The 2012/ 2013 crime statistics revealed that for Roodepoort criminals theft is still their crime of choice.
For the Roodepoort SAPS, theft in general (categorised as all theft not mentioned elsewhere) is still the crime with the largest number of reported cases – 2 040.
This translates to an average of nearly six offences per day.
The crime with the second largest number of reported cases is burglary at residential premises, with 1 254 reported cases.
This is an average of three burglaries per day.
Coming in at third place is common assault with 736 reported cases. This translates to an average of two reported cases per day.
The truth is out – the majority of Roodepoort criminals have long fingers and suffer from anger issues.
Criminals who choose to commit their crimes in the Florida SAPS’ territory showed a similar pattern with 1 659 reported cases of theft not mentioned elsewhere; 862 reported cases of burglary at residential premises and 570 reported cases of theft out of or from motor vehicle.
