This crime affected 0.32% of households in South Africa. Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inboxTo complete the process, please follow the instructions in the email we just sent you.There was a problem processing your submission. The most likely victims of home robbery were households in metros, White-headed households, and households headed by young adults. Posted on October 11, 2018 Facebook Twitter Linkedin. About 0,08% of individuals aged 16 and older were hijacked. The GPSJS estimates of the number of victims who reported to the police are in agreement with SAPS dataThe number of incidences for all other crime types remained more or less the same as last year. All affected households reported to the police. Kindly participate in this short survey and provide your details. An in-depth analysis of the Victims of Crime Survey data 2018 Statistics South Africa Risenga Maluleke Statistician-General Report No. The most likely victims of assault were males and young adults. AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 900 news and information items daily from over 140 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public. We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington DC.
Home » Documents » Other Documents The South African Police Service (SAPS) has accepted a new and challenging objective of ensuring that its crime statistics are in line with international best practice. Search the site . This is a dramatic increase from 73% in 2017/18. The collaboration with StatsSA will go a long way in enhancing the integrity of the SAPS crime statistics and ensuring that policy-makers have quality data to assist them with making policy decisions.AllAfrica publishes around 900 reports a day from more than Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are All details will be kept confidential and is for the use of Stats SA only. : (012) 310 8600/4892/8390. SAPS handle murders that may not be known to households such as murders of homeless people, immigrants, temporary visitors and gang related murders.The survey showed that in 2018/19 there were about 260 000 incidences of home robberies affecting about 1% of all households in South Africa. This includes hijacking of trucks. The first quintile contains the precincts in the bottom 20%, so they have the least crimes. The 2018/19 crime report revealed that the percentage of victims of sexual offence who reported at least one incident is 88%. Please try again later.Drama as Kenyan Socialite Vera Sidika's Ex Parades Her Nude PicsUganda: Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, World's Most Expensive Road?Bushiri Accused of 'Sickening Orgies' by Church WomenKenyan Minister Releases Names of Suspected Al-Shabaab FundersGuinean Opposition Vows Protests As President Goes for Third Term Mid-Year Crime Statistics For January To June 2018 Increase in Overall Crime due largely to Rise in Scams Overall crime increased by 3.2% to 16,460 cases in the first six months of 2018, from 15,949 cases in the same period last year. About 60% of households reported one or more incidences of home robbery to the police.In 2018/19 there were about 32 000 incidences of hijacking of motor vehicles.
The recently released Victims of Crime Survey results found that crime levels have been gradually declining. Victims of crime report 2018/19.
The weapons used for street robbery were knives (62%) and guns (37%).In 2018/19 there were about 1,2 million incidences of theft of personal property affecting 2,5% of people aged 16 or older in South Africa. This will be achieved through a Memorandum of Understanding with Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), aimed at further enhancing the quality and integrity of the South African crime statistics. The number of total crimes for the category or categories you have chosen are sorted numerically and then divided into 5 blocks, called quintiles.