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Burglary at non-residential property the only category to
increase.
Other contact crime categories decreased.
9m ago
Cele says sexual offences recorded a 39.7% drop and that there was a 40.4% drop in rape cases reported.
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10m ago
Burglaries at residential premises dropped by over 30% whilst on the other hand Burglary at non-residential premises increased by 9.1%.
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10m ago
To date, 298 252 people have been arrested and charged for contravening the Disaster Management Act.
181 579 were released on warning to appear before court. Tweet from @AlexMitchley
12m ago
“The SAPS a place for criminals and the long arm of the
law will catch up with you and show you no mercy,” says Cele.
Comment on corrupt police members
14m ago
163 police officers were arrested for violating lockdown
regulations, says Cele.
Hopes that IPID will investigate police brutality
15m ago
From Level 3 of lockdown, cases began to increase. People
began to return to work and the alcohol ban was lifted, says Cele
16m ago
There was a 29.4% drop in contact-related crime. Burglary
dropped by 30%, but an increased number of attacks on schools.
The first quarter was a much safer to live in SA
19m ago
Crime stats paint a never-before seen rosy picture as a
result of lockdown regulations, says Cele.
There were also more boots on the ground to combat crime
21m ago
SAPS responded to millions of domestic violence calls, says
Cele
21m ago
Over 200 000 arrested for lockdown violations, but it is not
the police’s aim to criminalise South Africans, says Cele
22m ago
SANDF helped SAPS with enforcement of lockdown regulations,
says Cele.
Resulted in the confiscation of millions of rand of
contraband and illegal weapons. Also made an impact on organised crime
26m ago
Cele presents the crime statistics for the first quarter of
2020
29m ago
Opposition parties question veracity of crime statistics
Apart from questioning the statistics, the opposition parties also said it was indicative of government’s failure to keep South Africans safe.
29m ago
Latest crime stats show murders increased by 1.4%
There were 21 325 murders in the previous financial year, an increase of 1.4%.
29m ago
INFOGRAPHICS | Crime stats 2020: What you need to know
There was an overall drop in reported crime in the most recently available crime statistics – but violent crime in South Africa, including murders, continued to rise between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020.
