Hijackings, robbery and residential robberies are still rife in Kempton Park, according to the latest crime statistics released this week. The statistics were for the period from April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018.
While many crimes decreased for this period, these three crimes escalated.
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Statistics for Kempton Park’s three precincts, Kempton Park, Norkem Park and Sebenza Police Stations, for the most common crimes, were:
Kempton Park SAPS
Murder: down 12% from 25 cases to 22 cases
Attempted murder: up 4.3% from 46 cases to 48 cases
Robbery: down 8.3% from 362 cases to 332 cases
Robbery with aggravating circumstances: up 6.7% from 834 cases to 890 cases
Hijacking: up 15.1% from 146 cases to 168 cases
Residential robberies: down 11.9% from 67 cases to 59 cases
Non-residential robberies: down 3.9% from 129 cases to 124 cases
Truck hijackings: down 5.3% from 38 cases to 36 cases
Residential burglary: down 2.3% from 512 cases to 500 cases
Non-residential burglary: down 2.7% from 404 cases to 393 cases
Car theft: down 26.2% from 405 cases to 299 cases
Norkem Park SAPS
Murder: down 18.2% from 11 cases to 9 cases
Attempted murder: up 25% from 16 cases to 20 cases
Robbery: down 27.4% from 124 cases to 90 cases
Robbery with aggravating circumstances: up 0.6% from 470 cases to 473 cases
Hijacking: down 25% from 136 cases to 102 cases
Residential robbery: up 22.1% from 113 cases to 138 cases
Non-residential robbery: down 17.1% from 41 cases to 34 cases
Truck hijackings: three cases from none
Residential burglary: down 19% from 1 065 cases to 863 cases
Non-residential burglary: down 1.8% from 57 cases to 56 cases
Car theft: down 9.8% from 224 cases to 202 cases
Sebenza SAPS
Murder: four cases from none
Attempted murder: down 20% from 9 cases to 8 cases
Robbery: down 80% from 10 cases to 2 cases
Robbery with aggravating circumstances: up 18.8% from 154 cases to 183 cases
Hijacking: up 40.6% from 32 cases to 45 cases
Residential robbery: up 5% from 20 cases to 21 cases
Non-residential robbery: up 36.1% from 36 cases to 49 cases
Truck hijackings: up 14.3% from 7 cases to 8 cases
Residential burglary: up 10.5% from 86 cases to 95 cases
Non-residential burglary: up 22% from 118 cases to 144 cases
Car theft: down 27.1% from 107 cases to 78 cases
