Here are the national crime statistics for Tongaat.
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 six worst crimes:
1. Drug related crime 682 – 578
*This includes drug related arrests made by the station.
2. Burglary at residential premises 373 – 435
3. All theft not mentioned elsewhere 336 – 421
4. Common assault 285 – 309
5. Assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 222 – 223
6. Robbery with aggravating circumstances 210 – 229
Other crimes to note:
*Theft out of or from motor vehicle 120 – 105
* Malicious injury to property 116 – 108
* Commercial crime 67 – 49
* Sexual offenses 71 – 85
* Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
* Burglary at non-residential premises 87 – 90
* Robbery at residential premises 55 – 44
* Attempted murder 31 – 49
* Murder 28 – 29
* Robbery at non-residential premises 15 – 22
* Sexual offenses as a result of police action 12 – 3
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