Crime Awareness Month: Greenwood Park crime trends
As the lockdown lifts there has been an increase in residential housebreaking, business robberies, theft out of motor vehicles and carjacking.
WITH October being Crime Awareness Month, the Greenwood Park SAPS has shared the latest crime trends in a bid to raise awareness about the most common crimes. As the lockdown lifts there has been an increase in residential housebreaking, business robberies, theft out of motor vehicles and carjacking.
Spokesperson for the Greenwood Park SAPS, Captain Jerome Slater said house breakings seem to be occurring during the day as residents return to work after the lockdown.
“Housebreakings are sporadic, we can’t say it’s concentrated in one area, but Kenville, Effingham, Avoca and Avoca Hills seem to be the more targeted areas,” he said.
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Slater said the Greenwood Park SAPS made 173 arrests during July and August, including murder, attempt murder, residential burglary, business burglary, rape, domestic violence, kidnapping, possession of dangerous weapons, prostitution, theft, and possession of illegal drugs.
“The arrests also led to 19 motor vehicles being recovered, 15 drug arrests and 11 illegal firearms recovered.
Five people were arrested for defeating the ends of justices for false cases for insurance fraud.
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Greenwood Park SAPS are also raising awareness about human trafficking.
“We have had no formal reports, but through the community we have heard of two instances which took place, one in Avoca Hills and one was in Greenwood Park, where teenage girls said suspects had tried to force them into a vehicle. We are not sure if this was an attempted robbery or if it could have been related to human trafficking as it was not formally reported and no case was opened. We just want to make the community aware of it,” he said.
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