All key figures of crime statistics

Last Friday, the police minister Senso Mchunu has launched the statistics on crime in the third quarter for 2024/2025.

The third quarter was carried out from October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

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Among the more amazing numbers was the fact that an almost worrying nearly 76 People were killed in South Africa per day during 92 days.

That is equivalent to 3.15 every hour.

While the number is shockingly large, incredible, represents an DOWN compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

“The statistics we present today show a significant change in our national crime landscape. Encouraging, I noticed a general decrease in several categories of crime, ”said Mchunu.

The minister said the police confirmed:

• A decrease of 9.8% of murder cases (6 953 crimes between October and December 2024, compared to 7 710 crimes in the same period of 2023)
• A 3.3% discount on rape cases (11 803 cases of rape between October and December 2024, compared with 12 211 cases of rape in the same period of 2023)

Of the 6 953 registered crimes, the police said that 1 453 were against the background of the arguments, 405 were killings related to the robbery, 389 were vigilant attacks, 294 were tape -related crimes, and 57 were murders related to taxi .

Mchunu said Firearms Stay the weapon of choice during crimes and 2,886 of reported cases.

Of the victims of the crime, he said that 961 are women and 273 are children.

Probably the other 5 719 (82.2%) were men.

Registered the police 12 Farm crimes between October and December 2024.

Provinces ranked after crime and rape

Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal were the largest contributors to the national crime figures, representing 25%, respectively 21.4%, followed by East Cape with 18.9%and Cape Western with 17.4%.

The minister added that: “The western head continues to register the highest number of tape crimes, with 263 accusations reported only in this quarter. This is completely unacceptable and has to change and we will make sure it changes.

“A large number of crimes (in collective value of 135) took place at Bishop Lavis, Mitchells Plain, Kleinvlei, Delft and Elsass River. These are the own Meccas of Cape Town. “

Crimes on the province

Rank	Province	crimes
1	Gauteng	1 741
2	Kwazu-Natal	1 493
3	East head	1 300
4	Western cape	1 198
5	Mpumalanga	350
6	North -west	296
7	Free state	263
8	Limpopo	203
9	The northern head	109

Rapes on the province

Rank	Province	rapes
1	Gauteng	2 300
2	Kwazu-Natal	2 283
3	East head	1 905
4	Western cape	1 353
5	Limpopo	1 138
6	North -west	875
7	Free state	844
8	Mpumalanga	784
9	The northern head	321

Stock theft

In the meantime, Stock theft decreased by 4.5%.

However, the free state, Kwazu-Natal and East Cape are facing challenges in this regard.

Mchunu said that interventions will be implemented to address the theft of animals in these provinces.

“No one should be considered untouched. This is also a warning to those who target the police in their criminal activities, ”said Mchunu.

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