A breakdown in the crime statistics recorded between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008 as reported by the SA Police Service:
NOTE: They hide the actual murders by splitting them into two different categories – they show total murders, plus… way down the list they show the culpible homicides
When taken together, the official number is huge – more than 31,500 murders per annum.
The figures are arranged in the number of incidents per 100 000 people.
– Murder: 18 487 cases reported, 38,6 incidents.
– Attempted murder: 18 795 cases reported, 39,3 incidents.
– Assault GBH: 210 104 cases reported, 439,1 incidents.
– Common assault: 198 049 cases reported, 413,9 incidents.
– Common robbery 64 985 cases reported, 135,8 incidents.
– Arson: 7 396 cases reported, 15,5 incidents.
– Malicious damage to property: 136 968 cases reported, 286,2 incidents.
– Burglary at residential premises: 237 853 cases reported, 497,1 incidents.
– Burglary at non-residential premises: 62 995 cases reported, 131,7 incidents.
– Motor vehicle and motorcycle theft: 8 8226 cases reported, 167,7 incidents.
– Theft out of motor vehicles: 111 661 cases reported, 233,4 incidents.
– Stock theft; 28 778 cases reported, 60,1 incidents.
– Illegal possession of firearms or ammunition: 13 476 cases reported, 28,2 incidents.
– Drug related crime: 109 134 cases reported, 228,1 incidents.
– Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol: 48 405 cases reported, 101,2 incidents.
– Theft not mentioned elsewhere: 395 296 cases reported, 826,1 incidents.
– Commercial crime: 65 286 cases reported, 136,4 incidents.
– Shoplifting; 66 992 cases reported, 140 incidents.
– Culpable homicide: 13 184 cases reported, 27,6 incidents.
– Kidnapping: 2 323 cases reported, 4,9 incidents.
– Abduction: 2 728 cases reported, 5,7 incidents.
– Neglect or ill treatment of children: 4 106 cases reported, 8,6 incidents.
– Public Violence: 895 cases reported, 1,9 incidents.
– Crimen injuria: 33 064 cases reported or 69,1 incidents.
* The law regarding rape cases has changed to include male rape, and as such the crime statistics only reflect rape and indecent assault statistics between April and December 2007;
– Rape: 36 190 cases reported, 75,6 incidents.
– Indecent assault: 6 763 case reported, 14,1 incidents.
– Aggravated robbery: 118 312 cases reported, 247,3 incidents.
* This included 14, 201 carjacking incidents or 29,7 incidents and 1 245 truck hijacking incidents.
It also included 14 481 incidents of robbery at residential properties or 30,3 cases per 100 000 people, and 9 852 incidents of robbery at non-residential properties or 20,6 incidents per 100 000 people.
There were 395 cases of cash-in-transit robberies or 0,8 incidents per 100 000 people, and 144 bank robberies or 0,3 incidents per 100 000 people.
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