Gauteng’s daily struggle against crime
According to the DA these statistics are between six and 18 months out of date.
CRIME statistics for the March 2014 to March 2015 period were recently released by Police Minister Nathi Nhleko and Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega.
According to the DA these statistics are between six and 18 months out of date.
“Gauteng does not emerge as a province that is winning the fight against crime. Rather, the statistics show that residents of Gauteng are under an increasing daily threat from criminals. In all but five of the 27 categories of crime statistics reported, Gauteng leads all of South Africa with the highest number of crimes reported,” read a statement.
The DA statement continued to note that exceptions are murder where Gauteng has the second highest number, the illegal possession of firearms (second highest), drug related crimes (second highest), sexual offences as a result of police action (third highest) and stock theft.
On average, 1746 crimes are committed in Gauteng per day. The province’s murder rate has jumped by 10,4 percent to a total of 3671 incidents. This means that in Gauteng, an average of 10 people are murdered per day, 365 days per year.
On average, attempted murder occurs 11 times a day and approximately 144 people per day are grievously assaulted.
An average of 458 people in Gauteng are directly affected by crimes against their person.
The lives of the province’s residents are affected by 427 property related crimes every day, which include burglary at residential and non-residential premises.
Residential burglary has reduced by nearly three percent but this cannot be considered a success due to the high total of 66 172 incidents reported.
