravating circumstances – 1 143.
• Rape – 86.
• Sexual assault – 19.
• Attempted sexual offences – 6.
• Contact sexual offences – 0.
• Carjacking – 262.
• Robbery at residential premises – 80.
• Robbery at non-residential premises – 137.
• Robbery of cash in transit – 0.
• Bank robbery – 0.
• Truck hijacking – 5.
• Arson – 3.
• Malicious damage to property – 325.
• Burglary at non-residential premises – 218.
• Burglary at residential premises – 377.
• Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle – 230.
• Theft out of motor vehicle – 377.
• Stock theft – 0.
• Theft other – 976.
• Commercial crime – 111.
• Shoplifting – 60.
