Police Minister Bheki Cele released the 2020/21 third quarter crime statistics on Friday.
The statistics are for the three months from October to December.
“The crime figures of the third quarter of the 2020/21 financial year demonstrate crimes committed between level one and adjusted level three lockdown, which kicked in on December 15,” said Cele.
“The statistics we will be releasing today expose some of the gaps that exist in policing certain crime categories.
“They also lay bare some of the policing shortcomings experienced in certain provinces.
“The statistics do not paint a good picture and forces us as the SAPS to dig deep and put the shoulder to the wheel.”
For each crime category, 30 police stations are identified where the most crimes are reported.
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The Brakpan Police Station occupies position 26 nationally in the truck hijacking category.
In Gauteng, the Brakpan Police Station is featured on five of these top 30 station lists.
The local SAPS occupies position 16 for burglary at non-residential premises, position 24 for shoplifting, position 15 for sexual assault, position 18 for contact sexual offences and position 21 for truck hijacking.
The full statistics for Brakpan are as follows and are compared to the same period for the previous year:
Contact crimes (crimes against a person)
• Murder remained the same with six cases.
• Sexual offences decreased from 23 cases to 19.
• Attempted murder decreased from four cases to one.
• Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm increased from 17 cases to 24.
• Common assault increased from 74 cases to 76.
• Common robbery increased from 22 cases to 25.
• Robbery with aggravating circumstances decreased from 88 cases to 69.
Sexual offences.
• Rape decreased from 15 cases the previous year to nine.
• Sexual assault increased from seven cases to eight.
• Attempted sexual offences decreased from one case to none.
• Contact sexual offences increased from no cases to two.
Subcategories of aggravated robbery
• Carjacking increased from 18 cases the previous year to 19.
• Robbery at residential premises decreased from 10 cases to five.
• Robbery at non-residential premises decreased from 25 cases to 15.
• Bank robbery remained the same and no cases were reported.
• Robbery of cash-in-transit vehicles decreased from one case to none.
• Truck hijacking increased from three cases to four.
Contact-related crimes.
• Arson remained the same with no cases.
• Malicious damage to property decreased from 52 cases the previous year to 43.
Property-related crimes.
• Burglary at non-residential premises increased from 24 cases the previous year to 49.
• Burglary at residential premises decreased from 105 cases to 77.
• Theft of motor vehicles and motorcycles increased from 31 cases to 43.
• Theft out of or from motor vehicle increased from 45 cases to 57.
• Stock theft decreased from two cases to one.
Other serious crimes.
• All theft not mentioned elsewhere decreased from 197 cases the previous year to 162.
• Commercial crime increased from 61 cases to 78.
• Shoplifting increased from 45 cases to 51.
Crime detected as a result of police action.
• Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition increased from three cases the previous year to nine.
• Drug-related crime increased from 86 cases to 115.
• Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs decreased from 63 cases to 45.
• Sexual offences detected as a result of police action remained the same and no cases were reported.
Information obtained from the SAPS website, click here for more information.
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