{"id":270689,"date":"2018-09-11T11:21:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T09:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=270689"},"modified":"2018-09-11T11:33:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T09:33:48","slug":"south-africa-crime-stats-2018-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/270689\/south-africa-crime-stats-2018-everything-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa crime stats 2018: everything you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

The South African Police Service, with Stats SA, has published the country’s crime statistics for 2018, showing which types of criminal activity have increased – and decreased – in the past year.<\/p>\n

The stats cover 21 crime categories – 17 of which are reported by the public, and four of which are as a result of police activity.<\/p>\n

Understanding the changes, the 17 reported crimes should show a decrease to indicate improvement in that category, while the four police-reported crimes should increase, to show more effective policing.<\/p>\n

Changes to crime stats in those latter four categories do not necessarily indicate an increase in those types of crimes, but could be attributed more intensive police activity.<\/p>\n

The statistics cover all reported crimes between 1 April 2017 and March 2018.<\/p>\n

A total of 2.09 million crimes were recorded in 2018 – down from the 2.12 million recorded in 2017. This represents a 4.4% drop in the number of reported crimes in the 17 public categories, along with an increase in the number of crimes as a result of police action.<\/p>\n

Here are the stats for the general categories:<\/p>\n

SA crime stats for 2017 (1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Category<\/th>\n2017<\/th>\n2018<\/th>\nChange<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact Crimes<\/td>\n608 321<\/td>\n601 366<\/td>\n-1.1%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact-related Crimes<\/td>\n120 730<\/td>\n115 361<\/td>\n-4.4%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Property-related Crimes<\/td>\n540 653<\/td>\n507 975<\/td>\n-6.0%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other Serious Crimes<\/td>\n469 276<\/td>\n438 113<\/td>\n-6.6%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total public reported<\/strong><\/td>\n1 738 980<\/strong><\/td>\n1 662 815<\/strong><\/td>\n-4.4%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crime detected as a result of police action<\/em><\/td>\n390 021<\/td>\n433 966<\/td>\n11.3%<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n2 129 001<\/strong><\/td>\n2 096 781<\/strong><\/td>\n-1.5%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n