{"id":128826,"date":"2016-07-03T19:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=128826"},"modified":"2016-07-03T17:57:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T15:57:52","slug":"find-out-where-south-africas-worst-murder-and-robbery-hotspots-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/128826\/find-out-where-south-africas-worst-murder-and-robbery-hotspots-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Find out where South Africa’s worst murder and robbery hotspots are"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Stats SA Community Survey for 2016 reveals which provinces in South Africa make citizens feel the safest – and where the most crime took place over the past year.<\/p>\n

Every year, the SAPS provides crime data showing where crimes are taking place in South Africa – but the data doesn’t always paint the whole picture.<\/p>\n

The community surveys conducted by Stats SA give insight into how crime affects people on a household level, and includes unreported crimes.<\/p>\n

The survey finds that the vast majority of South African households experienced no crime over the past year with only 7.5% saying they did.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, the most populous provinces recorded the most crime – but what is surprising is that so-called “crime capital”, Gauteng, is only the second worst behind the Western Cape.<\/p>\n

Nearly one in 10 (9.7%) households in the Western Cape experienced crime, followed by Gauteng with 9.1%. The North West with 7.6% was the only other province above average.<\/p>\n

Only 4.2% of households in Limpopo claimed to have experienced criminal activity.<\/p>\n

Provinces where households report experiencing crime<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Province<\/th>\nExperienced Crime<\/th>\n% of households<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Cape<\/td>\n188 000<\/td>\n9.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gauteng<\/td>\n448 000<\/td>\n9.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North West<\/td>\n94 000<\/td>\n7.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mpumalanga<\/td>\n91 000<\/td>\n7.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KwaZulu Natal<\/td>\n197 000<\/td>\n6.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Cape<\/td>\n24 000<\/td>\n6.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eastern Cape<\/td>\n109 000<\/td>\n6.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free State<\/td>\n57 000<\/td>\n6.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Limpopo<\/td>\n67 000<\/td>\n4.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/td>\n\u00a01 276 000<\/td>\n7.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

10.8% of white households said they had experienced crime, ahead of Indian households (8.4%), coloured households (7.7%) and black households (7.1%).<\/p>\n

When it comes to feeling safe, Limpopo household responses reflect their experience of crime in the province, where almost 90% of people said they felt safe during the day.<\/p>\n

Similarly, the Western Cape reflected the same data, with the lowest levels of safety during the day (70.7%).<\/p>\n

However, at night, attitudes change, where households in the Eastern Cape are most afraid (30.5% said they feel safe), while respondents in the\u00a0Northern Cape feel the most safe (47.8%).<\/p>\n

It’s interesting to note that, despite having experienced the most crime in the past 12 months, white households feel the safest at both day and at night (83% and 49%, respectively).<\/p>\n

Types of crimes experienced<\/strong><\/p>\n

Housebreakings, robbery and home robbery were the top three crimes hitting South African households in the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

The tables below show the experience of each crime by province, in terms of number of households that experienced them (rounded), expressed as a percent of all households in the province.<\/p>\n

Housebreaking<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Province<\/th>\nExperienced Crime<\/th>\n% of households<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Gauteng<\/td>\n213 000<\/td>\n4.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Cape<\/td>\n78 000<\/td>\n4.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mpumalanga<\/td>\n50 000<\/td>\n4.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North West<\/td>\n45 000<\/td>\n3.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KwaZulu Natal<\/td>\n95 000<\/td>\n3.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Cape<\/td>\n11 000<\/td>\n3.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free State<\/td>\n26 000<\/td>\n2.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eastern Cape<\/td>\n46 000<\/td>\n2.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Limpopo<\/td>\n35 000<\/td>\n2.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n599 000<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n3.6%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Robbery<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Province<\/th>\nExperienced Crime<\/th>\n% of households<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Cape<\/td>\n69 000<\/td>\n3.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gauteng<\/td>\n140 000<\/td>\n2.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eastern Cape<\/td>\n36 000<\/td>\n2.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KwaZulu Natal<\/td>\n55 000<\/td>\n1.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mpumalanga<\/td>\n23 000<\/td>\n1.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North West<\/td>\n22 000<\/td>\n1.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Cape<\/td>\n5 000<\/td>\n1.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free State<\/td>\n14 000<\/td>\n1.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Limpopo<\/td>\n13 000<\/td>\n0.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n377 000<\/strong><\/td>\n2.3%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Home Robbery<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Province<\/th>\nExperienced Crime<\/th>\n% of households<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Gauteng<\/td>\n111 000<\/td>\n2.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Cape<\/td>\n42 000<\/td>\n2.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mpumalanga<\/td>\n23 000<\/td>\n1.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North West<\/td>\n21 000<\/td>\n1.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KwaZulu Natal<\/td>\n45 000<\/td>\n1.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eastern Cape<\/td>\n26 000<\/td>\n1.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free State<\/td>\n14 000<\/td>\n1.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Cape<\/td>\n5 000<\/td>\n1.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Limpopo<\/td>\n17 000<\/td>\n1.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n303 000<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n1.8%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Theft of motor vehicle<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Province<\/th>\nExperienced Crime<\/th>\n% of households<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Gauteng<\/td>\n29 000<\/td>\n0.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Cape<\/td>\n12 000<\/td>\n0.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KwaZulu Natal<\/td>\n9 000<\/td>\n0.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North West<\/td>\n4 000<\/td>\n0.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mpumalanga<\/td>\n3 000<\/td>\n0.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eastern Cape<\/td>\n4 000<\/td>\n0.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free State<\/td>\n2 000<\/td>\n0.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Limpopo<\/td>\n2 000<\/td>\n0.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Cape<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n66 000<\/strong><\/td>\n0.4%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Theft of livestock<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Province<\/th>\nExperienced Crime<\/th>\n% of households<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Kwa Zulu Natal<\/td>\n11 000<\/td>\n0.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North West<\/td>\n5 000<\/td>\n0.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eastern Cape<\/td>\n6 000<\/td>\n0.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mpumalanga<\/td>\n3 000<\/td>\n0.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gauteng<\/td>\n8 000<\/td>\n0.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Limpopo<\/td>\n3 000<\/td>\n0.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free State<\/td>\n2 000<\/td>\n0.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Cape<\/td>\n2 000<\/td>\n0.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Cape<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n40 000<\/strong><\/td>\n0.2%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Murder<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Province<\/th>\nExperienced Crime<\/th>\n% of households<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
KwaZulu Natal<\/td>\n5 000<\/td>\n0.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Cape<\/td>\n4 000<\/td>\n0.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eastern Cape<\/td>\n3 000<\/td>\n0.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gauteng<\/td>\n7 000<\/td>\n0.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North West<\/td>\n2 000<\/td>\n0.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mpumalanga<\/td>\n2 000<\/td>\n0.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Limpopo<\/td>\n2 000<\/td>\n0.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free State<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Cape<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n25 000<\/strong><\/td>\n0.2%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In terms of the number of households affected by these crimes, black respondents suffered the most – however as a percentage of the population, white households are the most affected in every crime category – except murder.<\/p>\n

More on crime<\/h3>\n

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The most feared crimes in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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