South Africa’s murder hotspots
A new report published by Stats SA reveals the murder hotspots in South Africa – where the crimes took place – and the reasons why people commit these criminal acts.
StatsSA’s analysis showed the murder hotspots in all nine provinces in the country.
The analysis showed that most murder hot spots in South Africa were located in City of Cape Town, eThekwini, Mnquma, Sol Plaaitjie, Nala, City of Matlosana, Polokwane, Emalahleni and Westonaria.
Jealousy was perceived as the main motive for murder committed by people aged 15–34
while the main motive for murder committed by people aged 35–54 years was perceived to be money and other financial motives.
Findings further indicate that the police were generally able to detect murder incidents as about half of people in urban areas, who had a murder in their household, knew the perpetrator.
StatsSA said its findings are based on the cluster and hot spot analysis of individuals who have experienced murder as recorded by the South African Police Service (SAPS).
In urban metros guns (78,4%) were the most commonly used weapon to commit murder, followed by a knife (12,9%).
In other urban areas (44,9%) and rural settlements (33,3%) knives were the most commonly used weapons to commit murder.
In rural areas, a knife (33.3%), was the most used weapon to commit murder, followed by a gun (19.4%), while no weapon was used in (17.6%) of reported incidents. An axe, and metal bar were used in 8.4% of and 6.7% of cases.
Murder hotspot analysis as recorded in all 9 provinces in South Africa:
The results showed that the majority of households in South Africa, irrespective of their settlement types, were not provided with counselling following incidents of murder.
In the rural areas, about 82.6% of households were not provided with counselling following incidents of murder, followed by about 78.3% of households in urban metro settlement which were not provided with counselling following incidents of murder.
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