CRIME STATS 2017/18

Cape Town - According to the latest crime statistics, 57 people are killed in South Africa every day. This constitutes a  6.9 % increase in the murder rate from the previous year's statistics. 

Presenting the 2017/2018 national crime statistics to the Portfolio Committee on Police at Parliament in Cape Town, Police Minister Bheki Cele likened this figure to the mortality rate in a war zone.

The minister also said that more than three million serious crimes had been reported across South Africa.

10 of the most important statistics from his report:

• The total number of reported crimes has increased to more than three million.

•  The murder rate has increased by 6.9 percent .

• 18 233 reported attempted murders were reported over the past year.

• 40 035 cases of rape were opened over the reporting period. This translates to a 0.5 percent decrease in reported rape cases.

•  Assault with intent to do grievous  bodily harm cases are down 1.9 percent

• Cash-in-transit robberies have increased by 56.6 percent since the previous reporting period.

• Burglaries at non-residential premises have decreased by 5.8 percent and at residential premises by 7.5 percent

• Hijackings have decreased by 2.3 percent to 16 717 reported cases.

• Business robberies have decreased by 3.1 percent from last year.

• House robberies have decreased by 0.4 percent.