On Wednesday, Police Minister Bheki Cele released the 2022/23 second-quarter crime statistics, which revealed the sorry state of South Africa’s ever-increasing crime rates. We unpack the latest statistics in graphic form.
The Police Recorded Crime Statistics report for the second quarter of 2022/23, showed that between July and the end of September 2022, 7,004 murders were committed. This is, on average, 76 murders every day.115 people were raped;383 serious robberies occurred.Between July and end-September 2022, 10,590 rape cases were reported nationally, compared with 9,556 last year —Crimes against children
Cele shifted the burden of safeguarding children to the public, saying: “We as communities continue to fail to protect some of the most vulnerable in society: our children.”in South Africa. For the same period this year, the number was 315 — a 9.8% increase.shocked the nation and the world,” said Cele.
“A four-year-old with so much to live for and look forward to, her life cut short by a man who has since been arrested,” he said.A mother’s grief – ‘My dearest Bokgabo, they may have taken away parts of your body but your spirit lives forever’ Attempted murders of children went up from 283 to 294, while 1,895 children were the victims of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm between July and end-September 2022 — an increase of 225 incidents, 13.5%, over the same period in 2021.Kidnappings doubled nationally, with 4,028 recorded between July and end-September 2022, compared with 2,000 in the same period last year — an increase of 2,028 cases or 101.4%.
Gauteng recorded the most kidnappings , followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 785 and the Western Cape with 248.“It is clear that the SAPS will, and must, continue to sharpen its responses to crime, including arresting some members of the SAPS who choose to work against the law,” said Cele. He added that “organised crime is also being dealt a blow”, as the SAPS, together with Interpol, trace and arrest wanted fugitives residing within South Africa’s borders.
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