Flashpoint areas and tendencies:
Crime – Housebreakings
Areas: West Acres, Sonheuwel, Mbombela central, Claremont, KaMagugu, Orchards, Sunrise Complex, Mataffin, Maggiesdal, Friedenheim and the University of Mpumalanga.
Streets: Belladonna, Impala, Van Wijk, Binegrass, Annecke, Usinga, Joubert, Koraalboom and Sheppard.
Crime – Burglary at business premises
Areas: Mbombela central, West Acres and CBD.
Streets: Marloth, Murray, Kaapsehoop and Anderson.
Crime – Theft out of motor vehicles
Areas: Mbombela central, CBD, Promenade Centre, Macro parking, Emnotweni Casino parking, Riverside Industrial, Mataffin, Sonheuwel and Mbombela Industrial.
Streets: Piet Retief, Short, Brown, Henshall, Paul Kruger, Riverside Boulevard, Ferreira, Van Wijk, Waterfall, Cheetah, Bosch and Anderson.
The following items were stolen:
Cellphones, GPS, laptops, notebook, wallets, cash, laptop bag, clothing, bank cards, cosmetics, shoes, jewellery, chargers, wheels, passport, radio, speakers, tablet, hard drive and projector.
Crime – Robberies with firearms/hijackings
Area: CBD.
Streets: Bester and Samora Machel.
- Read last week’s Polsec crime round-up here: The things that were stolen in Mbombela the past week, from lipstick to drills
