Roodepoort: Crime stats still paint a grim picture

Earlier this week Minister of Police, Fikile Mbalula received the annual crime statistics for 2016/2017.

For Roodepoort Police Station the statistics are as follow. Keep in mind these are cases and not convictions: (the first number is for 2016 and the second for 2017)

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• Murder 58/ 88

• Sexual offences 110/ 89

• Attempted murder 64/ 78

• Assault GBH 406/ 372

• Common assault 493/ 419

• Common robbery 242/ 211

• Robbery with aggravating circumstances 651/ 723

• Rape 80/ 65

• Sexual assault 22/ 16

• Attempted sexual offences 4/ 2

• Contact sexual offences 4/ 6

• Carjacking 101/ 92

• Truck hijacking 3/ 3

• Robbery of cash in transit 1/ 1

• Bank robbery 0/ 0

• Robbery at residential residence 194/ 214

• Robbery at non-residential premises 60/ 87

• Arson 8/ 5

• Malicious damage to property 480/ 520

• Burglary at non-residential premises 160/ 165

• Burglary at residential premises 1 165/ 1 110

• Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 574/ 518

• Theft out of vehicle 473/ 545

• Stock theft 1/ 0

• All theft not mentioned elsewhere 1 373/ 1 305

• Commercial crime 277/ 258

• Shoplifting 510/ 517

• Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 43/ 43

• Drug-related crime 435/ 485

• Driving under the influence 374/ 457

• Sexual offences detected as a result of police action 29/ 54

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