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Kempton Park in top 30 list for most hijackings in South Africa

Three other Ekurhuleni cities also made this list - for all the wrong reasons.

Kempton Park is one of the top 30 worst places for hijackings in South Africa.

Featuring at number 21, you are even safer to drive in Hillbrow, which is at number 29.

Three other Ekurhuleni cities also feature on the list.

Boksburg North is number 13, Alberton number 14, Boksburg number 24 and Benoni number 25.

The list was published by BusinessTech, compiled from the recently released crime statistics.

According to the list, there were 372 hijackings in Kempton Park, which is an increase of 24.4 per cent from the previous year.

In Boksburg North there were 437 (up 5%), Alberton 435 (up 24.6%), Boksburg 359 (up 32.5%) and Benoni 353 (up 11.7%).

Durban central topped the list with 765 hijackings, followed by Honeydew (666) and Brooklyn (654).

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