With the country already in shock following the release of the annual crime statistics by the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele in parliament earlier today, here is the breakdown of the crime situation in Rand West City.
The statistics cover the period from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018.
• RANDFONTEIN
Crimes that have shown an increase are …
• Murder by 11,9 per cent
• Sexual offences by 21,2 per cent
• Common assault by 17,6 percent
• Common robbery by 23,8 per cent
• Rape by 19,8 per cent
• Sexual assault by 60 per cent
• Attempted sexual offences by 150 per cent
• Robbery at residential premises by 1,4 per cent
• Robbery of cash-in-transit by 100 per cent
• Malicious damage to property by 6,3 per cent
• Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle by 7,4 per cent
• Stock theft by 31,8 per cent
Crimes that have shown a decrease are …
• Attempted murder by 10,5 per cent
• Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm by 0,9 per cent
• Contact sexual offences by 80 per cent
• Carjacking by 40,4 per cent
• Robbery at non-residential premises by 16,4 per cent
• Arson by 46,7 per cent
• Burglary at non-residential premises by 12,8 per cent
• Burglary at residential premises by 10,8 per cent
• Theft out of or from a motor vehicle by 15,2 per cent
• Shoplifting by 0,4 per cent
• Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition by 2 per cent
• Drug-related crime by 56,1 per cent
• Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs by 87,7 per cent
• WESTONARIA
Crimes that have shown an increase are …
• Murder by 11,1 per cent
• Sexual offences by 125,9 per cent
• Attempted murder by 68,2 per cent
• Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm by 21,2 per cent
• Robbery with aggravating circumstances by 10,1 per cent
• Rape by 140 per cent
• Sexual assault by 14,3 per cent
• Attempted sexual offences (three cases more than previous period)
• Contact sexual offences (two cases more than previous period)
• Carjacking by 89,7 per cent
• Robbery at residential premises by 23,1 per cent
• Robbery at non-residential premises by 66,7 per cent
• Truck hijacking by 16,7 per cent
• Burglary at non-residential premises by 17,6 per cent
• Stock theft by 17,6 per cent
Crimes that have shown a decrease are …
• Common assault by 5,9 per cent
• Common robbery by 24,1 per cent
• Arson by 100 per cent
• Malicious damage to property by 13,3 per cent
• Burglary at residential premises by 15,3 per cent
• Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle by 2,3 per cent
• Theft out of or from a motor vehicle by 17 per cent
• Commercial crime by 6,3 per cent
• Shoplifting by 15,8 per cent
• Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition by 40 per cent
• Drug-related crime by 32,7 per cent
• Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs by 25,2 per cent
• BEKKERSDAL
Crimes that have shown an increase are …
• Murder by 16,3 per cent
• Sexual offences by 50,8 per cent
• Rape by 48,3 per cent
• Sexual assault by 75 per cent
• Attempted sexual offences (one case more than previous period)
• Robbery at residential premises by 37 per cent
• Burglary at non-residential premises by 24,1 per cent
• Stock theft by 33,3 per cent
• Commercial crime by 9,1 per cent
• Shoplifting (one case more than previous period)
Crimes that have shown a decrease are …
• Attempted murder by 35,1 per cent
• Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm by 12 per cent
• Common assault by 5 per cent
• Common robbery by 36,7 per cent
• Robbery with aggravating circumstances by 14,5 per cent
• Carjacking by 32,2 per cent
• Robbery at non-residential premises by 7,1 per cent
• Arson by 16,7 per cent
• Malicious damage to property by 15,6 per cent
• Burglary at residential premises by 30,7 per cent
• Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle by 12,8 per cent
• Theft out of or from a motor vehicle by 18,9 per cent
• Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition by 32,1 per cent
• Drug-related crime by 38,2 per cent
• Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs by 13,2 per cent
Nationally and according to the Herald’s mother paper, The Citizen, the 2017/18 period saw murder in South Africa increase by 6,9 per cent. The Minister of Police admitted this to be unacceptable, saying SA is close to being a “war zone”. In the same report, Cele condemned the high statistics and said 57 South Africans were murdered every day.
He also admitted that the Police had “dropped the ball” for things to get to that level. The Citizen further reported that the minister expressed shock, saying that “never again” should such a high crime rate be recorded and noted the fear and stress that South Africans live under.
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