Keep your valuables locked away, make sure your business is secure and do your due diligence before doing business with anyone in Springs.
This warning comes after the release of the quarterly crime stats by Minister of Police Bheki Cele, last Friday.
The stats are for the second quarter of the year, from April to June and include 17 community reported crimes and crimes dependent on police action for detection.
Simply put, the 17 community reported crimes should decrease to show an improvement in the crime situation in the country, while crimes dependent on police action for detection should increase to show more effective policing.
Overall for the second quarter of the year, there was an increase in the number of reported crimes across the country.
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Contact crimes, which are crimes committed against the person, increased by 54 744 cases when compared to the same period last year.
Sexual offences increased by 5 406 cases and property-related crimes increased by 5 194 cases.
Crimes detected as a result of police action cover crimes discovered by active policing, such as roadblocks and raids.
The crimes which fall under this category are illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, drug-related crime, driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol and sexual offences detected as a result of police action.
For the period between April and June, crimes detected as a result of police action increased by 22 094 cases when compared to the previous year, a 88% improvement.
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Springs features in four top 30 lists, in the burglary at non-residential premises, other serious crimes, all theft not mentioned elsewhere and commercial crime categories.
In the burglary at non-residential premises category, Springs was number 20 in the country, with 58 reported cases, a decrease of 19 cases when compared to the same period last year.
For the other serious crimes category, Springs was number 26, an increase of 216 cases.
In all theft not mentioned elsewhere, Springs was ranked 29, with an increase of 121 cases reported, a 95.3% increase.
For commercial crimes, Springs was ranked at number 20, with 164 cases reported in this quarter, a 124.7% increase.
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