Here are the crime statistics for KwaDukuza.
The list below shows the increase and decrease in the prevalence of certain crimes. The first number is for the latest stats (2014/15) followed by last years figure (2013/14)
*Take Note: According to police, there was a technical problem and the figures for hijackings reported at police stations for 2013/14 were incorrectly reflected as zero.
*The difference between a house robbery and a house burglary is that the occupants were not home during a burglary.
The seven worst crimes:
1. Drug related crime 1168 – 1027
*This includes drug related arrests made by the station.
2. Burglary at residential premises 1044 – 1152
3. All theft not mentioned elsewhere 1025 – 1099
4. Robbery with aggravating circumstances 538 – 635
5. Common assault 491 – 665
6. Assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 471 – 457
7. Shoplifting 446 – 342
Other crimes to note:
* Malicious injury to property 396 – 325
* Theft out of or from motor vehicle 384 – 284
* Commercial crime 254 – 292
* Sexual offences 197 – 218
* Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 1168 – 1027
* Burglary at non-residential premises 143 – 129
* Robbery at residential premises 99 – 86
* Attempted murder 92 – 66
* Murder 69 – 55
* Robbery at non-residential premises 56 – 87
* Carjacking 32 – 0
Related articles:
The five top crimes for Umhlali
Murder and drug related crime hike
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