The national SAPS crime stats for the 2017/2018 period showed an 18.9 per cent decrease for the Cleveland policing precinct in the number of murders reported with a total of 30 cases.
A decrease in crime was also reported for rape, malicious damage to property, commercial crime and shoplifting.
Drug-related crime decreased by 30.9 per cent with 76 cases reported. This went down from 110 reported in the 2016/2017 period.
Attempted murder went up by 27.9 per cent with 55 cases reported for the 2017/2018 period.
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This went up from 43 cases reported in 2016/2017 period.
Other crimes which showed an increase were carjacking, robbery at residential premises, theft out of motor vehicle, contact sexual offences and sexual assault.
Six-hundred-and-ten cases were reported for robbery with aggravating circumstances and 143 cases opened for carjacking.
One-hundred-and-ninety cases were reported for theft out of motor vehicle and motorcycle.
Burglary at non-residential premises increased by 12.8 per cent with 132 cases reported in the 2017/2018 period. This went up from 117.
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Stats in numbers:
A total of 3 683 crimes were reported in Cleveland between April 2017 and March 2018.
• Murder – 30.
• Sexual offences – 44.
• Attempted murder – 55.
• Assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm – 238.
• Common assault – 261.
• Common robbery – 103.
• Robbery with aggravating circumstances – 610.
• Rape – 28.
• Sexual assault – 9.
• Attempted sexual offences – 3.
• Contact sexual offences – 4.
• Carjacking – 143.
• Robbery at residential premises – 103.
• Robbery at non-residential premises – 78.
• Robbery of cash in transit – 0.
• Bank robbery – 0.
• Truck hijacking – 10.
• Arson – 0.
• Malicious damage to property – 192.
• Burglary at non-residential premises – 132.
• Burglary at residential premises – 306.
• Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle – 190.
• Theft out of motor vehicle – 224.
• Stock theft – 0
• All theft not mentioned elsewhere – 686.
• Commercial crime – 126.
• Shoplifting – 108.
