Minister of Police General Bheki Cele presented the quarterly crime statistics on Wednesday, reflecting crimes reported to SAPS during the second quarter of the 2022/23 financial year.
This period covers crimes reported from July 1 to September 30. The minister said he is concerned about the rate at which women and children are abused, violated and some killed.
“This is worrying and unacceptable as many are killed by the people they know, people they love and trust.
“In the three months of reporting, a double-digit percentage increase was recorded for murder, attempted murder and assault GBH against women.
“Over 13 000 women were victims of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm between July and September 2022.
“A total of 1 277 women were victims of attempted murder and 989 women were murdered during this reporting period,” he added.
Cele added that over 10 000 rape cases were opened with the SAPS, between July and September this year. From a sample of 8 227 rape incidents that were perused, it was determined that 5 083, which is 62% of these incidents, occurred at the residence of the victims or perpetrators.
“A total of 1 651 of the rape incidents occurred at public places such as streets, parks and beaches. Sixty-nine people were raped at abandoned buildings,” he explained.
The crime stats further indicate that 58 children were killed in South Africa from April to the end of September 2022.
Police are investigating attempted murder dockets of 294 children from July to September 2022. A total of 1 895 assault GBH cases, with children as victims, were opened with the police during this reporting period.
Moving closer to home in Kwatsaduza, Tsakani is the only station in the area that made it to the top 30 stations in the country.
The station recorded 60 cases, this is a -1 decline from the 59 that were reported in the same period last year.
Tsakani Police Station is at position 10 in the top 30 stations nationally with 59 cases which were reported.
Since 2018 in the same period, the station has been reporting over 52 sexual assault cases.
There were 120 contact crimes reported at Tsakani Police Station with a case difference of 35. This is a 41.2 % increase.
This is the highest number of contact crimes the station has received in the same period in the past four years.
There were 119 cases of malicious damage to property reported with a case difference of 40 from the same period last year.
This is the highest case of malicious damage to property cases which were reported at the station in the last five years. The station is seated at position 26 among the top stations nationwide.
The station reported 49 cases of rape with a -3 decline from the 52 that were reported in the same period last year. The station is at position 10 in the top 30 stations nationally.
