Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula earlier released the annual crime stats and for the country as a whole we are worse off.
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Here are the statistics for Florida Police Station. Keep in mind these are cases and not convictions. The first number is for 2016 and the second for 2017:
• Murder 7/ 24
• Sexual offences 55/ 54
• Attempted murder 17/ 23
• Assault GBH 314/ 238
• Common assault 302/ 367
• Common robbery 125/ 208
• Robbery with aggravating circumstances 505/ 662
• Rape 40/ 33
• Sexual assault 4/ 13
• Attempted sexual offences 2/ 2
• Contact sexual offences 9/ 6
• Carjacking 116/ 90
• Truck hijacking 14/ 10
• Robbery of cash in transit 1/ 0
• Bank robbery 0/ 0
• Robbery at residential residence 98/ 141
• Robbery at non-residential premises 38/ 64
• Arson 2/ 5
• Malicious damage to property 446/ 371
• Burglary at non-residential premises 156/ 145
• Burglary at residential premises 732/ 751
• Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 453/ 425
• Theft out of vehicle 610/ 601
• Stock theft 0/ 0
• All theft not mentioned elsewhere 1 567/ 1 462
• Commercial crime 250/ 249
• Shoplifting 137/ 145
• Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 32/ 25
• Drug-related crime 559/ 679
• Driving under the influence 329/ 353
• Sexual offences detected as a result of police action 5/ 2
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