Kempton Park Police Station featured 10 times in the top 30 police stations in South Africa for crimes committed in its precinct during the past financial year.
This is according to the latest crime statistics (April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019) released by the Minister of Police, Gen Bheki Cele, on Thursday morning.
This is despite the fact that many of these crimes had dropped in numbers.
Norkem Park Police Station featured twice and Sebenza Police Station only once.
Following are the crimes for which the stations were listed, including the number on the list of 30, as well as the latest crime figures.
Kempton Park SAPS
3. Carjacking: up from 168 to 172
7. Non-residential robbery: down from 124 to 116
7. Drunk driving: up from 472 to 637
11. Theft out of vehicles: up from 1 073 to 1 100
11. Truck hijackings: down from 36 to 23
12. Non-residential burglaries: down from 393 to 354
13. Robbery with aggravating circumstances: down from 890 to 866
21. Vehicle theft: up from 299 to 372
21. Cash-in-transit heists: down from 3 to 2
24. Common robbery: down from 332 to 273
Norkem Park SAPS
17. Residential burglaries: up from 863 to 973
20. Residential robberies: up from 138 to 140
Sebenza SAPS
30. Drunk driving: up from 357 to 405
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