SOUTH AFRICA - EASTERN CAPE HAS THE HIGHEST MURDER RATE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Murder increased by 4.9% in South Africa in the last financial year‚ with the Eastern Cape being the worst-off province with the 3649 murders recorded for 2015-2016 representing a 9.9% increase.
The Northern Cape province‚ however‚ has witnessed a 9.9% decrease.

Gauteng was close to the national mean with a 4.7% increase – or 3842 murders reported.

This was revealed at the presentation of the annual crime statistics by the SA Police Service to a portfolio committee in parliament.

South Africa has experienced a decrease in the “broad categories” of crime‚ but there has been an increase in contact crimes.

Contact crimes are those attended to by police officers after they have occurred‚ and these account for 83% of all crimes recorded‚ while crimes detected as result of police action contribute the remaining 17%.

1 - There were 87 more armed robberies a day in 2015/16 than 5 years ago.

2 - Murder in SA increased by 20% over the last 5 years. 18 673 people were murdered in SA between April 2015 & March 2016.

3 - The total number of carjackings have increased by 14.3% in SA since last year.

4 - Serious robbery is still increasing in SA, but at a slower rate

5 - Carjacking trends suggest that organised crime is not under control in SA.

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