The nine urban areas covered in the report are home to approximately 40% of the country\u2019s residents, and account for as much as 77% of carjackings.<\/p>\n
The report revealed that carjackings are up 12% from 2014\/15 to 2015\/16.<\/p>\n
“Nationally, carjacking rates either remained fairly constant or declined until 2011\/12 when they began to increase. In 2015\/16 they had reached the same level as in 2005\/06. Johannesburg, eThekwini and ekurhuleni experienced a decline in carjacking rates from 2008\/09 (2009\/10 for ekurhuleni) but are still the top three cities for carjacking,” the report said.<\/p>\n
“Cape Town has gone from being below to well above the national rate, with a sharp increase in carjacking rates since 2013\/14. Over the 11 years, carjacking rates in buffalo City and Msunduzi have remained fairly steady and below the national rate,” it said.<\/p>\n
The South African Police Service released its crime statistics for 2016 towards the end of last year showing that the country\u2019s cases of carjacking had increased over the 12 months covered.<\/p>\n It found that more than ,400 vehicles are hijacked each month.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Carjacking.png\")
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