CRIME STATISTICS - SAPS

CRIME STATISTICSREPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

FOURTH QUARTER 2020/2021

(JANUARY TO MARCH 2021)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Introduction

Broad categories of crime

Crime Statistics Analysis

Highlights of the 17 Community-Reported Serious Crimes

National crime overview

Contact crimes

Kidnapping

Contact-related crimes

Property-related crimes

Other serious crimes

Crime detected as a result of police action

Provincial crime overview

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Financial year 2017/2018

CATEGORIES OF CRIME

Contact Crime

Murder

Attempted murder

Assault GBH

Assault Common

Aggravated Robbery

Common Robbery

Sexual Offences

Contact Related

Arson

Malicious Damage to Property

Property Related

Burglary Residential

Burglary Business

Theft of Motor Vehicle

Theft out/from Motor Vehicle

Stock Theft

Other Serious

Theft other

Commercial Crime

Shoplifting

Crimes Dependent on

Police Action for Detection

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

Drug related crimes

Driving under the influence of alcohol

and drugs

Sexual offences detected as result

of police action

17 COMMUNITY REPORTED SERIOUS CRIMES CDPA

NATIONAL CRIME SITUATION JANUARY TO MARCH 2020_21

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CRIME CATEGORYJan to Mar 2016_17

Jan to Mar 2017_18

Jan to Mar 2018_19

Jan to Mar 2019_20

Jan to Mar 2020_21

Count Diff % Change

CONTACT CRIMES ( CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)

Murder 4 286 4 668 4 896 4 589 4 976 387 8,4%

Sexual Offences 12 122 12 275 13 801 12 627 12 133 -494 -3,9%

Attempted murder 4 417 4 243 4 647 4 216 4 582 366 8,7%

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 41 166 41 078 43 113 40 168 36 417 -3 751 -9,3%

Common assault 38 132 39 314 42 262 42 866 38 889 -3 977 -9,3%

Common robbery 12 570 12 225 12 667 12 262 9 549 -2 713 -22,1%

Robbery with aggravating circumstances 32 856 31 864 33 130 33 404 30 768 -2 636 -7,9%

Total Contact Crimes ( Crimes Against The Person) 145 549 145 667 154 516 150 132 137 314 -12 818 -8,5%

Total Sexual Offences

Rape 9 754 9 695 10 792 9 905 9 518 -387 -3,9%

Sexual Assault 1 522 1 793 2 072 1 913 1 910 -3 -0,2%

Attempted Sexual Offences 488 500 610 497 433 -64 -12,9%

Contact Sexual Offences 358 287 327 312 272 -40 -12,8%

Total Sexual Offences 12 122 12 275 13 801 12 627 12 133 -494 -3,9%

SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY

Carjacking 3 993 3 828 3 883 4 303 4 513 210 4,9%

Robbery at residential premises 5 368 5 183 5 343 4 916 5 288 372 7,6%

Robbery at non-residential premises 4 618 4 463 4 549 4 741 4 872 131 2,8%

Robbery of cash in transit 41 50 40 47 42 -5 -10,6%

Bank robbery 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 Count Higher

Truck hijacking 271 254 245 284 354 70 24,6%

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICACRIME SITUATION

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICACRIME SITUATION

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CRIME CATEGORYJanuary to

March 2016_17

January to

March 2017_18

January to

March 2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Case Diff % Change

Arson 881 840 946 853 732 -121 -14,2%

Malicious damage to property 27 827 26 836 27 911 26 106 24 850 -1 256 -4,8%

Total Contact-Related Crimes 28 708 27 676 28 857 26 959 25 582 -1 377 -5,1%

Burglary at non-residential premises 18 836 17 490 17 623 18 384 15 215 -3 169 -17,2%

Burglary at residential premises 60 698 57 287 55 311 51 004 40 568 -10 436 -20,5%

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 12 601 12 284 11 813 11 163 9 240 -1 923 -17,2%

Theft out of or from motor vehicle 32 818 31 238 30 785 27 810 20 111 -7 699 -27,7%

Stock-theft 6 984 7 673 7 433 6 853 6 089 -764 -11,1%

Total Property-Related Crimes 131 937 125 972 122 965 115 214 91 223 -23 991 -20,8%

All theft not mentioned elsewhere 78 724 75 620 74 533 69 556 59 646 -9 910 -14,2%

Commercial crime 17 573 19 218 21 225 20 193 22 558 2 365 11,7%

Shoplifting 16 045 14 768 15 197 14 412 11 597 -2 815 -19,5%

Total Other Serious Crimes 112 342 109 606 110 955 104 161 93 801 -10 360 -9,9%

Total 17 Community Reported Serious Crimes 418 536 408 921 417 293 396 466 347 920 -48 546 -12,2%

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 4 171 4 071 3 854 3 607 3 184 -423 -11,7%

Drug-related crime 76 347 82 456 41 810 43 344 35 932 -7 412 -17,1%

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 16 184 19 354 19 657 19 330 8 583 -10 747 -55,6%

Sexual Offences detected as a result of police action 1 490 1 774 2 389 2 377 2 335 -42 -1,8%

Total Crime Detected As A Result Of Police Action 98 192 107 655 67 710 68 658 50 034 -18 624 -27,1%

CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES

PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES

OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES

CRIME DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA CRIME SITUATION PER RATIOS

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Per capita (*Ratio per 100 000 of the population)

17 COMMUNITY REPORTED SERIOUS CRIME

Contact crime

Contact-related crime

Property-related crime

Other serious crimes

17 COMMUNITY-REPORTED SERIOUS CRIMES

TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

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EASTERN CAPE FREE STATE GAUTENG KWAZULU/NATALLIMPOPO MPUMALANGA NORTH WEST NORTHERN CAPE WESTERN CAPERSA

Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng

Kwazulu

/Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West

Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 40 411 22 000 112 669 62 769 22 897 23 679 22 417 11 255 78 369 396 466

Jan_Mar 2020_21 37 344 20 144 96 208 55 932 20 708 21 552 20 594 9 818 65 620 347 920

Count Diff -3 067 -1 856 -16 461 -6 837 -2 189 -2 127 -1 823 -1 437 -12 749 -48 546

%Change -7,6% -8,4% -14,6% -10,9% -9,6% -9,0% -8,1% -12,8% -16,3% -12,2%

135 023

133 888

127 555

101 562

116 207

130 151

-10

19 990

39 990

59 990

79 990

99 990

119 990

139 990

159 990

January February March

2019/2020

2020/2021

-33 461

-17 681

2 596

17 COMMUNITY-REPORTED SERIOUS CRIMES

TOP 30 STATIONS

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Position Station Province

January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff%

Change

1 HONEYDEW GAUTENG 2 644 2 578 2 453 2 465 2 036 -429 -17,4%

2 JHB CENTRAL GAUTENG 2 975 2 904 3 002 2 494 1 899 -595 -23,9%

3 DURBAN CENTRAL KWAZULU/NATAL 2 607 2 396 2 286 2 195 1 820 -375 -17,1%

4 MITCHELLS PLAIN WESTERN CAPE 3 030 3 081 2 974 2 531 1 737 -794 -31,4%

5 CAPE TOWN CENTRAL WESTERN CAPE 4 114 3 447 3 731 3 112 1 720 -1 392 -44,7%

6 PARK ROAD FREE STATE 2 532 2 400 2 577 2 342 1 717 -625 -26,7%

7 PINETOWN KWAZULU/NATAL 2 083 1 848 1 842 1 863 1 642 -221 -11,9%

8 RUSTENBURG NORTH WEST 2 094 1 902 1 765 1 798 1 626 -172 -9,6%

9 WITBANK MPUMALANGA 2 360 2 214 2 081 1 932 1 534 -398 -20,6%

10 PLESSISLAER KWAZULU/NATAL 1 420 1 653 1 597 1 632 1 526 -106 -6,5%

11 BROOKLYN GAUTENG 1 868 1 600 1 782 1 802 1 492 -310 -17,2%

12 DELFT WESTERN CAPE 1 363 1 778 1 847 1 683 1 489 -194 -11,5%

13 KRAAIFONTEIN WESTERN CAPE 1 964 2 018 1 667 1 523 1 464 -59 -3,9%

14 PRETORIA CENTRAL GAUTENG 2 094 2 315 2 202 1 785 1 456 -329 -18,4%

15 TEMBA GAUTENG 1 637 1 597 1 571 1 548 1 438 -110 -7,1%

16 PHOENIX KWAZULU/NATAL 1 872 1 704 1 497 1 795 1 434 -361 -20,1%

17 UMLAZI KWAZULU/NATAL 1 618 1 577 1 524 1 383 1 406 23 1,7%

18 MIDRAND GAUTENG 1 865 1 778 1 652 1 651 1 402 -249 -15,1%

19 RANDFONTEIN GAUTENG 1 653 1 680 1 634 1 548 1 401 -147 -9,5%

20 EMPANGENI KWAZULU/NATAL 1 401 1 329 1 431 1 581 1 394 -187 -11,8%

21 WORCESTER WESTERN CAPE 1 788 1 808 1 613 1 767 1 377 -390 -22,1%

22 AKASIA GAUTENG 1 478 1 555 1 580 1 509 1 367 -142 -9,4%

23 SUNNYSIDE GAUTENG 1 879 1 810 1 988 1 713 1 357 -356 -20,8%

24 MFULENI WESTERN CAPE 1 361 1 453 1 563 1 458 1 344 -114 -7,8%

25 KIMBERLEY NORTHERN CAPE 1 824 1 434 1 813 1 867 1 319 -548 -29,4%

26 KWADUKUZA KWAZULU/NATAL 1 455 1 357 1 505 1 342 1 302 -40 -3,0%

27 HILLBROW GAUTENG 2 122 1 965 1 904 1 767 1 297 -470 -26,6%

28 INANDA KWAZULU/NATAL 1 385 1 466 1 432 1 332 1 293 -39 -2,9%

29 TEMBISA GAUTENG 1 182 1 431 1 596 1 616 1 291 -325 -20,1%

30 KEMPTON PARK GAUTENG 1 671 1 694 1 671 1 469 1 284 -185 -12,6%

CONTACT CRIME

CONTACT CRIME

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Contact crime refers to those crimes in which the victims themselves are the targets of

violence or property is targeted and the victims in the vicinity during the commission of

the crime are subjected to threats of violence or the use of such violence.

• Murder

• Sexual offences (i.e. rape, attempted sexual offences, contact sexual offences and

sexual assault)

• Attempted murder

• Assault GBH

• Common assault

• Common robbery

• Robbery aggravating

CONTACT CRIME TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

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Kwazulu


Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 15 988 8 837 42 914 24 705 8 387 8 509 8 641 4 389 27 762 150 132

Jan_Mar 2020_21 15 296 8 133 38 676 23 064 8 034 7 860 8 077 3 959 24 215 137 314

Count Diff -692 -704 -4 238 -1 641 -353 -649 -564 -430 -3 547 -12 818

%Change -4,3% -8,0% -9,9% -6,6% -4,2% -7,6% -6,5% -9,8% -12,8% -8,5%

49 750

51 076

49 306

34 810

47 911

54 593

-10

9 990

19 990

29 990

39 990

49 990

59 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-14 940

-3 165

5 287

CONTACT CRIMESTOP 30 STATIONS

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January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff%

Change

1 UMLAZI KWAZULU/NATAL 856 841 839 805 879 74 9,2%

2 JHB CENTRAL GAUTENG 1 251 1 218 1 348 1 132 854 -278 -24,6%

3 DELFT WESTERN CAPE 687 864 927 804 837 33 4,1%

4 NYANGA WESTERN CAPE 1 122 942 752 877 827 -50 -5,7%

5 KHAYELITSHA WESTERN CAPE 845 778 822 734 818 84 11,4%

6 PLESSISLAER KWAZULU/NATAL 605 679 724 760 791 31 4,1%

7 HILLBROW GAUTENG 1 030 963 978 990 770 -220 -22,2%

8 INANDA KWAZULU/NATAL 721 727 772 736 758 22 3,0%

9 HONEYDEW GAUTENG 715 691 767 801 755 -46 -5,7%

10 TEMBISA GAUTENG 490 671 833 870 753 -117 -13,4%

11 TEMBA GAUTENG 729 735 824 805 734 -71 -8,8%

12 MFULENI WESTERN CAPE 591 663 821 777 734 -43 -5,5%

13 ALEXANDRA GAUTENG 533 611 700 674 713 39 5,8%

14 MITCHELLS PLAIN WESTERN CAPE 1 201 1 150 1 164 1 030 713 -317 -30,8%

15 IVORY PARK GAUTENG 679 748 757 626 700 74 11,8%

16 KRAAIFONTEIN WESTERN CAPE 678 762 696 633 668 35 5,5%

17 MAMELODI EAST GAUTENG 600 556 730 816 663 -153 -18,8%

18 DURBAN CENTRAL KWAZULU/NATAL 586 626 679 638 650 12 1,9%

19 HARARE WESTERN CAPE 604 592 593 611 614 3 0,5%

20 EMPANGENI KWAZULU/NATAL 577 534 550 638 597 -41 -6,4%

21 RIETGAT GAUTENG 537 564 627 653 593 -60 -9,2%

22 KWADUKUZA KWAZULU/NATAL 614 556 606 583 566 -17 -2,9%

23 JEPPE GAUTENG 650 698 688 658 565 -93 -14,1%

24 MOROKA GAUTENG 658 644 808 606 565 -41 -6,8%

25 GUGULETHU WESTERN CAPE 566 395 532 514 564 50 9,7%

26 KAGISO GAUTENG 835 898 697 680 562 -118 -17,4%

27 RANDFONTEIN GAUTENG 549 630 642 593 560 -33 -5,6%

28 AKASIA GAUTENG 484 486 556 567 540 -27 -4,8%

29 WORCESTER WESTERN CAPE 691 625 613 677 540 -137 -20,2%

30 DOBSONVILLE GAUTENG 746 833 811 821 535 -286 -34,8%

SELECTED CAUSATIVE FACTORSMURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ASSAULT GBH

JAN TO MAR 2021

15Murder = 4 911 counts, attempted murder = 4 280, assault GBH = 28 758

Causative factors MurderAttempted

murder

Assault

GBH

Arguments/Misunderstanding (not domestic-

related)/Road Rage/Provocation748 574 11 759

Retaliation/Revenge 97 131 1 560

Robbery (house/ business/street) 341 696 344

Gang-related 236 330 38

Vigilantism/Mob justice 298 69 403

Law enforcement & security guards in line of duty34 232 89

(excl. police murder)

Intervention in a fight 7 26 315

Taxi-related 88 59 40

Rape-related 31 17 120

During commission of another offence - (not robbery

or rape)1 27 45

Illicit mining 17 13 1

Carjacking/attempted 32 139 0

PLACE OF OCCURRENCE

SELECTED CONTACT CRIMES JAN TO MAR 2021

16Sample Size: Murder = 4 911 Counts, Attempted Murder = 4 280, Assault GBH = 28 758

Place of occurrence MurderAttempted

murder

Assault

GBH

Residences of perpetrator/victim (including residence known by

victims/ perpetrator e.g. family/friends/neighbours)1 327 1 241 11 516

Public place e.g. street/open field/recreational

centre/park/beach/parking area/abandoned building2 378 1 687 8 735

Business premises (e.g. mall/restaurants/work place/office

park/entertainment centre e.g. movie theatre, gambling facility109 243 1018

Liquor outlets e.g. shebeen /tavern/pub/night club/bottle store 118 88 2 047

Agricultural land/farm/plot/small holding 84 74 282

Mode of transport e.g. bus/car/plane/boat/ship/taxi 187 364 381

Prison/holding cells 8 4 170

Sea/river/lake/pool/dam 29 4 149

Educational institutions (schools, universities, college, day care

facilities)14 7 92

Petrol station 15 18 117

Public transport premises (Bus stop/taxi rank, Railway premises e.g.

track/station)58 46 290

Mining area 13 21 63

Leisure premises e.g. Hotel/guest house/BnB/motel/holiday resort 3 10 19

CONTACT CRIME

LIQUOR AND DRUG-RELATED OFFENCES

JAN TO MAR 2021

17

2 855

989

168

145

222

100

16

15

0 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500 3 000

Assault GBH

Rape

Murder

Attempted murder

Drugs Alcohol

Confirmed counts were liquor and drugs

were involved

MURDERTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

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Kwazulu


Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 772 205 930 1 096 213 239 173 81 880 4 589

Jan_Mar 2020_21 938 200 966 1 281 194 239 175 79 904 4 976

Count Diff 166 -5 36 185 -19 0 2 -2 24 387

%Change 21,5% -2,4% 3,9% 16,9% -8,9% 0,0% 1,2% -2,5% 2,7% 8,4%

1 4661 589

1 534

1 198

1 789

1 989

-10

490

990

1 490

1 990

2 490


2019/2020

2020/2021

-268

200

455

MURDERTOP 30 STATIONS

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January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff

1 PLESSISLAER KWAZULU/NATAL 29 26 48 43 73 30

2 INANDA KWAZULU/NATAL 60 49 48 42 63 21

3 UMLAZI KWAZULU/NATAL 47 49 40 28 61 33

4 KHAYELITSHA WESTERN CAPE 42 64 28 52 61 9

5 MFULENI WESTERN CAPE 20 42 33 28 56 28

6 KRAAIFONTEIN WESTERN CAPE 37 43 29 34 47 13

7 DELFT WESTERN CAPE 47 49 60 30 46 16

8 NYANGA WESTERN CAPE 47 58 50 46 43 -3

9 IVORY PARK GAUTENG 26 28 20 19 40 21

10 GUGULETHU WESTERN CAPE 29 40 32 28 40 12

11 HARARE WESTERN CAPE 43 38 31 34 39 5

12 BETHELSDORP EASTERN CAPE 32 9 39 34 36 2

13 MOTHERWELL EASTERN CAPE 14 10 21 28 35 7

14 WILLOWVALE EASTERN CAPE 15 13 19 16 32 16

15 PHILIPPI EAST WESTERN CAPE 30 40 33 36 32 -4

16 NEW BRIGHTON EASTERN CAPE 19 16 30 14 31 17

17 KWAZAKELE EASTERN CAPE 15 20 22 19 29 10

18 MPUMALANGA KZN KWAZULU/NATAL 25 18 24 24 29 5

19 KWAMASHU E KWAZULU/NATAL 30 26 26 23 29 6

20 ESIKHALENI KWAZULU/NATAL 10 19 13 20 29 9

21 SAMORA MACHEL WESTERN CAPE 0 0 19 22 29 7

22 LUSIKISIKI EASTERN CAPE 29 24 29 18 28 10

23 MITCHELLS PLAIN WESTERN CAPE 24 39 36 22 28 6

24 NGCOBO EASTERN CAPE 19 20 30 15 27 12

25 HILLBROW GAUTENG 25 23 27 20 27 7

26 ELSIES RIVER WESTERN CAPE 18 11 14 21 27 6

27 MTHATHA EASTERN CAPE 32 44 33 32 24 -8

28 MARIANNHILL KWAZULU/NATAL 18 31 23 28 24 -4

29 NTUZUMA KWAZULU/NATAL 13 18 14 12 24 12

30 KAGISO GAUTENG 26 26 21 13 23 10

MULTIPLE MURDERS

JAN TO MAR 2021

20

ProvinceNumber of victims

Dockets Victims2 3 4 5 6

Eastern Cape 20 3 2 0 1 26 53

Free State 1 1 0 0 0 2 5

Gauteng 77 7 0 0 0 84 175

KwaZulu-Natal 61 5 2 0 1 69 151

Limpopo 5 1 1 0 0 7 17

Mpumalanga 7 0 0 0 0 7 14

North West 6 0 0 0 0 6 12

Western Cape 38 3 2 0 1 44 99

Total 215 20 7 0 3 245 526

MULTIPLE MURDERS

CAUSATIVE FACTORS FOR CASES WITH FIVE AND MORE

COUNTS

Circumstances/causative factors Number of

victims

Station Other crimes committed

Five men shot and killed and the sixth

victim taken to a local hospital

5 x victims Ekuvukeni 1 x attempted murder

Victims gun-down by unknown suspects 5 x victims Harding 3 x attempted murder

Two males wearing balaclavas entered

the house and shot dead the victims.

5 x victims Cofimvaba

Domestic related: Six family members

between the ages of eight and seventy

years, shot dead by a relative

6 x victims Eshowe

Seven victims shot by unknown males 6 x victims Khayelitsha 1 x attempted murder

21

MURDER OF POLICE OFFICIALSJAN TO MAR 2021

TREND OVER THREE YEARS PERIOD

22

Stationed atEastern

CapeFree State

GautengHead Office

KwaZulu-Natal

Limpopo MpumalangaNorth West

North Cape

Western Cape

RSA

2019/2020 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 17

2020/2021 7 0 2 0 8 1 1 0 1 4 24

Count diff 6 -1 -1 -3 4 0 0 -1 0 3 7

2020/2021 Eastern Cape GautengKwaZulu-

NatalLimpopo Mpumalanga North Cape Western Cape RSA

On duty 3 1 4 1 0 0 2 11

Off duty 4 1 4 0 1 1 2 13

Total 7 2 8 1 1 1 4 24

MURDERS OF FARMING COMMUNITYJAN TO MAR 2021

TREND OVER THREE-YEAR PERIOD

23

EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

Murder at farms and small holdings (number of victims)

2018/

2019 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6

2019/

2020 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 6

2020/

2021 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 0 2 11

Count

Diff -2 0 0 4 -1 2 0 0 2 5

MURDERS OF FARMING COMMUNITYVICTIMS AND CIRCUMSTANCES

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4

Farmer/Owners

Victim found tied on a tree with an open

wound behind his body and injuries all over his

body.

Victim assaulted by group of people accusing him of

sending three males to steal stock.

Victims found burned beyond recognition and a gas bottle was found

next to their bodies.

4

Occupants/

Dwellers

Three house robbery victims.

Mentally ill victim found dead with an open

wound on the stomach.

2

Employees

Victim found on the ground with a cut on the head and swollen

face

House robbery

1

Security

Night guard found dead in the

morning at the workshop

ATTACKS ON FARMS AND SMALL HOLDINGSALL INCIDENTS: JAN TO MAR 2021TREND OVER THREE-YEAR PERIOD

25

EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

All incidents on farms and small holdings

2018/

201913 13 8 8 6 2 7 0 7 64

2019/

202011 7 18 1 14 0 6 5 4 66

2020/

202121 12 18 20 24 15 13 0 7 130

Count

Diff10 5 0 19 10 15 7 -5 3 64

FARM DWELLERS/WORKERS ATTACKED BY FARMERS/FARM

MANAGEMENT: SELECTED CONTACT CRIMES

JAN TO MAR 2021: TREND OVER THREE-YEAR PERIOD

26

12 Assault common

5 Assault GBH

3 Attempted Murder

Counts of crimes (20)

20 Contact Crimes incidents recorded: Jan to March 2021

Crime

committedEC FS KZN LP NW WC Total

Assault GBH 0 0 2 1 1 1 5

Attempted

murder1 0 1 0 0 1 3

Common

assault0 4 3 1 0 4 12

Total 1 4 6 2 1 6 20

MURDERMOTIVE/CAUSATIVE FACTORS

JAN TO MAR 2021

27Sample size: murder = 4 911

Causative factors EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

Arguments/ Misunderstanding (not

related to domestic) / Road Rage /

Provocation

77 57 144 199 38 27 25 43 138 748

Robbery (House/ Business/ Street) 33 14 75 77 12 16 20 1 93 341

Vigilantism / Mob justice 45 6 60 82 22 24 7 0 52 298

Gang-related 23 8 7 0 0 0 2 0 196 236

Retaliation / Revenge 0 1 14 0 0 4 2 1 75 97

Taxi-related 7 0 27 33 0 0 0 0 21 88

Law enforcement & security

guards in line of duty (excluding

police murder)5 0 4 14 0 0 9 0 2 34

Carjacking 1 0 7 14 0 5 0 0 5 32

Rape-related 5 2 3 12 2 0 4 0 3 31

Illicit mining 0 0 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 17

ATTEMPTED MURDERTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

28

EASTERN CAPE FREE STATE GAUTENG KWAZULU/NATAL LIMPOPO MPUMALANGA NORTH WEST NORTHERN CAPE WESTERN CAPE RSA

Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu/Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape

Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 538 165 1 005 995 200 283 169 130 731 4 216

Jan_Mar 2020_21 505 196 1 055 1 140 196 239 223 131 897 4 582

Case Diff -33 31 50 145 -4 -44 54 1 166 366

%Change -6,1% 18,8% 5,0% 14,6% -2,0% -15,5% 32,0% 0,8% 22,7% 8,7%

1 3571 396

1 463

1 191

1 614

1 777

-10

190

390

590

790

990

1 190

1 390

1 590

1 790

1 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-166

218

314

ATTEMPTED MURDERTOP 30 STATIONS

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January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff







7 BETHELSDORP EASTERN CAPE 57 23 68 46 40 -6

8 MARIANNHILL KWAZULU/NATAL 33 19 33 42 39 -3



11 KHAYELITSHA WESTERN CAPE 53 48 27 40 33 -7

12 STEENBERG WESTERN CAPE 10 24 11 4 32 28

13 TEMBISA GAUTENG 22 26 41 30 31 1

14 OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE 2 7 5 5 31 26

15 MANENBERG WESTERN CAPE 27 18 30 12 30 18

16 PHILIPPI WESTERN CAPE 30 10 26 13 29 16



19 GELVANDALE EASTERN CAPE 52 73 74 50 26 -24

20 KWADUKUZA KWAZULU/NATAL 25 16 22 19 26 7

21 OLIEVENHOUTBOSCH GAUTENG 30 23 17 22 25 3

22 CHATSWORTH KWAZULU/NATAL 35 27 21 13 25 12

23 JEPPE GAUTENG 33 29 30 28 24 -4

24 WENTWORTH KWAZULU/NATAL 8 8 7 14 24 10

25 ESIKHALENI KWAZULU/NATAL 14 21 19 12 23 11

26 ZAMDELA FREE STATE 4 1 19 25 22 -3

27 EMPANGENI KWAZULU/NATAL 23 20 19 26 22 -4

28 VERULAM KWAZULU/NATAL 6 25 14 26 22 -4


30 KLEINVLEI WESTERN CAPE 10 16 21 18 22 4

ATTEMPTED MURDER: MOTIVE/CAUSATIVE FACTORS

PROVINCIAL DISTRIBUTION

JAN TO MAR 2021

30Sample size: murder = 4 280

Murder causative factors EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

Arguments/ Misunderstanding (not

related to domestic) / Road Rage /

Provocation36 29 241 77 22 30 24 51 64 574

Robbery (house/ Business/ Street) 31 29 266 131 32 34 51 1 121 696

Gang-related 46 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 279 330


guards in line of duty (excluding

police murder)

28 9 36 64 12 4 23 0 56 232

Carjacking 15 3 61 20 6 8 1 5 20 139

Retaliation / Revenge 7 8 9 6 1 12 8 2 78 131


Taxi-related 2 0 19 13 0 10 7 0 8 59

Rape-related 1 3 2 7 1 0 1 0 2 17

Illicit mining 0 3 5 0 0 2 2 1 0 13

ASSAULT WITH THE INTENT TO INFLICT GRIEVIOUS BODILY HARM: TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

31



Kwazulu


Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 5 417 2 785 9 078 6 649 2 656 2 628 2 986 1 875 6 094 40 168

Jan_Mar 2020_21 5 400 2 434 8 323 5 949 2 447 2 270 2 766 1 656 5 172 36 417

Count Diff -17 -351 -755 -700 -209 -358 -220 -219 -922 -3 751

%Change -0,3% -12,6% -8,3% -10,5% -7,9% -13,6% -7,4% -11,7% -15,1% -9,3%

13 619

13 259 13 290

7 773

13 264

15 380

-10

1 990

3 990

5 990

7 990

9 990

11 990

13 990

15 990

17 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-5 846

5

2 090

ASSAULT WITH THE INTENT TO INFLICT GRIEVIOUS BODILY HARM: TOP 30 STATIONS

32


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff

1 TEMBA GAUTENG 239 247 268 263 230 -33

2 INANDA KWAZULU/NATAL 224 288 258 227 202 -25

3 MAMELODI EAST GAUTENG 159 159 213 231 194 -37

4 UMLAZI KWAZULU/NATAL 245 228 231 218 193 -25

5 IVORY PARK GAUTENG 187 202 234 185 183 -2

6 ALEXANDRA GAUTENG 120 129 100 149 180 31

7 HILLBROW GAUTENG 205 176 172 180 175 -5

8 RANDFONTEIN GAUTENG 180 200 201 155 174 19

9 IKAGENG NORTH WEST 169 220 165 193 173 -20

10 KWA THEMA GAUTENG 87 86 97 72 172 100

11 DIEPSLOOT GAUTENG 176 195 192 188 167 -21

12 PLESSISLAER KWAZULU/NATAL 171 162 185 205 164 -41


14 TEMBISA GAUTENG 102 165 169 155 160 5

15 MADADENI KWAZULU/NATAL 121 157 193 180 160 -20

16 ETWATWA GAUTENG 125 160 151 187 157 -30

17 DELFT WESTERN CAPE 149 162 172 186 149 -37

18 MFULENI WESTERN CAPE 144 133 169 155 148 -7

19 BLOEMSPRUIT FREE STATE 154 125 146 123 146 23

20 DOBSONVILLE GAUTENG 219 260 246 260 146 -114

21 WORCESTER WESTERN CAPE 175 144 154 187 143 -44

22 JHB CENTRAL GAUTENG 156 213 206 195 142 -53

23 JEPPE GAUTENG 141 149 148 119 141 22

24 NTUZUMA KWAZULU/NATAL 202 210 160 176 140 -36

25 KWADUKUZA KWAZULU/NATAL 139 152 168 167 138 -29

26 SESHEGO LIMPOPO 182 191 141 124 138 14

27 GALESHEWE NORTHERN CAPE 184 166 157 153 133 -20

28 MANKWENG LIMPOPO 150 174 149 149 132 -17

29 MOROKA GAUTENG 184 183 254 149 129 -20

30 HONEYDEW GAUTENG 141 153 125 100 127 27

ASSAULT GBH: MOTIVE/CAUSATIVE FACTORSPROVINCIAL DISTRIBUTION

JAN TO MAR 2021Assault GBH causative factors EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

Arguments/

Misunderstanding (not

related to domestic) / Road

Rage / Provocation

1 115 124 3 890 2 905 304 688 938 541 1 254 11 759

Retaliation / Revenge 34 1 075 71 90 2 22 10 1 255 1 560


Robbery (house/ Business/

Street)91 6 59 64 16 4 45 20 39 344

Intervened in argument 30 7 68 0 0 0 0 0 105 210

Rape-related 24 4 11 45 8 2 5 7 14 120


guards in line of duty

(excluding police murder)

0 10 7 25 0 6 10 7 22 87

Taxi-related 0 0 17 9 2 7 3 1 1 40

Gang-related 13 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 12 38

During commission of other

crime (Not robbery and rape)4 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 15 30

Illicit mining 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 133

ASSAULT COMMONTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

34



Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 3 194 3 227 12 192 6 473 1 889 2 131 2 148 1 159 10 453 42 866

Jan_Mar 2020_21 3 070 3 211 10 706 5 593 1 957 1 917 2 114 1 118 9 203 38 889

Case Diff -124 -16 -1 486 -880 68 -214 -34 -41 -1 250 -3 977

%Change -3,9% -0,5% -12,2% -13,6% 3,6% -10,0% -1,6% -3,5% -12,0% -9,3%

13 955

14 72014 191

9 702

13 952

15 235

-10

1 990

3 990

5 990

7 990

9 990

11 990

13 990

15 990

17 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-4 253

-768

1 044

ASSAULT COMMONTOP 30 STATIONS

35


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff%

Change

1 MITCHELLS PLAIN WESTERN CAPE 526 421 483 521 357 -164 -31,5%

2 DELFT WESTERN CAPE 163 278 334 312 307 -5 -1,6%


4 KHAYELITSHA WESTERN CAPE 170 174 230 224 263 39 17,4%

5 PLESSISLAER KWAZULU/NATAL 187 229 232 244 252 8 3,3%

6 TEMBA GAUTENG 129 151 207 223 241 18 8,1%

7 KRAAIFONTEIN WESTERN CAPE 260 284 284 268 241 -27 -10,1%

8 MFULENI WESTERN CAPE 187 194 265 327 240 -87 -26,6%

9 MAMELODI EAST GAUTENG 221 143 221 255 239 -16 -6,3%

10 HILLBROW GAUTENG 247 241 268 278 238 -40 -14,4%

11 ALEXANDRA GAUTENG 201 201 268 235 233 -2 -0,9%

12 KLEINVLEI WESTERN CAPE 189 247 200 236 232 -4 -1,7%

13 PHOENIX KWAZULU/NATAL 275 315 252 327 229 -98 -30,0%


15 RANDFONTEIN GAUTENG 202 253 210 222 207 -15 -6,8%

16 JHB CENTRAL GAUTENG 192 185 192 214 206 -8 -3,7%

17 ELDORADO PARK GAUTENG 188 149 232 271 203 -68 -25,1%

18 KAGISO GAUTENG 269 315 258 280 200 -80 -28,6%

19 THABONG FREE STATE 155 143 203 209 196 -13 -6,2%

20 HARARE WESTERN CAPE 187 199 218 190 196 6 3,2%

21 UMLAZI KWAZULU/NATAL 211 179 187 190 193 3 1,6%

22 EMPANGENI KWAZULU/NATAL 143 128 137 204 192 -12 -5,9%

23 TEMBISA GAUTENG 104 163 243 287 191 -96 -33,4%

24 ATLANTIS WESTERN CAPE 179 233 189 200 190 -10 -5,0%

25 DOBSONVILLE GAUTENG 207 281 252 235 189 -46 -19,6%

26 PAARL EAST WESTERN CAPE 184 210 202 217 174 -43 -19,8%

27 CHATSWORTH KWAZULU/NATAL 213 229 203 236 169 -67 -28,4%

28 RIETGAT GAUTENG 65 98 113 212 165 -47 -22,2%

29 KIMBERLEY NORTHERN CAPE 169 121 144 176 163 -13 -7,4%

30 MOROKA GAUTENG 193 172 177 119 162 43 36,1%

ROBBERY WITH AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

36



Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 3 188 1 136 12 815 5 436 1 781 1 854 1 633 409 5 152 33 404

Jan_Mar 2020_21 2 725 964 11 494 5 667 1 608 1 958 1 455 363 4 534 30 768

Case Diff -463 -172 -1 321 231 -173 104 -178 -46 -618 -2 636

%Change -14,5% -15,1% -10,3% 4,2% -9,7% 5,6% -10,9% -11,2% -12,0% -7,9%

11 19611 433

10 775

9 252 10 010

11 506

-10

1 990

3 990

5 990

7 990

9 990

11 990

13 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-1 944-1 423

731

ROBBERY WITH AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES TOP 30 STATIONS

37


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Case Diff

1 NYANGA WESTERN CAPE 337 331 265 323 335 12

2 PINETOWN KWAZULU/NATAL 329 218 223 279 269 -10


4 TEMBISA GAUTENG 172 173 215 222 252 30

5 HONEYDEW GAUTENG 240 200 236 267 243 -24



8 LOATE GAUTENG 93 96 107 132 229 97

9 AKASIA GAUTENG 173 161 176 185 228 43


11 DURBAN CENTRAL KWAZULU/NATAL 260 250 249 217 217 0

12 KEMPTON PARK GAUTENG 179 208 210 171 206 35


14 RIETGAT GAUTENG 167 166 184 202 200 -2






20 SANDTON GAUTENG 194 200 224 203 167 -36


22 WITBANK MPUMALANGA 185 149 195 166 165 -1

23 ALEXANDRA GAUTENG 120 159 205 173 164 -9

24 MIDRAND GAUTENG 221 189 168 189 160 -29



27 SOSHANGUVE GAUTENG 174 145 136 180 155 -25


29 PRETORIA CENTRAL GAUTENG 167 231 152 185 150 -35

30 PHOENIX KWAZULU/NATAL 155 155 143 161 150 -11

SOME SUB-CATEGORIES OF ROBBERY WITH AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES CRIMES

38

Carjacking

Robbery at residential premises

Robbery at non-residential premises

Robbery of cash in transit

Bank robbery

Truck hijacking

TRIO CRIMES

TOTAL OF TRIO CRIMESTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

39



Kwazulu/

Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West

Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 1 272 414 5 673 2 526 965 983 641 87 1 399 13 960

Jan_Mar 2020_21 1 217 407 5 713 2 959 828 1 122 646 92 1 689 14 673

Count Diff -55 -7 40 433 -137 139 5 5 290 713

%Change -4,3% -1,7% 0,7% 17,1% -14,2% 14,1% 0,8% 5,7% 20,7% 5,1%

4 689

4 705 4 5664 478

4 782

5 413

0

1 000

2 000

3 000

4 000

5 000


2019/2020

2020/2021

-211

77

847

TOTAL OF TRIO CRIMESTOP 30 STATIONS

40



Kwazulu


Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 1 272 414 5 673 2 526 965 983 641 87 1 399 13 960

Jan_Mar 2020_21 1 217 407 5 713 2 959 828 1 122 646 92 1 689 14 673

Count Diff -55 -7 40 433 -137 139 5 5 290 713

%Change -4,3% -1,7% 0,7% 17,1% -14,2% 14,1% 0,8% 5,7% 20,7% 5,1%

4 689 4 705

4 5664 478

4 782

5 413

-10

990

1 990

2 990

3 990

4 990

5 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-211

77

847

TRIO CRIMES, CASH IN TRANSIT AND TRUCK HIJACKINGJAN TO MAR 2021

41

CRIME CATEGORYJan to Mar 2016_17

Jan to Mar 2017_18

Jan to Mar 2018_19

Jan to Mar 2019_20

Jan to Mar 2020_21

Count Diff

% Change

Carjacking 3 993 3 828 3 883 4 303 4 513 210 4,9%


Robbery at residential 5 368 5 183 5 343 4 916 5 288 372 7,6%

Truck Hijacking 271` 254 245 284 354 70 24,6%


CARJACKING TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

42



Kwazulu


Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 249 49 2 290 701 122 249 114 9 520 4 303

Jan_Mar 2020_21 257 49 2 328 767 111 301 94 6 600 4 513

Count Diff 8 0 38 66 -11 52 -20 -3 80 210

1 420

1 464

1 419

1 278

1 515

1 720

-10

190

390

590

790

990

1 190

1 390

1 590

1 790

1 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-142

51

301

CARJACKINGTOP 30 STATIONS

43


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff


2 LOATE GAUTENG 7 9 12 9 57 48







9 SANDRINGHAM GAUTENG 19 15 15 17 47 30

10 MARIANNHILL KWAZULU/NATAL 14 28 39 32 47 15



13 AKASIA GAUTENG 41 22 23 38 42 4

14 SANDTON GAUTENG 19 14 17 23 40 17


16 VOSMAN MPUMALANGA 26 30 29 37 40 3


18 MOROKA GAUTENG 23 21 39 48 36 -12

19 PRETORIA WEST GAUTENG 31 19 28 42 36 -6



22 WIERDABRUG GAUTENG 19 17 19 10 36 26

23 ELDORADO PARK GAUTENG 20 17 19 27 35 8

24 BRAMLEY GAUTENG 21 31 23 23 35 12

25 MIDRAND GAUTENG 29 25 21 40 35 -5


27 ALBERTON GAUTENG 21 21 45 29 34 5

28 HEIDELBERG (GP) GAUTENG 7 18 18 17 34 17



CARJACKINGVICINITY AND TYPE OF VEHICLE HIJACKED

JAN TO MAR 2021

44

2 122

1 225

274

241

106

40

0 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500

Sedan/ Hatch back

Bakkie/ Panel Van

SUV/ Station wagon

Mini bus

Truck not over 3500 ton.

Motorcycle

Type of vehicle hijacked

1 689

1 215

458

227

148

122

85

78

0 500 1 000 1 500 2 000

Township (Formal/Informalresidential area)

Urban Suburb

Rural Area / Villages

Inner City / CBD

Industrial Area

Remote area

Farms / Small Holdings

Informal Settlement /Squatter Camp

Vicinity

ROBBERY AT NON-RESIDENTIAL PREMISES TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

45



Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 514 200 1 610 718 575 432 278 40 374 4 741

Jan_Mar 2020_21 474 190 1 634 919 442 488 301 53 371 4 872

Case Diff -40 -10 24 201 -133 56 23 13 -3 131

%Change -7,8% -5,0% 1,5% 28,0% -23,1% 13,0% 8,3% 32,5% -0,8% 2,8%

1 6371 577

1 5271 5811 544

1 747

-10

190

390

590

790

990

1 190

1 390

1 590

1 790

1 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-56 -33

220

ROBBERY AT NON-RESIDENTIAL PREMISES TOP 30 STATIONS

46

Position Station ProvinceJanuary to

March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March

2020_21Count Diff

1 PINETOWN KWAZULU/NATAL 22 24 25 37 41 4

2 DURBAN CENTRAL KWAZULU/NATAL 41 42 40 15 40 253 KEMPTON PARK GAUTENG 27 20 35 25 38 13

4 JHB CENTRAL GAUTENG 59 42 51 49 37 -125 WITBANK MPUMALANGA 42 35 41 33 37 46 HONEYDEW GAUTENG 32 12 17 25 36 11

7 ACORNHOEK MPUMALANGA 20 20 24 25 35 108 TEMBISA GAUTENG 25 25 41 20 33 139 GERMISTON GAUTENG 24 8 20 23 32 9

10 AKASIA GAUTENG 20 21 18 17 31 1411 PIETERMARITZBURG KWAZULU/NATAL 12 4 3 10 31 2112 KWADUKUZA KWAZULU/NATAL 8 10 17 10 28 18

13 JANE FURSE LIMPOPO 5 8 7 10 28 18

14 PLESSISLAER KWAZULU/NATAL 23 29 30 41 27 -1415 UMBILO KWAZULU/NATAL 13 17 33 12 27 15

16 BUSHBUCKRIDGE MPUMALANGA 16 14 18 11 27 16

17 MADEIRA EASTERN CAPE 8 20 39 18 26 818 IVORY PARK GAUTENG 41 28 28 28 26 -219 BOOYSENS GAUTENG 20 21 17 17 26 920 SEBOKENG GAUTENG 11 8 10 14 26 1221 KLERKSDORP NORTH WEST 5 4 11 14 26 12

22 BOKSBURG NORTH GAUTENG 22 11 19 21 25 4

23 PRETORIA CENTRAL GAUTENG 18 27 17 20 24 4

24 VOSLOORUS GAUTENG 9 17 26 11 24 1325 BEDFORDVIEW GAUTENG 10 9 12 18 24 6

26 ORANGE FARMS GAUTENG 25 18 16 20 24 427 RANDFONTEIN GAUTENG 11 10 11 15 23 828 ATTERIDGEVILLE GAUTENG 15 11 8 16 23 7

29 SANDTON GAUTENG 15 10 19 11 23 12

30 MIDDELBURG MPUMALANG MPUMALANGA 11 14 7 12 23 11

ROBBERY AT RESIDENTIAL PREMISESTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

47



Kwazulu/


Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 509 165 1 773 1 107 268 302 249 38 505 4 916

Jan_Mar 2020_21 486 168 1 751 1 273 275 333 251 33 718 5 288

Count Diff -23 3 -22 166 7 31 2 -5 213 372

%Change -4,5% 1,8% -1,2% 15,0% 2,6% 10,3% 0,8% -13,2% 42,2% 7,6%

1 632

1 664 1 6201 619

1 723

1 946

0

500

1 000

1 500

2 000


2019/2020

2020/2021

-13

59

326

ROBBERY AT RESIDENTIAL PREMISES TOP 30 STATIONS

48


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff









9 DIEPSLOOT GAUTENG 45 46 57 34 47 13




13 AKASIA GAUTENG 31 46 38 25 39 14



16 SANDTON GAUTENG 47 64 48 50 38 -12



19 EMPANGENI KWAZULU/NATAL 41 47 42 34 34 0


21 KAGISO GAUTENG 21 21 14 15 33 18

22 KWAMAKHUTHA KWAZULU/NATAL 12 24 22 27 33 6

23 ROODEPOORT GAUTENG 46 25 33 29 32 3

24 THOHOYANDOU LIMPOPO 44 80 30 27 31 4

25 SAMORA MACHEL WESTERN CAPE 0 0 28 23 30 7

26 ESIKHALENI KWAZULU/NATAL 11 19 14 44 29 -15

27 LOATE GAUTENG 38 33 42 26 28 2

28 VANDERBIJLPARK GAUTENG 13 11 24 26 28 2

29 EDENVALE GAUTENG 17 21 16 22 28 6

30 VERULAM KWAZULU/NATAL 6 16 19 16 28 12

ROBBERY OF CASH IN TRANSIT TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

49



Kwazulu/


Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 4 4 21 2 3 6 2 1 4 47

Jan_Mar 2020_21 9 1 19 7 2 3 0 0 1 42

Count Diff 5 -3 -2 5 -1 -3 -2 -1 -3 -5

11

24

1212

12

18

0

5

10

15

20

25


2019/2020

2020/2021

1

-12

6

ROBBERY OF CASH IN TRANSITTOP 30 STATIONS

50


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Case Diff


2 MQANDULI EASTERN CAPE 0 0 0 0 1 1

3 BEDFORD EASTERN CAPE 0 0 0 0 1 1

4 FLAGSTAFF EASTERN CAPE 0 0 0 0 1 1

5 MOUNT FRERE EASTERN CAPE 0 0 0 0 1 1

6 LIBODE EASTERN CAPE 0 0 0 0 1 1

7 KING WILLIAM'S TOWN EASTERN CAPE 0 1 0 0 1 1

8 DUTYWA EASTERN CAPE 0 0 1 0 1 1

9 TSOLO EASTERN CAPE 0 0 1 0 1 1

10 NGCOBO EASTERN CAPE 1 0 0 0 1 1

11 WELKOM FREE STATE 0 0 0 0 1 1

12 ROODEPOORT GAUTENG 0 1 0 0 1 1




16 DIEPKLOOF GAUTENG 0 1 0 0 1 1

17 BOOYSENS GAUTENG 0 0 0 0 1 1

18 JEPPE GAUTENG 0 0 0 0 1 1

19 SPRINGS GAUTENG 0 0 0 0 1 1

20 MEADOWLANDS GAUTENG 0 1 0 0 1 1

21 PRETORIA WEST GAUTENG 1 0 0 2 1 -1

22 LANGLAAGTE GAUTENG 0 0 0 0 1 1

23 KWA THEMA GAUTENG 0 0 0 1 1 0

24 BOKSBURG GAUTENG 0 0 0 0 1 1

25 VEREENIGING GAUTENG 0 0 0 0 1 1

26 CLEVELAND GAUTENG 0 0 0 0 1 1



29 EVATON GAUTENG 0 0 0 0 1 1

30 DOBSONVILLE GAUTENG 0 0 0 0 1 1

RSA: CIT ROBBERY TYPES OF CIT AS PER PROVINCES

51

TRUCK HIJACKING TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

52



Kwazulu/


Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 40 18 144 15 5 35 8 0 19 284

Jan_Mar 2020_21 47 14 206 21 7 25 13 1 20 354

Count Diff 7 -4 62 6 2 -10 5 1 1 70

85

107

92

105

126

123

0

20

40

60

80

100

120


2019/2020

2020/2021

20 19

31

TRUCK HIJACKINGTOP 30 STATIONS

53


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff


2 HEIDELBERG (GP) GAUTENG 3 6 5 5 10 5

3 SWARTKOPS EASTERN CAPE 2 3 1 5 9 4

4 ORANGE FARMS GAUTENG 0 3 3 4 9 5

5 AKASIA GAUTENG 0 0 2 5 9 4



8 KLIPRIVIER GAUTENG 4 2 3 3 6 3

9 BEDFORDVIEW GAUTENG 3 2 2 4 6 2

10 LYTTELTON GAUTENG 6 4 4 2 6 4

11 PARYS FREE STATE 1 0 0 3 5 2

12 OLIFANTSFONTEIN GAUTENG 3 4 2 5 5 0

13 BRACKENDOWNS GAUTENG 0 4 1 5 5 0

14 THE BARRAGE GAUTENG 1 0 0 0 5 5

15 KWAZAKELE EASTERN CAPE 0 0 1 10 4 -6

16 ALBERTON GAUTENG 12 6 5 7 4 -3

17 HAMMANSKRAAL GAUTENG 2 0 1 7 4 -3


19 SINOVILLE GAUTENG 1 6 2 3 4 1

20 RABIE RIDGE GAUTENG 1 2 0 0 4 4

21 CARLETONVILLE GAUTENG 0 0 2 0 4 4

22 ERASMIA GAUTENG 1 0 1 0 4 4

23 MOUNT ROAD EASTERN CAPE 2 5 1 3 3 0

24 BRONKHORSTSPRUIT GAUTENG 0 1 4 4 3 -1

25 WESTONARIA GAUTENG 2 0 4 0 3 3

26 GERMISTON GAUTENG 4 3 3 1 3 2


28 VEREENIGING GAUTENG 3 1 0 5 3 -2

29 ZONKIZIZWE GAUTENG 5 3 1 1 3 2

30 HERCULES GAUTENG 0 0 1 0 3 3

COMMON ROBBERY TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

54



Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 928 472 4 292 1 730 688 584 593 319 2 656 12 262

Jan_Mar 2020_21 634 365 3 507 1 334 616 475 504 273 1 841 9 549

Case Diff -294 -107 -785 -396 -72 -109 -89 -46 -815 -2 713

%Change -31,7% -22,7% -18,3% -22,9% -10,5% -18,7% -15,0% -14,4% -30,7% -22,1%

4 023

4 319

3 920

2 616

3 128

3 805

-10

490

990

1 490

1 990

2 490

2 990

3 490

3 990

4 490

4 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-1 407

-1 191

-115

COMMON ROBBERY TOP 30 STATIONS

55


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff





5 CAPE TOWN CENTRAL WESTERN CAPE 300 299 317 319 131 -188


7 SUNNYSIDE GAUTENG 132 125 163 117 91 -26


9 PAROW WESTERN CAPE 89 113 111 57 81 24

10 BROOKLYN GAUTENG 46 43 93 106 79 -27

11 BRIXTON GAUTENG 48 53 46 76 71 -5

12 RANDBURG GAUTENG 42 47 50 53 68 15

13 PARK ROAD FREE STATE 128 157 140 129 66 -63

14 KIMBERLEY NORTHERN CAPE 161 84 120 99 66 -33

15 TEMBISA GAUTENG 46 67 90 94 64 -30

16 JEPPE GAUTENG 56 72 85 62 63 1

17 MITCHELLS PLAIN WESTERN CAPE 179 164 180 128 62 -66

18 TEMBA GAUTENG 60 64 70 70 61 -9

19 AKASIA GAUTENG 54 73 60 64 60 -4


21 BELLVILLE WESTERN CAPE 93 96 74 80 54 -26

22 SANDTON GAUTENG 43 52 67 108 53 -55

23 MIDRAND GAUTENG 65 60 70 51 53 2

24 DOBSONVILLE GAUTENG 44 54 45 58 52 -6

25 RUSTENBURG NORTH WEST 108 68 70 57 49 -8

26 MIDDELBURG MPUMALANG MPUMALANGA 47 34 49 41 48 7

27 YEOVILLE GAUTENG 53 53 55 57 47 -10



30 FLORIDA GAUTENG 58 37 42 41 45 4

SELECTED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-RELATED CRIMES JAN TO MAR 2021

BY PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN AND SEX OF VICTIM

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Free State 21 50 6 12 365 1 057 5 2 8 327 67 10

Gauteng 31 112 25 19 1 458 3 933 35 7 12 1 148 252 31

KwaZulu/Natal 36 66 13 22 672 1 107 19 4 10 324 73 30

Limpopo 10 21 5 6 255 444 10 2 6 179 25 5

Mpumalanga 7 19 1 4 185 345 3 0 3 133 21 5

North West 7 30 6 11 299 452 3 3 7 177 45 7

Northern Cape 3 10 4 9 136 180 0 1 4 72 16 2

Western Cape 32 105 53 26 1 072 3 150 18 9 25 1 096 494 119

Female 88 457 120 86 3 593 9 399 76 19 67 2 510 684 129

Male 87 24 6 38 1 488 2 048 22 10 23 1 279 383 103

RSA 175 481 126 124 5 081 11 447 98 29 90 3 789 1 067 232

ROBBERY WITH AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

JAN TO MAR 2021

57

offence Offence detailed Jan_21 Feb_21 Mar_21 TotalHouse robbery 2 4 1 7Robbery with a weapon or instrument other than a firearm 6 5 9 20Robbery with firearm 1 1 0 2

Robbery with aggravating circumstances Total 9 10 10 29

House Robbery Property : Groceries And Cash Total Value R218-00 Suspect :Son of the complainantSummary: Complainant and the witness were watching TV when the suspect arrived and demand food. When she refused to open he climbed through the bedroom window and threatened to kill them. He was holding a fork and then grabbed a knife. He held it against the complainant’s throat. Suspect then took groceries and money.

Robbery with a weapon or instrument other than a firearmProperty :SASSA Card and cash valued R900 Suspect : Boyfriend Summary : Complainant was sleeping at her residential place with her children when the suspect came home drunk. He then asked the complainant who was the father of the children. The complainant told him that he was the father. He then demanded the SASSA card and the pin. He kicked the complainant and children and strangled the complainant. He took out the kitchen knife threatened her that he will stab her if she doesn't give him the card and pin. He then took the card and withdrew R900.

Robbery with firearm Property : cash R500Suspect :Ex-boyfriend Summary: Complainant and suspect had an argument about her new boyfriend and that she is pregnant. He took out firearm and pointed at her and demanded her money (R500).

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-RELATED MURDERS, RAPE AND ATTEMPTED MURDER: JAN TO MAR 2021

58

SEXUAL OFFENCES

59

Sexual offences are sexual activities that a person has

not consented to, and it can refer to a broad range of

sexual behaviours that make a victim feel uncomfortable,

frightened or threatened. Sexual offences include the

following crimes:

• Rape

• Sexual Assault

• Attempted Sexual Offence

• Contact Sexual Offence

SEXUAL OFFENCESTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

60



Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 219 140 441 297 88 85 83 49 511 1 913

Jan_Mar 2020_21 236 110 477 298 115 88 97 56 433 1 910

Case Diff 17 -30 36 1 27 3 14 7 -78 -3

%Change 7,8% -21,4% 8,2% 0,3% 30,7% 3,5% 16,9% 14,3% -15,3% -0,2%

613

664636

499

626

785

-10

90

190

290

390

490

590

690

790

890


2019/2020

2020/2021

-114

-38

149

SEXUAL OFFENCESTOP 30 STATIONS

61


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff

1 LUSIKISIKI EASTERN CAPE 30 43 57 46 88 42


3 THOHOYANDOU LIMPOPO 52 65 86 52 73 21

4 UMLAZI KWAZULU/NATAL 80 67 75 71 69 -2



7 MOROKA GAUTENG 44 35 58 56 62 6



10 MTHATHA EASTERN CAPE 79 56 39 68 56 -12

11 TEMBA GAUTENG 46 51 64 53 55 2

12 SESHEGO LIMPOPO 37 49 42 43 52 9



15 MAMELODI EAST GAUTENG 40 34 55 47 50 3

16 MANKWENG LIMPOPO 64 45 57 46 49 3

17 RIETGAT GAUTENG 28 27 40 42 48 6




21 KAGISO GAUTENG 61 45 45 42 47 5



24 DUTYWA EASTERN CAPE 23 29 26 35 44 9

25 ESHOWE KWAZULU/NATAL 30 37 41 49 43 -6

26 NGQELENI EASTERN CAPE 32 39 57 39 42 3

27 DIEPSLOOT GAUTENG 56 26 50 44 42 -2

28 BLOEMSPRUIT FREE STATE 35 50 58 51 41 -10

29 THABONG FREE STATE 64 40 62 36 41 5

30 ORANGE FARMS GAUTENG 56 32 65 47 41 -6

RAPETREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

62



Kwazulu/


Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 1 626 641 2 030 1 915 815 658 767 303 1 150 9 905

Jan_Mar 2020_21 1 660 594 2 031 1 722 838 641 694 244 1 094 9 518

Count Diff 34 -47 1 -193 23 -17 -73 -59 -56 -387

%Change 2,1% -7,3% 0,0% -10,1% 2,8% -2,6% -9,5% -19,5% -4,9% -3,9%

3 2543 393

3 258

2 409

3 271

3 838

0

500

1 000

1 500

2 000

2 500

3 000

3 500

4 000


2019/2020

2020/2021

-845

-122

580

RapeTop 30 Stations

63

Position Station ProvinceJanuary to March

2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March

2020_21Count Diff

1 LUSIKISIKI EASTERN CAPE 27 37 52 44 84 402 INANDA KWAZULU/NATAL 74 68 82 66 69 3

3 THOHOYANDOU LIMPOPO 50 53 83 50 63 134 UMLAZI KWAZULU/NATAL 73 60 64 65 59 -6


6 DELFT WESTERN CAPE 31 59 53 51 52 17 MTHATHA EASTERN CAPE 71 50 31 63 51 -128 MOROKA GAUTENG 35 29 44 48 50 2

9 MAMELODI EAST GAUTENG 35 29 50 43 44 110 ALEXANDRA GAUTENG 26 33 26 26 44 18

11 KAGISO GAUTENG 54 40 39 35 43 8


13 TEMBA GAUTENG 44 40 55 43 42 -1

14 HONEYDEW GAUTENG 26 23 35 33 42 915 KHAYELITSHA WESTERN CAPE 32 31 36 34 42 8

16 MANKWENG LIMPOPO 55 39 49 44 41 -317 IVORY PARK GAUTENG 46 46 57 33 40 718 NYANGA WESTERN CAPE 55 43 39 43 40 -3

19 MFULENI WESTERN CAPE 28 23 49 39 39 020 ESHOWE KWAZULU/NATAL 27 30 30 41 38 -321 MADADENI KWAZULU/NATAL 35 26 20 38 37 -122 ORANGE FARMS GAUTENG 49 31 56 36 36 023 SESHEGO LIMPOPO 27 39 40 33 36 3

24 GANYESA NORTH WEST 23 26 29 12 36 2425 DUTYWA EASTERN CAPE 21 24 18 35 34 -126 THABONG FREE STATE 53 34 40 32 34 2

27 GIYANI LIMPOPO 23 21 42 35 34 -128 JOUBERTON NORTH WEST 62 52 47 21 34 1329 KRAAIFONTEIN WESTERN CAPE 34 44 41 30 34 430 BETHELSDORP EASTERN CAPE 33 41 33 23 33 10

RAPE: PLACE OF OCCURRENCE

PROVINCIAL DISTRIBUTION

JAN TO MAR 2021

64Sample size: Rape = 6 893

Place of occurrence EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

Residences of perpetrator/ victim

(including residence known by victims/

perpetrator e.g. family/friends/ neighbours)800 256 765 726 351 228 412 130 462 4 130

Public place e.g. Street/Open field/

Recreational centre/ Park/ Beach / Parking

area / Abandoned building319 86 352 189 57 101 107 53 132 1 396

Mode of Transport e.g. Bus / Car / Plane /

Boat / Ship / Taxi35 2 18 33 1 10 16 1 24 140

Agricultural Land / Farm / Plot / Small

Holding20 2 20 0 3 0 19 0 8 72

Liquor outlets (Shebeen/ Tavern / Pub/

Night club / Bottle Store3 1 19 4 5 4 5 0 4 45

Prison/ Holding cells 1 2 4 3 12 1 5 2 8 38Business premises (e.g. Mall/ restaurants

/work place / Office Park / Entertainment

Centre e.g. Movie Theatre, Gambling

Facility

1 2 9 9 7 0 0 0 5 33

Hotel / Guest house / BnB/ Motel / Holiday

resort3 1 14 2 2 2 5 1 2 32

Public transport premises (Bus stop/taxi

rank, Railway premises e.g. track/station 4 1 13 0 0 6 0 0 3 27

River / Lake / Pool / Dam 1 0 3 7 3 1 0 0 6 21Educational institutions (Schools,

universities, college, Day Care Facilities)0 0 5 1 1 3 2 0 4 16

KIDNAPING

KIDNAPPINGTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

66



Kwazulu


Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 140 73 538 328 52 130 94 17 189 1 561

Jan_Mar 2020_21 142 77 524 352 56 128 88 20 193 1 580

Count Diff 2 4 -14 24 4 -2 -6 3 4 19

525552

484

405

576599

-10

90

190

290

390

490

590

690


2019/2020

2020/2021

-120

24

115

KIDNAPPINGTOP 30 STATIONS

67


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff



3 DELMAS MPUMALANGA 1 16 19 14 22 8


5 JHB CENTRAL GAUTENG 14 18 17 16 18 2


7 KWAMASHU E KWAZULU/NATAL 7 23 15 23 18 -5



10 TEMBISA GAUTENG 10 17 21 19 15 -4

11 KAGISO GAUTENG 6 12 10 9 14 5


13 TEMBA GAUTENG 12 6 13 11 13 2


15 MIDDELBURG MPUMALANG MPUMALANGA 3 7 12 19 13 -6


17 KWAZAKELE EASTERN CAPE 4 6 4 20 12 -8

18 TEMBISA SOUTH GAUTENG 4 4 5 6 12 6

19 ORANGE FARMS GAUTENG 13 7 15 12 12 0



22 JEPPE GAUTENG 4 6 10 8 11 3

23 THABONG FREE STATE 3 1 4 4 10 6


25 TONGAAT KWAZULU/NATAL 1 2 2 5 10 5

26 MILNERTON WESTERN CAPE 3 4 7 2 10 8

27 BELLVILLE WESTERN CAPE 1 3 6 4 10 6

28 PHUTHADITJHABA FREE STATE 5 6 5 8 9 1

29 ZAMDELA FREE STATE 2 0 1 9 9 0


CONTACT-RELATED CRIME

CONTACT-RELATED CRIME

69

Contact-Related Crime includes;

Arson and Malicious Damage to Property. These two crimes are

closely related and involve damage to or the destruction of

another person’s property(often in order to punish such a person

or entity) or to damage one’s own property for the purpose of

insurance claims.

• Arson

• Malicious damage to property

CONTACT-RELATED CRIMESTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

70



Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 3 059 1 393 6 991 3 392 1 727 1 474 1 429 828 6 666 26 959

Jan_Mar 2020_21 2 899 1 452 6 279 3 155 1 643 1 438 1 535 830 6 351 25 582

Case Diff -160 59 -712 -237 -84 -36 106 2 -315 -1 377

%Change -5,2% 4,2% -10,2% -7,0% -4,9% -2,4% 7,4% 0,2% -4,7% -5,1%

9 1918 906 8 862

6 687

8 889

10 006

-10

1 990

3 990

5 990

7 990

9 990

11 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-2 504

-17

1 144

CONTACT-RELATED CRIMESTOP 30 STATIONS

71


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Case Diff






6 TEMBA GAUTENG 133 155 149 140 162 22

7 BISHOP LAVIS WESTERN CAPE 207 202 188 144 159 15




11 ELDORADO PARK GAUTENG 142 121 135 148 144 -4

12 PAARL EAST WESTERN CAPE 178 146 157 171 141 -30



15 RANDFONTEIN GAUTENG 123 134 141 137 132 -5

16 ELSIES RIVER WESTERN CAPE 164 191 160 151 128 -23





21 IKAGENG NORTH WEST 102 86 80 83 114 31



24 ATLANTIS WESTERN CAPE 114 138 134 109 109 0

25 GUGULETHU WESTERN CAPE 116 77 95 118 109 -9

26 AKASIA GAUTENG 105 85 113 98 108 10

27 TEMBISA GAUTENG 94 116 123 113 107 -6

28 GRASSY PARK WESTERN CAPE 134 102 117 118 106 -12



SOME OF THE MOTIVE/CAUSATIVE FACTORS OF


JAN TO MAR 21

Motive/causative factors Arson Malicious Damage to property

Argument/misunderstanding/fight 76 633

Intimidation 48 209

Alcohol related 11 45

Vandalised 0 150

Drug related 2 25

Revenge 3 5

Vigilantism/mob justice 2 5

Service delivery protest 8 9

Jealousy/love triangle 4 14

Negligence 1 60

During commission of other crime 1 292

Gang related 3 272

ARSONTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

73



Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 144 32 92 181 92 53 46 37 176 853

Jan_Mar 2020_21 117 29 90 127 55 49 64 28 173 732

Case Diff -27 -3 -2 -54 -37 -4 18 -9 -3 -121

%Change -18,8% -9,4% -2,2% -29,8% -40,2% -7,5% 39,1% -24,3% -1,7% -14,2%

294

265

294

162

246

324

-10

40

90

140

190

240

290

340

390


2019/2020

2020/2021

-132

-19

30

ARSONTOP 30 STATIONS

74


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Case Diff

1 JOUBERTON NORTH WEST 1 0 4 1 15 14




5 MTHATHA EASTERN CAPE 3 4 4 4 6 2

6 AKASIA GAUTENG 2 0 4 3 6 3

7 TEMBA GAUTENG 8 1 4 1 6 5


9 CHATSWORTH KWAZULU/NATAL 3 4 1 2 6 4

10 PAARL EAST WESTERN CAPE 5 1 1 4 6 2


12 ALGOAPARK EASTERN CAPE 3 2 4 4 5 1

13 KWAMAKHUTHA KWAZULU/NATAL 5 4 2 7 5 -2

14 WITBANK MPUMALANGA 3 4 4 1 5 4

15 HARARE WESTERN CAPE 8 6 5 9 5 -4


17 KNYSNA WESTERN CAPE 1 4 4 4 5 1

18 PLETTENBERG BAY WESTERN CAPE 2 1 1 1 5 4

19 MQANDULI EASTERN CAPE 0 2 1 2 4 2

20 KABEGA PARK EASTERN CAPE 0 1 0 4 4 0

21 KWANOBUHLE EASTERN CAPE 2 2 1 2 4 2


23 BOSCHKOP GAUTENG 1 2 0 0 4 4

24 PUTFONTEIN GAUTENG 2 0 0 0 4 4

25 VERULAM KWAZULU/NATAL 0 2 6 1 4 3

26 SESHEGO LIMPOPO 5 4 7 12 4 -8

27 ZEBEDIELA LIMPOPO 1 3 0 2 4 2

28 CALCUTTA MPUMALANGA 7 1 2 0 4 4


30 GRASSY PARK WESTERN CAPE 2 3 1 4 4 0

TOP TEN PROPERTIES BURNED

JAN TO MAR 2021

75

267

114

31

21

19

18

14

11

8

5

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

Residential house

Shack

Business premises e.g. spaza shop/retail shop/restaurantetc.

Rondavel/hut

Wendy house

Flat/room/hostel

Vehicle

Government/municipal offices

Educational premises e.g. schools/universities/collegeetc

Farm/yard/land

MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTYTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

76



Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 2 915 1 361 6 899 3 211 1 635 1 421 1 383 791 6 490 26 106

Jan_Mar 2020_21 2 782 1 423 6 189 3 028 1 588 1 389 1 471 802 6 178 24 850

Case Diff -133 62 -710 -183 -47 -32 88 11 -312 -1 256

%Change -4,6% 4,6% -10,3% -5,7% -2,9% -2,3% 6,4% 1,4% -4,8% -4,8%

8 8978 641 8 568

6 525

8 643

9 682

-10

1 990

3 990

5 990

7 990

9 990

11 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-2 372

2

1 114

MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTYTOP 30 STATIONS

77


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Case Diff






6 BISHOP LAVIS WESTERN CAPE 204 198 183 142 158 16

7 TEMBA GAUTENG 125 154 145 139 156 17



10 ELDORADO PARK GAUTENG 142 121 134 148 143 -5


12 PAARL EAST WESTERN CAPE 173 145 156 167 135 -32



15 MANENBERG WESTERN CAPE 147 136 152 132 128 -4

16 ELSIES RIVER WESTERN CAPE 162 183 156 149 125 -24





21 IKAGENG NORTH WEST 99 85 75 81 112 31



24 TEMBISA GAUTENG 93 115 123 112 105 -7

25 ATLANTIS WESTERN CAPE 111 136 132 107 105 -2

26 GUGULETHU WESTERN CAPE 114 73 90 117 105 -12

27 AKASIA GAUTENG 103 85 109 95 102 7

28 GRASSY PARK WESTERN CAPE 132 99 116 114 102 -12



TOP TEN TYPE OF PROPERTIES DAMAGED

JAN TO MAR 2021

78

552

510

460

181

109

88

84

64

58

22

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Malicious damage to property

House/wendy e.g. windows/doors etc.

Burglar door/wall/fence/gate

Vehicle e.g. keys/window/door/bonnet/canopy etc.

Educational premises e.g. schools/universities/college etc

Clothes e.g. bedding/curtains etc.

Shack including windows/doors

Cellphones

Business premises e.g. spaza shop/retail shop/restaurantetc.

Furniture

Taverns/shebeen/pub

PROPERTY-RELATED CRIME


80

Property-related crime refers to crimes during which tangible

property of an individual or institution is taken by criminal

elements without permission, and in the absence of the

owner/custodian of such property. This type of crime includes

burglary at both residential and

non-residential premises, theft of motor vehicles and motorcycles,

theft out of or from motor vehicles and stock-theft.

• Burglary at residential premises

• Burglary at non-residential premises

• Theft of motor vehicle and motor cycle

• Theft out of or from motor vehicle

• Stock theft

PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMESTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

81



Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 12 324 6 515 31 035 18 888 6 982 7 972 7 457 3 409 20 632 115 214

Jan_Mar 2020_21 10 240 5 590 22 985 15 526 5 867 6 777 6 317 2 750 15 171 91 223

Case Diff -2 084 -925 -8 050 -3 362 -1 115 -1 195 -1 140 -659 -5 461 -23 991

%Change -16,9% -14,2% -25,9% -17,8% -16,0% -15,0% -15,3% -19,3% -26,5% -20,8%

40 258

38 601

36 355

30 697

29 009

31 517

-10

4 990

9 990

14 990

19 990

24 990

29 990

34 990

39 990

44 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-9 561-9 592

-4 838

PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMESTOP 30 STATIONS

82


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Case Diff % Change

1 BROOKLYN GAUTENG 834 637 660 779 654 -125 -16,0%

2 CAPE TOWN CENTRAL WESTERN CAPE 1 298 1 186 1 288 1 143 548 -595 -52,1%

3 NELSPRUIT MPUMALANGA 596 638 615 579 544 -35 -6,0%

4 PINETOWN KWAZULU/NATAL 702 582 614 614 540 -74 -12,1%

5 RUSTENBURG NORTH WEST 755 688 543 698 506 -192 -27,5%

6 SUNNYSIDE GAUTENG 599 649 762 548 503 -45 -8,2%

7 PARK ROAD FREE STATE 769 842 845 683 485 -198 -29,0%

8 UMBILO KWAZULU/NATAL 566 736 608 561 482 -79 -14,1%

9 WIERDABRUG GAUTENG 746 547 657 685 475 -210 -30,7%

10 WITBANK MPUMALANGA 853 835 688 714 466 -248 -34,7%


12 MIDDELBURG MPUMALANG MPUMALANGA 522 477 552 541 442 -99 -18,3%

13 BELLVILLE WESTERN CAPE 583 561 471 450 438 -12 -2,7%

14 DURBAN CENTRAL KWAZULU/NATAL 787 618 664 663 436 -227 -34,2%

15 GARSFONTEIN GAUTENG 558 473 388 465 421 -44 -9,5%

16 HUMEWOOD EASTERN CAPE 528 629 576 570 410 -160 -28,1%

17 POLOKWANE LIMPOPO 507 403 458 427 389 -38 -8,9%

18 LYTTELTON GAUTENG 657 653 745 571 385 -186 -32,6%

19 KRUGERSDORP GAUTENG 556 474 463 338 384 46 13,6%

20 ROODEPOORT GAUTENG 577 610 529 508 381 -127 -25,0%


22 STELLENBOSCH WESTERN CAPE 808 722 606 495 377 -118 -23,8%

23 BENONI GAUTENG 405 423 370 489 369 -120 -24,5%


25 KWADUKUZA KWAZULU/NATAL 393 360 403 367 361 -6 -1,6%

26 KEMPTON PARK GAUTENG 651 569 518 441 354 -87 -19,7%

27 PRETORIA CENTRAL GAUTENG 518 509 564 382 352 -30 -7,9%

28 POTCHEFSTROOM NORTH WEST 564 529 641 458 352 -106 -23,1%

29 AKASIA GAUTENG 480 511 509 414 349 -65 -15,7%

30 EAST LONDON EASTERN CAPE 514 590 538 472 347 -125 -26,5%


CRIME CATEGORYJan to March

2016_17Jan to March

2017_18Jan to March

2018_19Jan to March

2019_20Jan to March

2020_21Case Diff

% Change

Burglary at non-residential premises

18 836 17 490 17 623 18 384 15 138 -3 246 -17,7%

Burglary at residential premises

60 698 57 287 55 311 51 004 40 490 -10 514 -20,6%

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

12 601 12 284 11 813 11 163 9 180 -1 983 -17,8%

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

32 818 31 238 30 785 27 810 19 996 -7 814 -28,1%

Stock-theft6 984 7 673 7 433 6 853 5 991 -862 -12,6%

Total Property-Related Crimes

131 937 125 972 122 965 115 214 90 795 -24 419 -21,2%

83

SUB CATEGORIES OF PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES

84

• Burglary at residential premises

• Burglary at non-residential premises

• Theft of motor vehicle and motor cycle

• Theft out of or from motor vehicle

• Stock theft

BURGLARY AT RESIDENTIAL PREMISESTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

85



Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 5 240 3 031 12 094 9 202 3 529 3 838 3 663 1 631 8 776 51 004

Jan_Mar 2020_21 4 448 2 566 8 927 7 450 2 964 3 185 2 946 1 392 6 690 40 568

Case Diff -792 -465 -3 167 -1 752 -565 -653 -717 -239 -2 086 -10 436

%Change -15,1% -15,3% -26,2% -19,0% -16,0% -17,0% -19,6% -14,7% -23,8% -20,5%

18 346

16 837

15 821

14 004

12 625

13 939

-10

1 990

3 990

5 990

7 990

9 990

11 990

13 990

15 990

17 990

19 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-4 342-4 212

-1 882

BURGLARY AT RESIDENTIAL PREMISESTOP 30 STATIONS

86


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff



3 KWADUKUZA KWAZULU/NATAL 276 216 257 238 219 -19

4 PHOENIX KWAZULU/NATAL 217 188 138 176 208 32


6 NELSPRUIT MPUMALANGA 214 202 247 266 206 -60


8 IKAGENG NORTH WEST 190 210 183 207 197 -10

9 MARGATE KWAZULU/NATAL 286 224 249 258 195 -63


11 WIERDABRUG GAUTENG 251 238 234 265 192 -73



14 HILLCREST KWAZULU/NATAL 251 201 263 163 173 10

15 BROOKLYN GAUTENG 274 143 154 158 170 12

16 POTCHEFSTROOM NORTH WEST 202 174 237 181 166 -15

17 KRAAIFONTEIN WESTERN CAPE 246 292 198 225 166 -59

18 GARSFONTEIN GAUTENG 227 190 162 151 165 14

19 UMBILO KWAZULU/NATAL 150 196 190 142 164 22

20 AKASIA GAUTENG 254 282 250 190 162 -28


22 SESHEGO LIMPOPO 287 333 218 251 160 -91


24 KNYSNA WESTERN CAPE 236 189 183 212 157 -55

25 KRUGERSDORP GAUTENG 223 144 168 130 156 26

26 MIDDELBURG MPUMALANGMPUMALANGA 243 190 235 207 155 -52

27 KIMBERLEY NORTHERN CAPE 181 129 179 181 155 -26

28 CAMBRIDGE EASTERN CAPE 245 149 168 194 153 -41

29 POLOKWANE LIMPOPO 154 150 152 152 153 1


BURGLARY AT NON-RESIDENTIAL PREMISES TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

87



Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 1 985 1 385 4 118 2 874 1 811 1 539 1 367 680 2 625 18 384

Jan_Mar 2020_21 1 915 1 099 3 233 2 387 1 497 1 333 1 156 530 2 065 15 215

Case Diff -70 -286 -885 -487 -314 -206 -211 -150 -560 -3 169

%Change -3,5% -20,6% -21,5% -16,9% -17,3% -13,4% -15,4% -22,1% -21,3% -17,2%

6 481

5 950 5 953

5 374

4 823

5 018

-10

990

1 990

2 990

3 990

4 990

5 990

6 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-1 107-1 127

-935

BURGLARY AT NON-RESIDENTIAL PREMISESTOP 30 STATIONS

88


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Case Diff

1 EAST LONDON EASTERN CAPE 83 113 98 88 122 34

2 NELSPRUIT MPUMALANGA 102 83 75 95 110 15

3 DURBAN CENTRAL KWAZULU/NATAL 150 97 121 127 101 -26



6 MOUNT ROAD EASTERN CAPE 157 106 89 65 97 32




10 THOHOYANDOU LIMPOPO 87 75 60 121 86 -35


12 MIDDELBURG MPUMALANG MPUMALANGA 71 62 74 95 84 -11

13 KNYSNA WESTERN CAPE 41 52 57 56 81 25

14 HUMEWOOD EASTERN CAPE 36 40 58 51 80 29

15 PIETERMARITZBURG KWAZULU/NATAL 117 96 49 92 78 -14

16 QUEENSTOWN EASTERN CAPE 23 33 29 25 76 51


18 NEWCASTLE KWAZULU/NATAL 44 52 64 49 71 22

19 MAHIKENG NORTH WEST 76 55 82 84 71 -13


21 MAKHADO LIMPOPO 46 49 22 36 65 29




25 MIDRAND GAUTENG 99 62 72 92 63 -29

26 KLERKSDORP NORTH WEST 75 81 61 37 63 26

27 SESHEGO LIMPOPO 41 90 63 69 59 -10




BURGLARY AT NON-RESIDENTIAL PREMISES

SCHOOLS AND LIQUOR PREMISES INCIDENTS

JAN TO MAR 2021

Province Burglary at schools Burglary at liquor premises

Eastern Cape218 69

Free State 92 53

Gauteng 351 105

KwaZulu-Natal293 78

Limpopo 200 93

Mpumalanga141 61

Northern Cape65 27

North West 113 88

Western Cape189 71

Total 1 662 645

89

THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

90



Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 471 263 5 814 1 963 180 523 384 49 1 516 11 163

Jan_Mar 2020_21 369 238 4 845 1 664 173 389 433 41 1 088 9 240

Case Diff -102 -25 -969 -299 -7 -134 49 -8 -428 -1 923

%Change -21,7% -9,5% -16,7% -15,2% -3,9% -25,6% 12,8% -16,3% -28,2% -17,2%

3 670

4 013

3 480

2 813

3 106

3 321

-10

490

990

1 490

1 990

2 490

2 990

3 490

3 990

4 490


2019/2020

2020/2021

-857 -907

-159

THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR CYCLE TOP 30 STATIONS

91


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff

1 BROOKLYN GAUTENG 221 227 235 265 221 -44


3 SUNNYSIDE GAUTENG 119 129 168 122 129 7

4 BEREA KWAZULU/NATAL 185 122 148 129 119 -10



7 LYTTELTON GAUTENG 161 120 186 127 110 -17

8 BENONI GAUTENG 87 86 78 122 108 -14

9 ROODEPOORT GAUTENG 134 145 134 126 105 -21



12 FLORIDA GAUTENG 84 113 113 104 101 -3

13 WIERDABRUG GAUTENG 155 98 180 179 92 -87

14 GARSFONTEIN GAUTENG 104 96 79 125 92 -33

15 BOOYSENS GAUTENG 138 112 92 98 90 -8




19 UMBILO KWAZULU/NATAL 113 161 137 126 78 -48

20 DURBAN NORTH KWAZULU/NATAL 94 83 57 64 78 14

21 SILVERTON GAUTENG 62 53 73 75 77 2

22 AKASIA GAUTENG 79 69 87 87 74 -13

23 AMANZIMTOTI KWAZULU/NATAL 42 49 69 50 73 23


25 VILLIERIA GAUTENG 82 82 99 81 69 -12

26 GERMISTON GAUTENG 62 68 49 45 68 23


28 PRETORIA WEST GAUTENG 83 90 106 58 67 9

29 KEMPTON PARK GAUTENG 100 55 83 72 65 -7

30 BOKSBURG GAUTENG 77 93 63 61 65 4

THEFT OUT OF OR FROM MOTOR VEHICLE TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

92



Republic of South

Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 2 728 996 8 804 3 310 978 1 383 1 396 731 7 484 27 810

Jan_Mar 2020_21 2 015 947 5 739 2 577 787 1 181 1 142 579 5 144 20 111

Case Diff -713 -49 -3 065 -733 -191 -202 -254 -152 -2 340 -7 699

%Change -26,1% -4,9% -34,8% -22,1% -19,5% -14,6% -18,2% -20,8% -31,3% -27,7%

9 3419 560

8 909

6 513 6 505

7 093

-10

1 990

3 990

5 990

7 990

9 990

11 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-2 828 -3 055

-1 816

THEFT OUT OF OR FROM MOTOR VEHICLETOP 30 STATIONS

93


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff%

Change

1 CAPE TOWN CENTRAL WESTERN CAPE 992 920 1 069 846 379 -467 -55,2%

2 SUNNYSIDE GAUTENG 329 428 469 303 261 -42 -13,9%

3 HUMEWOOD EASTERN CAPE 316 396 369 383 219 -164 -42,8%

4 PRETORIA CENTRAL GAUTENG 331 318 323 234 211 -23 -9,8%

5 NELSPRUIT MPUMALANGA 253 318 268 189 200 11 5,8%

6 BROOKLYN GAUTENG 272 218 208 294 197 -97 -33,0%

7 BELLVILLE WESTERN CAPE 295 320 237 252 194 -58 -23,0%

8 DURBAN CENTRAL KWAZULU/NATAL 440 327 302 293 192 -101 -34,5%



11 RUSTENBURG NORTH WEST 230 201 141 234 166 -68 -29,1%

12 PARK ROAD FREE STATE 274 284 330 206 150 -56 -27,2%

13 WITBANK MPUMALANGA 201 223 193 223 148 -75 -33,6%


15 WOODSTOCK WESTERN CAPE 214 213 207 207 144 -63 -30,4%


17 UMBILO KWAZULU/NATAL 216 288 182 202 142 -60 -29,7%

18 MIDDELBURG MPUMALANGMPUMALANGA 135 159 190 170 142 -28 -16,5%


20 WIERDABRUG GAUTENG 291 163 188 171 139 -32 -18,7%

21 GARSFONTEIN GAUTENG 196 158 116 153 132 -21 -13,7%

22 MOUNT ROAD EASTERN CAPE 193 221 170 202 130 -72 -35,6%

23 MIDRAND GAUTENG 259 227 207 235 130 -105 -44,7%

24 BISHOP LAVIS WESTERN CAPE 220 166 159 134 130 -4 -3,0%

25 EAST LONDON EASTERN CAPE 259 214 259 201 128 -73 -36,3%

26 KLERKSDORP NORTH WEST 151 123 200 141 128 -13 -9,2%

27 SANDTON GAUTENG 369 164 270 368 125 -243 -66,0%

28 MITCHELLS PLAIN WESTERN CAPE 260 246 262 201 123 -78 -38,8%

29 PAROW WESTERN CAPE 191 171 214 116 123 7 6,0%

30 GERMISTON GAUTENG 140 156 124 143 120 -23 -16,1%

STOCK THEFT TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

94



Kwazulu


Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 1 900 840 205 1 539 484 689 647 318 231 6 853

Jan_Mar 2020_21 1 493 740 241 1 448 446 689 640 208 184 6 089

Count Diff -407 -100 36 -91 -38 0 -7 -110 -47 -764

%Change -21,4% -11,9% 17,6% -5,9% -7,9% 0,0% -1,1% -34,6% -20,3% -11,1%

2 420 2 241

2 192

1 9931 950

2 146

-10

490

990

1 490

1 990

2 490

2 990


2019/2020

2020/2021

-427

-291

-46

STOCK THEFTTOP 30 STATIONS

95


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff

1 QUMBU EASTERN CAPE 62 75 73 69 75 6

2 TAYLORS HALT KWAZULU/NATAL 37 36 49 52 70 18

3 SULENKAMA EASTERN CAPE 58 73 92 97 68 -29


5 TSOLO EASTERN CAPE 22 28 29 57 61 4

6 BITYI EASTERN CAPE 49 58 63 80 60 -20

7 MMABATHO NORTH WEST 25 22 24 23 59 36

8 MALUTI EASTERN CAPE 41 52 53 47 51 4

9 AMANGWE KWAZULU/NATAL 17 26 43 38 50 12

10 DANNHAUSER KWAZULU/NATAL 29 31 45 38 43 5

11 IMPENDLE KWAZULU/NATAL 29 41 51 48 42 -6

12 VREDE FREE STATE 30 20 22 30 40 10

13 ESTCOURT KWAZULU/NATAL 32 40 29 32 40 8

14 DALASILE EASTERN CAPE 36 61 49 34 38 4

15 BERGVILLE KWAZULU/NATAL 48 48 63 26 38 12

16 NONGOMA KWAZULU/NATAL 42 37 34 26 38 12

17 INTSIKENI KWAZULU/NATAL 18 30 35 42 37 -5

18 DIRKIESDORP MPUMALANGA 30 36 44 23 37 14

19 BULWER KWAZULU/NATAL 43 27 34 24 36 12

20 KATKOP EASTERN CAPE 33 25 42 58 34 -24


22 NTABAMHLOPHE KWAZULU/NATAL 25 34 41 22 34 12

23 HLOBANE KWAZULU/NATAL 35 33 20 15 33 18

24 UPPER TUGELA KWAZULU/NATAL 31 50 64 41 32 -9

25 TAUNG NORTH WEST 30 35 33 20 32 12

26 PIET RETIEF MPUMALANGA 44 39 33 20 30 10

27 SIYABUSWA MPUMALANGA 30 18 47 44 30 -14

28 DAGGAKRAAL MPUMALANGA 0 6 19 22 30 8

29 HARRISMITH FREE STATE 58 45 37 23 29 6

30 UTRECHT KWAZULU/NATAL 46 46 32 48 29 -19

STOLEN STOCK

JAN TO MAR 2021

96



98

Includes all serious crimes not mentioned in the above categories

• All theft not mentioned elsewhere

• Commercial crime

• Shoplifting

OTHER SERIOUS CRIMESTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

99

EASTERN CAPE FREE STATE GAUTENG KWAZULU/NATAL LIMPOPO MPUMALANGA NORTH WEST NORTHERN CAPE WESTERN CAPERSA

Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu/Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West

Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 9 040 5 255 31 729 15 784 5 801 5 724 4 890 2 629 23 309 104 161

Jan_Mar 2020_21 8 909 4 969 28 268 14 187 5 164 5 477 4 665 2 279 19 883 93 801

Count Diff -131 -286 -3 461 -1 597 -637 -247 -225 -350 -3 426 -10 360

%Change -1,4% -5,4% -10,9% -10,1% -11,0% -4,3% -4,6% -13,3% -14,7% -9,9%

35 824 35 305

33 032

29 368

30 398

34 035

0

5 000

10 000

15 000

20 000

25 000

30 000

35 000

40 000


2019/2020

2020/2021

-6 456-4 907

1 003

OTHER SERIOUS CRIMESTOP 30 STATIONS

100


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March

2020_21Count Diff

% Change

1 PARK ROAD FREE STATE 1 109 930 1 112 1 018 822 -196 -19,3%2 CAPE TOWN CENTRAL WESTERN CAPE 2 021 1 533 1 611 1 203 791 -412 -34,2%3 DURBAN CENTRAL KWAZULU/NATAL 1 144 1 096 881 851 686 -165 -19,4%4 MIDRAND GAUTENG 763 854 778 718 683 -35 -4,9%

5 HONEYDEW GAUTENG 755 800 691 754 678 -76 -10,1%6 JHB CENTRAL GAUTENG 997 1 002 1 016 876 656 -220 -25,1%

7 BROOKLYN GAUTENG 746 716 762 671 576 -95 -14,2%8 SANDTON GAUTENG 824 878 841 795 564 -231 -29,1%9 RUSTENBURG NORTH WEST 566 561 597 570 559 -11 -1,9%

10 PINETOWN KWAZULU/NATAL 669 713 702 628 557 -71 -11,3%11 POLOKWANE LIMPOPO 674 680 712 633 557 -76 -12,0%12 MITCHELLS PLAIN WESTERN CAPE 934 989 944 806 522 -284 -35,2%13 PRETORIA CENTRAL GAUTENG 811 853 806 691 520 -171 -24,7%14 WITBANK MPUMALANGA 764 700 631 567 516 -51 -9,0%15 BELLVILLE WESTERN CAPE 718 784 596 661 502 -159 -24,1%

16 LYTTELTON GAUTENG 513 544 547 519 501 -18 -3,5%

17 DOUGLASDALE GAUTENG 622 473 534 534 484 -50 -9,4%



20 VANDERBIJLPARK GAUTENG 414 386 446 396 477 81 20,5%21 MOUNT ROAD EASTERN CAPE 503 534 469 475 471 -4 -0,8%22 GRASSY PARK WESTERN CAPE 413 456 464 434 465 31 7,1%

23 NELSPRUIT MPUMALANGA 559 592 536 517 461 -56 -10,8%24 NEWCASTLE KWAZULU/NATAL 380 404 408 387 460 73 18,9%

25 PHOENIX KWAZULU/NATAL 638 523 530 625 445 -180 -28,8%26 EAST LONDON EASTERN CAPE 457 547 539 519 444 -75 -14,5%27 TABLE VIEW WESTERN CAPE 485 504 557 556 444 -112 -20,1%

28 PAARL WESTERN CAPE 544 487 489 444 439 -5 -1,1%29 KIMBERLEY NORTHERN CAPE 621 472 671 626 430 -196 -31,3%30 EMPANGENI KWAZULU/NATAL 364 409 465 446 423 -23 -5,2%

SUB CATEGORIES OFOTHER SERIOUS CRIMES

101

•All theft not mentioned elsewhere

•Commercial crime

•Shoplifting

ALL THEFT NOT MENTIONED ELSEWHERE TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

102



Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 5 889 3 683 20 056 9 917 3 837 3 723 3 593 1 954 16 904 69 556

Jan_Mar 2020_21 5 618 3 342 16 890 8 443 3 284 3 405 3 325 1 673 13 666 59 646

Count Diff -271 -341 -3 166 -1 474 -553 -318 -268 -281 -3 238 -9 910

%Change -4,6% -9,3% -15,8% -14,9% -14,4% -8,5% -7,5% -14,4% -19,2% -14,2%

24 15223 476

21 928

18 64319 212

21 791

0

5 000

10 000

15 000

20 000

25 000

30 000


2019/2020

2020/2021

-5 509-4 264

-137

ALL THEFT NOT MENTIONED ELSEWHERETOP 30 STATIONS

103


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March

2020_21Count Diff

% Change

1 CAPE TOWN CENTRAL WESTERN CAPE 1 419 1 065 1 151 888 522 -366 -41,2%

2 MITCHELLS PLAIN WESTERN CAPE 724 731 728 677 410 -267 -39,4%3 PARK ROAD FREE STATE 493 497 601 553 406 -147 -26,6%4 HONEYDEW GAUTENG 512 547 415 422 396 -26 -6,2%5 PRETORIA CENTRAL GAUTENG 670 603 637 552 392 -160 -29,0%

6 GRASSY PARK WESTERN CAPE 330 348 353 351 366 15 4,3%7 VANDERBIJLPARK GAUTENG 280 249 301 265 361 96 36,2%

8 STELLENBOSCH WESTERN CAPE 621 540 503 497 336 -161 -32,4%9 DURBAN CENTRAL KWAZULU/NATAL 648 548 406 436 319 -117 -26,8%

10 WITBANK MPUMALANGA 511 440 389 342 307 -35 -10,2%11 KIMBERLEY NORTHERN CAPE 456 348 496 453 304 -149 -32,9%

12 RUSTENBURG NORTH WEST 327 298 283 321 300 -21 -6,5%13 BROOKLYN GAUTENG 501 402 443 400 298 -102 -25,5%

14 POLOKWANE LIMPOPO 383 355 406 333 294 -39 -11,7%15 MIDRAND GAUTENG 428 489 371 359 289 -70 -19,5%16 AKASIA GAUTENG 315 365 302 319 284 -35 -11,0%

17 PHOENIX KWAZULU/NATAL 492 337 319 405 280 -125 -30,9%18 NEWCASTLE KWAZULU/NATAL 200 169 217 194 279 85 43,8%


20 PAARL WESTERN CAPE 338 324 313 275 275 0 0,0%


22 RANDFONTEIN GAUTENG 349 326 315 323 271 -52 -16,1%23 MIDDELBURG MPUMALANG MPUMALANGA 342 286 284 246 269 23 9,3%24 SANDTON GAUTENG 505 545 485 413 267 -146 -35,4%25 BELLVILLE WESTERN CAPE 419 474 331 381 266 -115 -30,2%26 NELSPRUIT MPUMALANGA 294 302 271 286 261 -25 -8,7%

27 MOUNT ROAD EASTERN CAPE 308 337 294 278 258 -20 -7,2%28 SUNNYSIDE GAUTENG 487 398 455 400 257 -143 -35,8%29 CAMBRIDGE EASTERN CAPE 200 155 241 190 246 56 29,5%30 LYTTELTON GAUTENG 266 301 262 266 244 -22 -8,3%

COMMERCIAL CRIMETREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

104



Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 1 974 994 7 120 3 378 1 055 1 164 804 277 3 427 20 193

Jan_Mar 2020_21 2 454 1 072 7 623 3 805 1 158 1 366 920 316 3 844 22 558

Count Diff 480 78 503 427 103 202 116 39 417 2 365

%Change 24,3% 7,8% 7,1% 12,6% 9,8% 17,4% 14,4% 14,1% 12,2% 11,7%

6 783 6 790 6 620

7 108 7 265

8 185

0

1 000

2 000

3 000

4 000

5 000

6 000

7 000

8 000

9 000


2019/2020

2020/2021

325 475

1 565

COMMERCIAL CRIMETOP 30 STATIONS

105


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff

1 MIDRAND GAUTENG 223 248 317 254 295 41


3 SANDTON GAUTENG 230 246 285 297 242 -55



6 PINETOWN KWAZULU/NATAL 183 237 244 208 222 14


8 DOUGLASDALE GAUTENG 157 140 150 199 210 11

9 LYTTELTON GAUTENG 154 191 222 184 205 21




13 RUSTENBURG NORTH WEST 134 186 203 159 169 10




17 EAST LONDON EASTERN CAPE 70 132 169 130 152 22

18 POLOKWANE LIMPOPO 122 158 139 157 152 -5



21 NELSPRUIT MPUMALANGA 163 178 168 140 147 7

22 BOKSBURG NORTH GAUTENG 113 125 147 150 140 -10

23 POTCHEFSTROOM NORTH WEST 70 209 86 96 129 33

24 GARSFONTEIN GAUTENG 93 94 76 92 128 36

25 SILVERTON GAUTENG 60 75 80 75 125 50


27 RANDBURG GAUTENG 113 111 127 149 122 -27

28 WELKOM FREE STATE 82 120 95 125 120 -5

29 BENONI GAUTENG 94 123 138 100 120 20

30 CAMBRIDGE EASTERN CAPE 77 74 101 101 118 17

SHOPLIFTINGTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

106



Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South Africa

Jan_Mar 2019_20 1 177 578 4 553 2 489 909 837 493 398 2 978 14 412

Jan_Mar 2020_21 837 555 3 755 1 939 722 706 420 290 2 373 11 597

Count Diff -340 -23 -798 -550 -187 -131 -73 -108 -605 -2 815

%Change -28,9% -4,0% -17,5% -22,1% -20,6% -15,7% -14,8% -27,1% -20,3% -19,5%

4 8895 039

4 484

3 617

3 921

4 059

0

1 000

2 000

3 000

4 000

5 000


2019/2020

2020/2021

-1 272 -1 118

-425

SHOPLIFTINGTOP 30 STATIONS

107


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff




4 DURBAN NORTH KWAZULU/NATAL 144 118 122 99 119 20


6 POLOKWANE LIMPOPO 169 167 167 143 111 -32


8 KLIPTOWN GAUTENG 159 161 139 123 107 -16

9 UPINGTON NORTHERN CAPE 68 68 74 54 103 49

10 MOUNT ROAD EASTERN CAPE 112 103 94 127 101 -26

11 MIDRAND GAUTENG 112 117 90 105 99 -6

12 MONDEOR GAUTENG 69 84 96 75 94 19

13 TABLE VIEW WESTERN CAPE 57 65 114 91 92 1

14 RUSTENBURG NORTH WEST 105 77 111 90 90 0

15 MILNERTON WESTERN CAPE 97 93 88 105 90 -15

16 ROODEPOORT GAUTENG 132 74 92 91 85 -6

17 JABULANI GAUTENG 125 99 75 61 84 23


19 WESTVILLE KWAZULU/NATAL 86 60 71 65 82 17

20 GOODWOOD WESTERN CAPE 97 109 92 78 80 2

21 LOATE GAUTENG 71 77 84 93 79 -14

22 PIETERMARITZBURG KWAZULU/NATAL 174 147 135 137 79 -58


24 CLAREMONT WESTERN CAPE 104 80 142 101 77 -24

25 NEWCASTLE KWAZULU/NATAL 75 86 45 78 74 -4

26 SOMERSET WEST WESTERN CAPE 58 80 72 77 74 -3


28 VANDERBIJLPARK GAUTENG 81 57 61 76 72 -4

29 CHATSWORTH KWAZULU/NATAL 117 94 83 82 72 -10




109

Crime detected as a result of police action is usually not reported to the police, largely

dependent on the deployment of law enforcement personnel and employment of

intelligence. The crime is usually recorded after the apprehension of suspects in

connection with following offences:

i) illegal possession of firearms and ammunition,

ii) drug-related crimes,

iii) driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, and

iv) sexual offences detected as a result of police action.

CRIME DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

110



Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South AfricaJan_Mar 2019_20 4 643 1 798 19 206 12 120 4 254 2 813 2 960 778 20 086 68 658Jan_Mar 2020_21 3 757 1 895 13 482 7 251 3 658 1 783 2 108 696 15 404 50 034

Count Diff -886 97 -5 724 -4 869 -596 -1 030 -852 -82 -4 682 -18 624

%Change -19,1% 5,4% -29,8% -40,2% -14,0% -36,6% -28,8% -10,5% -23,3% -27,1%

24 93423 988

19 736

13 704

17 203 19 127

0

5 000

10 000

15 000

20 000

25 000


2019/2020

2020/2021

-11 230

-6 785

-609

CRIME DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION TOP 30 STATIONS

111


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff % Change

1 MITCHELLS PLAIN WESTERN CAPE 1 369 1 176 1 116 877 1 117 240 27,4%

2 DURBAN CENTRAL KWAZULU/NATAL 1 046 1 204 1 158 1 241 860 -381 -30,7%

3 KLEINVLEI WESTERN CAPE 512 615 395 452 556 104 23,0%


5 POLOKWANE LIMPOPO 336 455 527 573 486 -87 -15,2%

6 KRAAIFONTEIN WESTERN CAPE 1 348 1 006 872 782 475 -307 -39,3%


8 CAPE TOWN CENTRAL WESTERN CAPE 769 783 503 677 431 -246 -36,3%



11 MOKOPANE LIMPOPO 154 384 373 430 385 -45 -10,5%

12 LENTEGEUR WESTERN CAPE 671 735 574 589 370 -219 -37,2%


14 SEA POINT WESTERN CAPE 269 152 69 211 350 139 65,9%


16 IVORY PARK GAUTENG 269 327 402 380 341 -39 -10,3%

17 ATHLONE WESTERN CAPE 562 436 272 315 319 4 1,3%

18 STEENBERG WESTERN CAPE 503 613 551 651 312 -339 -52,1%

19 PHILIPPI WESTERN CAPE 644 513 315 353 303 -50 -14,2%

20 RANDFONTEIN GAUTENG 238 300 200 195 297 102 52,3%

21 GERMISTON GAUTENG 260 413 285 369 292 -77 -20,9%

22 POINT KWAZULU/NATAL 531 795 383 490 279 -211 -43,1%

23 ATTERIDGEVILLE GAUTENG 440 514 445 464 278 -186 -40,1%

24 BOKSBURG NORTH GAUTENG 204 281 328 325 269 -56 -17,2%

25 PARK ROAD FREE STATE 232 216 193 233 263 30 12,9%

26 TEMBISA GAUTENG 257 368 312 324 259 -65 -20,1%

27 MAMELODI EAST GAUTENG 246 326 168 243 258 15 6,2%

28 KRUGERSDORP GAUTENG 190 301 286 290 257 -33 -11,4%

29 MOUNTAIN RISE KWAZULU/NATAL 205 235 303 350 257 -93 -26,6%

30 KAGISO GAUTENG 177 224 280 360 256 -104 -28,9%

ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITIONSTREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

112



Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South AfricaJan_Mar 2019_20 505 101 904 918 148 186 157 18 670 3 607Jan_Mar 2020_21 395 79 862 719 119 135 178 35 662 3 184

Count Diff -110 -22 -42 -199 -29 -51 21 17 -8 -423

%Change -21,8% -21,8% -104,9% -127,7% -124,4% -137,8% -88,2% -51,4% -101,2% -113,3%

1 334

1 181

1 092891

1 148

1 145

0

200

400

600

800

1 000

1 200

1 400


2019/2020

2020/2021

-443

-33

53

ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITIONS TOP 30 STATIONS

113


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff





5 SANDTON GAUTENG 6 5 12 1 37 36


7 KAGISO GAUTENG 29 15 17 29 26 -3





12 ATTERIDGEVILLE GAUTENG 5 6 11 18 24 6

13 JEPPE GAUTENG 26 13 24 27 22 -5

14 PHILIPPI WESTERN CAPE 25 15 40 20 22 2

15 WILLOWVALE EASTERN CAPE 16 7 15 5 21 16


17 RAVENSMEAD WESTERN CAPE 12 37 26 18 21 3

18 HILLBROW GAUTENG 23 16 23 6 20 14

19 MARIKANA NORTH WEST 7 7 5 12 20 8

20 KLEINVLEI WESTERN CAPE 10 9 13 34 20 -14

21 ASSEN NORTH WEST 0 0 0 0 19 19

22 MILNERTON WESTERN CAPE 3 9 14 5 19 14



25 WELKOM FREE STATE 8 8 8 3 17 14

26 TEMBISA GAUTENG 15 11 16 18 17 -1

27 VOSLOORUS GAUTENG 8 15 18 11 17 6

28 AMANGWE KWAZULU/NATAL 10 17 12 12 17 5



DRUG-RELATED CRIMES TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

114



Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South AfricaJan_Mar 2019_20 3 107 964 10 708 6 368 1 361 1 455 1 840 598 16 943 43 344Jan_Mar 2020_21 2 745 947 8 424 5 073 1 693 1 259 1 466 572 13 753 35 932

Count Diff -362 -17 -2 284 -1 295 332 -196 -374 -26 -3 190 -7 412

%Change -11,7% -1,8% -127,1% -125,5% -80,4% -115,6% -125,5% -104,5% -123,2% -120,6%

16 011

14 535

12 79811 06411 880

12 988

0

2 000

4 000

6 000

8 000

10 000

12 000

14 000

16 000


2019/2020

2020/2021

-4 947

-2 655

190

DRUG-RELATED CRIMESTOP 30 STATIONS

115


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff % Change

1 MITCHELLS PLAIN WESTERN CAPE 1 321 1 115 1 056 784 1 042 258 32,9%

2 DURBAN CENTRAL KWAZULU/NATAL 538 458 514 526 611 85 16,2%

3 KLEINVLEI WESTERN CAPE 461 578 357 402 504 102 25,4%



6 CAPE TOWN CENTRAL WESTERN CAPE 719 742 461 623 419 -204 -32,7%


8 KRAAIFONTEIN WESTERN CAPE 1 271 872 780 696 412 -284 -40,8%


10 POLOKWANE LIMPOPO 221 300 329 325 388 63 19,4%

11 SEA POINT WESTERN CAPE 253 145 57 199 340 141 70,9%

12 LENTEGEUR WESTERN CAPE 642 680 537 555 334 -221 -39,8%


14 ATHLONE WESTERN CAPE 520 399 234 266 299 33 12,4%

15 STEENBERG WESTERN CAPE 475 587 540 639 295 -344 -53,8%

16 PHILIPPI WESTERN CAPE 589 467 257 303 278 -25 -8,3%

17 POINT KWAZULU/NATAL 426 554 160 389 269 -120 -30,8%

18 IVORY PARK GAUTENG 156 195 233 238 250 12 5,0%

19 MOUNTAIN RISE KWAZULU/NATAL 180 201 220 231 242 11 4,8%

20 SOPHIA TOWN GAUTENG 187 152 153 202 238 36 17,8%


22 MANENBERG WESTERN CAPE 626 576 112 259 228 -31 -12,0%

23 GRASSY PARK WESTERN CAPE 466 512 474 228 222 -6 -2,6%

24 PAROW WESTERN CAPE 280 330 251 238 221 -17 -7,1%

25 HERMANUS WESTERN CAPE 114 193 125 166 221 55 33,1%

26 RIETGAT GAUTENG 259 263 222 223 220 -3 -1,3%

27 ATTERIDGEVILLE GAUTENG 382 486 391 397 212 -185 -46,6%

28 MILNERTON WESTERN CAPE 165 218 53 44 208 164 372,7%

29 BOKSBURG NORTH GAUTENG 163 225 226 228 202 -26 -11,4%

30 NYANGA WESTERN CAPE 626 715 361 389 199 -190 -48,8%

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL ANDOR DRUGS: TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

116



Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South AfricaJan_Mar 2019_20 1 016 549 7 323 4 131 1 749 1 170 805 160 2 427 19 330Jan_Mar 2020_21 610 600 3 824 944 796 388 367 86 968 8 583

Count Diff -406 51 -3 499 -3 187 -953 -782 -438 -74 -1 459 -10 747

%Change -40,0% 9,3% -191,5% -437,6% -219,7% -301,5% -219,3% -186,0% -250,7% -225,2%

6 638

7 420

5 272

1 125

3 385

4 073

0

1 000

2 000

3 000

4 000

5 000

6 000

7 000

8 000


2019/2020

2020/2021

-5 513-4 035

-1 199

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL ANDOR DRUGS: TOP 30 STATIONS

117


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff

1 GERMISTON GAUTENG 93 142 190 237 159 -78

2 TEMBISA GAUTENG 105 160 217 224 146 -78

3 KEMPTON PARK GAUTENG 91 110 207 122 105 -17

4 TSAKANE GAUTENG 33 20 31 63 101 38

5 KAGISO GAUTENG 37 62 89 137 97 -40

6 SPRINGS GAUTENG 31 26 87 101 97 -4


8 VOSLOORUS GAUTENG 54 133 111 90 94 4

9 KATLEHONG GAUTENG 82 41 119 182 92 -90

10 MIDRAND GAUTENG 115 74 138 126 89 -37

11 NORKEMPARK GAUTENG 25 49 76 69 85 16

12 TEMBISA SOUTH GAUTENG 17 34 60 59 79 20



15 MAMELODI EAST GAUTENG 19 52 27 67 70 3


17 SEBOKENG GAUTENG 24 41 75 88 62 -26

18 ELDORADO PARK GAUTENG 58 106 53 35 62 27

19 THOHOYANDOU LIMPOPO 52 63 77 77 61 -16

20 MIDDELBURG MPUMALANGMPUMALANGA 46 55 105 58 61 3

21 MADEIRA EASTERN CAPE 2 1 2 16 58 42

22 SUNNYSIDE GAUTENG 65 169 108 94 58 -36


24 NEWCASTLE KWAZULU/NATAL 46 54 61 64 57 -7

25 DE DEUR GAUTENG 12 27 34 55 56 1


27 TOKOZA GAUTENG 16 18 31 44 52 8

28 MOOINOOI NORTH WEST 49 64 74 61 49 -12

29 VEREENIGING GAUTENG 45 49 53 72 46 -26

30 KNYSNA WESTERN CAPE 32 60 60 71 45 -26

SEXUAL OFFENCES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION: TREND OVER THREE MONTHS PERIOD

118



Northern

Cape

Western

Cape

Republic of

South AfricaJan_Mar 2019_20 15 184 271 703 996 2 158 2 46 2 377Jan_Mar 2020_21 7 269 372 515 1 050 1 97 3 21 2 335

Count Diff -8 85 101 -188 54 -1 -61 1 -25 -42

%Change -53,3% 46,2% -72,8% -136,5% -94,9% -200,0% -162,9% -66,7% -219,0% -101,8%

951

852

574

624

790

921

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1 000


2019/2020

2020/2021

-327-62

347

SEXUAL OFFENCES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION: TOP 30 STATIONS

119


January to

March

2016_17

January to

March

2017_18

January to

March

2018_19

January to

March

2019_20

January to

March

2020_21

Count Diff

1 MOKOPANE LIMPOPO 0 141 254 287 267 -20



4 NORTHAM LIMPOPO 27 60 76 87 92 5


6 PARK ROAD FREE STATE 23 3 33 39 78 39

7 WESTENBURG LIMPOPO 22 27 37 46 74 28

8 BETHLEHEM FREE STATE 0 25 46 87 68 -19

9 MARGATE KWAZULU/NATAL 167 403 313 180 62 -118

10 THE BARRAGE GAUTENG 0 0 30 41 56 15


12 MALAMULELE LIMPOPO 0 16 40 58 45 -13

13 PORT SHEPSTONE KWAZULU/NATAL 130 135 254 133 42 -91

14 LEPHALALE LIMPOPO 9 18 25 27 39 12

15 PHUTHADITJHABA FREE STATE 13 6 8 7 36 29


17 TLHABANE NORTH WEST 0 2 4 19 35 16

18 SUNNYSIDE GAUTENG 2 2 8 12 33 21

19 MUSINA LIMPOPO 0 3 10 20 31 11

20 KOPANONG FREE STATE 2 0 8 6 28 22


22 GREYTOWN KWAZULU/NATAL 0 0 0 0 27 27

23 NAVALSIG FREE STATE 14 19 18 13 25 12

24 TZANEEN LIMPOPO 4 6 12 17 24 7

25 PHALABORWA LIMPOPO 0 0 12 21 24 3

26 SASELAMANI LIMPOPO 4 14 18 24 24 0

27 NABOOMSPRUIT LIMPOPO 0 4 8 11 24 13

28 BELA-BELA LIMPOPO 0 10 18 23 24 1

29 HOEDSPRUIT LIMPOPO 0 0 5 10 22 12

30 DAWN PARK GAUTENG 0 0 0 8 20 12

PROVINCIAL TABLES JANUARY TO MARCH 2020_21

TABLES PER PROVINCE

121

Republic of South Africa consist of nine provinces:

Eastern Cape

Free State

Gauteng

KwaZulu/Natal

Limpopo

Mpumalanga

North West

Northern Cape

Western Cape

EASTERN CAPE CRIME SITUATION

122


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March

2020_21

Count Diff

% Change


Murder 729 780 867 772 938 166 21,5%

Sexual Offences 1 898 1 987 2 229 1 951 2 024 73 3,7%

Attempted murder 521 497 558 538 505 -33 -6,1%

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 5 309 5 523 5 779 5 417 5 400 -17 -0,3%

Common assault 2 727 2 812 3 019 3 194 3 070 -124 -3,9%

Common robbery 817 759 933 928 634 -294 -31,7%

Robbery with aggravating circumstances 3 213 2 950 3 161 3 188 2 725 -463 -14,5%

Total Contact Crimes ( Crimes Against The Person) 15 214 15 308 16 546 15 988 15 296 -692 -4,3%


Rape 1 632 1 627 1 852 1 626 1 660 34 2,1%

Sexual Assault 169 233 235 219 236 17 7,8%

Attempted Sexual Offences 59 82 99 75 80 5 6,7%

Contact Sexual Offences 38 45 43 31 48 17 54,8%

Total Sexual Offences 1 898 1 987 2 229 1 951 2 024 73 3,7%


Carjacking 226 195 223 249 257 8 3,2%

Robbery at residential premises 550 452 492 509 486 -23 -4,5%

Robbery at non-residential premises 570 512 536 514 474 -40 -7,8%

Robbery of cash in transit 3 9 15 4 9 5 125,0%

Bank robbery 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Count Higher

Truck hijacking 16 24 21 40 47 7 17,5%

EASTERN CAPE CRIME SITUATION

123


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March

2020_21Count Diff % Change


Arson 128 114 159 144 117 -27 -18,8%

Malicious damage to property 2 770 2 848 2 989 2 915 2 782 -133 -4,6%

Total Contact-Related Crimes 2 898 2 962 3 148 3 059 2 899 -160 -5,2%


Burglary at non-residential premises 1 893 1 913 1 881 1 985 1 915 -70 -3,5%

Burglary at residential premises 5 718 5 854 5 507 5 240 4 448 -792 -15,1%

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 654 601 580 471 369 -102 -21,7%

Theft out of or from motor vehicle 2 949 2 962 2 925 2 728 2 015 -713 -26,1%

Stock-theft 1 598 1 746 1 772 1 900 1 493 -407 -21,4%



All theft not mentioned elsewhere 6 016 5 952 6 256 5 889 5 618 -271 -4,6%

Commercial crime 1 548 1 648 1 898 1 974 2 454 480 24,3%

Shoplifting 1 271 1 088 1 172 1 177 837 -340 -28,9%

Total Other Serious Crimes 8 835 8 688 9 326 9 040 8 909 -131 -1,4%



Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 521 495 506 505 395 -110 -21,8%

Drug-related crime 4 699 4 711 3 355 3 107 2 745 -362 -11,7%

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 1 416 1 284 1 148 1 016 610 -406 -40,0%

Sexual Offences detected as a result of police action 99 20 19 15 7 -8 -53,3%

Total Crime Detected As A Result Of Police Action 6 735 6 510 5 028 4 643 3 757 -886 -19,1%

FREE STATE CRIME SITUATION

124


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Murder 214 234 258 205 200 -5 -2,4%

Sexual Offences 869 802 908 847 763 -84 -9,9%

Attempted murder 162 137 226 165 196 31 18,8%


Common assault 3 198 3 053 3 247 3 227 3 211 -16 -0,5%

Common robbery 505 518 476 472 365 -107 -22,7%

Robbery with aggravating circumstances 1 167 1 158 1 136 1 136 964 -172 -15,1%



Rape 667 645 669 641 594 -47 -7,3%

Sexual Assault 130 104 155 140 110 -30 -21,4%



Total Sexual Offences 869 802 908 847 763 -84 -9,9%


Carjacking 60 53 55 49 49 0 0,0%

Robbery at residential premises 208 181 172 165 168 3 1,8%



Bank robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Count

Truck hijacking 10 8 9 18 14 -4 -22,2%

FREE STATE CRIME SITUATION

125


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Arson 38 39 21 32 29 -3 -9,4%

Malicious damage to property 1 558 1 349 1 466 1 361 1 423 62 4,6%

Total Contact-Related Crimes 1 596 1 388 1 487 1 393 1 452 59 4,2%





Theft out of or from motor vehicle 1 232 1 118 1 228 996 947 -49 -4,9%

Stock-theft 885 1 019 952 840 740 -100 -11,9%

Total Property-Related Crimes 7 180 7 126 7 035 6 515 5 590 -925 -14,2%



Commercial crime 1 058 984 1 005 994 1 072 78 7,8%

Shoplifting 743 622 726 578 555 -23 -4,0%





Drug-related crime 2 939 3 191 903 964 947 -17 -1,8%

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 645 545 665 549 600 51 9,3%

Sexual Offences detected as a result of police action 88 82 145 184 269 85 46,2%

Total Crime Detected As A Result Of Police Action 3 792 3 951 1 836 1 798 1 895 97 5,4%

GAUTENG CRIME SITUATION

126


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Murder 958 954 1 062 930 966 36 3,9%

Sexual Offences 2 264 2 371 2 866 2 602 2 625 23 0,9%

Attempted murder 1 101 1 021 1 149 1 005 1 055 50 5,0%


Common assault 9 811 10 756 11 731 12 192 10 706 -1 486 -12,2%

Common robbery 4 091 4 120 4 252 4 292 3 507 -785 -18,3%

Robbery with aggravating circumstances 12 655 11 868 12 415 12 815 11 494 -1 321 -10,3%



Rape 1 809 1 874 2 222 2 030 2 031 1 0,0%

Sexual Assault 307 374 474 441 477 36 8,2%



Total Sexual Offences 2 264 2 371 2 866 2 602 2 625 23 0,9%


Carjacking 2 146 1 941 1 930 2 290 2 328 38 1,7%

Robbery at residential premises 2 093 1 912 2 014 1 773 1 751 -22 -1,2%




Truck hijacking 153 141 137 144 206 62 43,1%

GAUTENG CRIME SITUATION

127


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Arson 134 83 146 92 90 -2 -2,2%






Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 6 550 6 335 6 273 5 814 4 845 -969 -16,7%


Stock-theft 252 248 252 205 241 36 17,6%





Shoplifting 5 157 4 572 4 724 4 553 3 755 -798 -17,5%




Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 1 091 1 033 912 904 862 -42 -4,6%


Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 5 804 7 425 7 232 7 323 3 824 -3 499 -47,8%



KWAZULU-NATAL CRIME SITUATION

128


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Murder 902 1 034 1 036 1 096 1 281 185 16,9%

Sexual Offences 2 117 2 144 2 461 2 326 2 100 -226 -9,7%

Attempted murder 942 965 1 061 995 1 140 145 14,6%


Common assault 5 546 5 905 6 138 6 473 5 593 -880 -13,6%

Common robbery 1 658 1 669 1 734 1 730 1 334 -396 -22,9%

Robbery with aggravating circumstances 5 129 5 083 5 451 5 436 5 667 231 4,2%



Rape 1 740 1 752 1 977 1 915 1 722 -193 -10,1%

Sexual Assault 275 313 385 297 298 1 0,3%





Carjacking 677 656 702 701 767 66 9,4%

Robbery at residential premises 1 018 1 057 1 093 1 107 1 273 166 15,0%

Robbery at non-residential premises 626 622 749 718 919 201 28,0%

Robbery of cash in transit 8 2 3 2 7 5 250,0%


Truck hijacking 15 16 16 15 21 6 40,0%

KWAZULU-NATAL CRIME SITUATION

129


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Arson 138 150 175 181 127 -54 -29,8%








Stock-theft 1 620 1 762 1 664 1 539 1 448 -91 -5,9%





Shoplifting 2 982 2 839 2 641 2 489 1 939 -550 -22,1%




Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 1 095 1 058 970 918 719 -199 -21,7%


Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 3 120 4 241 4 174 4 131 944 -3 187 -77,1%

Sexual Offences detected as a result of police action 772 985 1 128 703 515 -188 -26,7%


LIMPOPO CRIME SITUATION

130


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Murder 202 224 212 213 194 -19 -8,9%

Sexual Offences 920 973 1 080 960 1 016 56 5,8%



Common assault 1 879 1 927 1 875 1 889 1 957 68 3,6%

Common robbery 708 738 712 688 616 -72 -10,5%




Rape 798 815 943 815 838 23 2,8%

Sexual Assault 64 91 78 88 115 27 30,7%


Contact Sexual Offences 14 11 14 10 15 5 50,0%

Total Sexual Offences 920 973 1 080 960 1 016 56 5,8%


Carjacking 110 133 121 122 111 -11 -9,0%





Truck hijacking 5 12 2 5 7 2 40,0%

LIMPOPO CRIME SITUATION

131


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Arson 89 102 84 92 55 -37 -40,2%







Theft out of or from motor vehicle 1 102 1 047 1 049 978 787 -191 -19,5%

Stock-theft 499 580 615 484 446 -38 -7,9%




Commercial crime 924 1 022 1 073 1 055 1 158 103 9,8%

Shoplifting 864 803 926 909 722 -187 -20,6%





Drug-related crime 3 780 5 227 870 1 361 1 693 332 24,4%

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 1 103 1 336 1 653 1 749 796 -953 -54,5%

Sexual Offences detected as a result of police action 155 379 735 996 1 050 54 5,4%


MPUMALANGA CRIME SITUATION

132


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Murder 232 236 260 239 239 0 0,0%

Sexual Offences 833 809 916 790 762 -28 -3,5%



Common assault 1 828 1 828 2 204 2 131 1 917 -214 -10,0%

Common robbery 677 555 625 584 475 -109 -18,7%

Robbery with aggravating circumstances 1 536 1 520 1 703 1 854 1 958 104 5,6%



Rape 705 680 767 658 641 -17 -2,6%

Sexual Assault 70 66 105 85 88 3 3,5%





Carjacking 188 206 221 249 301 52 20,9%





Truck hijacking 34 27 21 35 25 -10 -28,6%

MPUMALANGA CRIME SITUATION

133


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Arson 61 50 47 53 49 -4 -7,5%








Stock-theft 754 835 790 689 689 0 0,0%





Shoplifting 836 881 885 837 706 -131 -15,7%






Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 811 848 1 301 1 170 388 -782 -66,8%



NORTH WEST CRIME SITUATION

134


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Murder 189 228 231 173 175 2 1,2%

Sexual Offences 1 097 1 055 997 939 840 -99 -10,5%



Common assault 1 802 1 968 2 357 2 148 2 114 -34 -1,6%

Common robbery 658 712 684 593 504 -89 -15,0%




Rape 921 859 824 767 694 -73 -9,5%

Sexual Assault 75 95 84 83 97 14 16,9%



Total Sexual Offences 1 097 1 055 997 939 840 -99 -10,5%


Carjacking 87 110 117 114 94 -20 -17,5%





Truck hijacking 15 5 11 8 13 5 62,5%

NORTH WEST CRIME SITUATION

135


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Arson 55 81 78 46 64 18 39,1%

Malicious damage to property 1 376 1 382 1 561 1 383 1 471 88 6,4%

Total Contact-Related Crimes 1 431 1 463 1 639 1 429 1 535 106 7,4%




Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 494 501 437 384 433 49 12,8%


Stock-theft 838 857 858 647 640 -7 -1,1%




Commercial crime 772 941 856 804 920 116 14,4%

Shoplifting 526 500 532 493 420 -73 -14,8%




Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 176 141 208 157 178 21 13,4%


Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 531 638 830 805 367 -438 -54,4%



NORTHERN CAPE CRIME SITUATION

136


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Murder 86 82 94 81 79 -2 -2,5%

Sexual Offences 375 401 431 416 339 -77 -18,5%



Common assault 1 185 1 097 1 258 1 159 1 118 -41 -3,5%

Common robbery 399 286 356 319 273 -46 -14,4%

Robbery with aggravating circumstances 352 383 404 409 363 -46 -11,2%



Rape 276 294 296 303 244 -59 -19,5%

Sexual Assault 55 68 78 49 56 7 14,3%





Carjacking 9 7 12 9 6 -3 -33,3%

Robbery at residential premises 29 38 35 38 33 -5 -13,2%




Truck hijacking0 0 0 0 1 1

1 Count Higher

NORTHERN CAPE CRIME SITUATION

137


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Arson 40 36 39 37 28 -9 -24,3%

Malicious damage to property 698 676 795 791 802 11 1,4%

Total Contact-Related Crimes 738 712 834 828 830 2 0,2%


Burglary at non-residential premises 582 477 638 680 530 -150 -22,1%



Theft out of or from motor vehicle 727 593 698 731 579 -152 -20,8%

Stock-theft 318 381 288 318 208 -110 -34,6%

Total Property-Related Crimes 3 291 2 930 3 312 3 409 2 750 -659 -19,3%



Commercial crime 247 242 254 277 316 39 14,1%

Shoplifting 336 315 368 398 290 -108 -27,1%




Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 21 32 37 18 35 17 94,4%

Drug-related crime 1 483 1 443 703 598 572 -26 -4,3%

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 192 167 138 160 86 -74 -46,3%


Total Crime Detected As A Result Of Police Action 1 700 1 646 880 778 696 -82 -10,5%

WESTERN CAPE CRIME SITUATION

138


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Murder 774 896 876 880 904 24 2,7%

Sexual Offences 1 749 1 733 1 913 1 796 1 664 -132 -7,3%



Common assault 10 156 9 968 10 433 10 453 9 203 -1 250 -12,0%

Common robbery 3 057 2 868 2 895 2 656 1 841 -815 -30,7%




Rape 1 206 1 149 1 242 1 150 1 094 -56 -4,9%

Sexual Assault 377 449 478 511 433 -78 -15,3%





Carjacking 490 527 502 520 600 80 15,4%





Truck hijacking 23 21 28 19 20 1 5,3%

WESTERN CAPE CRIME SITUATION

139


March 2016_17

January to March

2017_18

January to March

2018_19

January to March

2019_20

January to March



Arson 198 185 197 176 173 -3 -1,7%








Stock-theft 220 245 242 231 184 -47 -20,3%





Shoplifting 3 330 3 148 3 223 2 978 2 373 -605 -20,3%






Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 2 562 2 870 2 516 2 427 968 -1 459 -60,1%



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