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This report presents crime statistics in South Africa for the financial year 2006/2007. It covers contact crimes, contact-related crimes, property-related crimes, crimes heavily dependent on police action, and other serious crimes. The analysis focuses on contact crimes, including murder, rape, indecent assault, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and common assault. The report also includes statistics on aggravated robbery, common robbery, arson, malicious damage to property, burglary, theft of motor vehicles, and stock theft.
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Crime Situation in South Africa during the financial year : 2006/2007
1. Crime statistics 1.1 Presentation outline The crime statistics cover five broad categories of crime: • Contact crimes • Contact-related crimes • Property-related crimes • Crimes heavily dependent on police action for detection • Other serious crimes Detailed analysis is presented only with regard to contact crimes and the subcategories of aggravated robbery. The figures in the accompanying graphs represent crime ratios, i.e. the incidence of crime per 100 000 of the South African population.
2. Contact crimes CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON • Murder • Rape • Indecent assault • Attempted murder • Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm • Common assault • Robbery with aggravating circumstances • Common robbery
Contact crime 2.1 Murder
Contact crime 2.2 Attempted murder The attempted murder ratio decreased by 3.0% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Contact crime 2.3 Rape The rape ratio decreased by 5.2% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Contact crime 2.4 Indecent assault The indecent assault ratio decreased by 5.5% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Contact crime 2.5 Assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm The assault GBH ratio decreased by 4.9% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Contact crime 2.6 Common assault The common assault ratio decreased by 8.7% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Contact crime (contd.) 2.10 Categories of perpetrators * The number of unknown perpetrators involved in murder cases was higher than in the case of other crimes featuring in this table. The relationship between the victim and perpetrator could not be established in 27,5% of the murder dockets analysed.
2.11.1 Murder Ratios and 12-month moving average
2.11.2 Rape Ratios and 12-month moving average
2.11.2 Assault : GBH Ratios and 12-month moving average
Contact crimes (contd.) 2.12.1 Murder, Rape and Assault GBH Day of occurrence 1 January 2007 to 31 March 2007
Contact crimes (contd.) 2.12.2 Murder, Rape and Assault GBH Hour of occurrence 1 January 2007 to 31 March 2007
Contact crimes (contd.) 2.12.3 The order of police precincts: social contact crime
Contact crimes (contd.) 2.12.5 The order of police precincts: social contact crime
Contact crimes (contd.) 2.12.7 The order of police precincts: social contact crime
Contact crimes (contd.) 2.12.9 The order of police precincts: social contact crime
Contact crime 2.7 Robbery with aggravating circumstances The aggravatedrobbery ratio increased by 4.6% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Contact crime 2.8 Common robbery The common robbery ratio decreased by 5.8% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
2.9 Some subcategories of aggravated robbery Carjacking Truck hijacking Robbery of cash in transit Bank robbery Robbery at residential premises (house robbery) Robbery at business premises (business robbery) Raw figures are used.
Subcategory of aggravated robbery 2.9.2 Carjacking Carjacking increased by 6.0% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Subcategory of aggravated robbery 2.9.3 Truck hijacking Truck hijackings increased by 7.6% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Subcategory of aggravated robbery 2.9.4 Robbery of cash in transit CIT robberies increased by 21.9% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Subcategory of aggravated robbery 2.9.5 Bank robbery Bank robbery increased by 118.6% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Subcategory of aggravated robbery 2.9.6 Robbery at residential premises (House Robbery) House robbery increased by 25.4% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Subcategory of aggravated robbery 2.9.7 Robbery at business premises (Business Robbery) Business robbery increased by 52.5% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Contact crimes (contd.) 2.9.8 The order of police precincts: aggravated robbery
Contact crimes (contd.) 2.9.10 The order of police precincts: aggravated robbery
Contact crimes (contd.) 2.9.12 The order of police precincts: aggravated robbery
Contact crimes (contd.) 2.9.14 The order of police precincts: aggravated robbery
3. Contact-related crimes • Arson • Malicious damage to property
Contact-related crime 3.1 Arson The arson ratio increased by 2.0% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Contact-related crime 3.2 Malicious damage to property The malicious damage ratio decreased by 1.7% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
4. Property-related crimes Burglary at residential premises Burglary at non-residential premises Theft of motor vehicles and motorcycles Theft out of or from motor vehicles Stock-theft
Property-related crime 4.1 Burglary at residential premises The residential burglary ratio decreased by 5.9% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Property-related crime 4.2 Burglary at non-residential premises The non-residential burglary ratio increased by 6.3% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Property-related crime 4.3 Theft of motor vehicles and motorcycles The theft of vehicle ratio decreased by 0.7% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Property-related crime 4.4 Theft out of or from motor vehicles The theft out of / from vehicle ratio decreased by 11.8% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Property-related crime 4.5 Stock-theft The stock-theft ratio decreased by 0.8% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
5. Crimes heavily dependent on police action for detection Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition Drug-related crimes Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
Crime heavily dependent on police action for detection 5.1 Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition The illegal possession ratio increased by 5.6% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Crime heavily dependent on police action for detection 5.2 Drug-related crimes The drug-related crime ratio increased by 8.2% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Crime heavily dependent on police action for detection 5.3 Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs The driving under the influence ratio increased by 14.3% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
6. Other serious crimes All theft not mentioned elsewhere Commercial crime Shoplifting
Other serious crime 6.1 All theft not mentioned elsewhere The other theft ratio decreased by 5.1% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Other serious crime 6.2 Commercial crime The commercial crime ratio increased by 12.6% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007
Other serious crime 6.3 Shoplifting The shoplifting ratio increased by 0.5% between 2005/2006 and 2006/2007