INFOGRAPHIC: Sexual offences down, common assault up in Tzaneen crime stats

The South Africa Police Service (SAPS) along with StatsSA recently released the statistics for the country’s crime over the April 2016-March 2017 period.

The yearly statistics are calculated by means of the cases recorded in the financial year.

This year’s stats saw a 4% decrease in countrywide rape cases along with a 10,9% increase in cash-in-transit heists.

Below we’ve provided you with a summary of some of the statistics released for the Tzaneen cluster.

For the full document on SAPS’ website, click here or if you’re using your phone and your thumb’s a bit too big to click on it, just tap on the infographic to go to the page.