You are more likely to be murdered in Cape Town, Nelson Mandela Bay, eThekwini or Buffalo City metros than in Johannesburg, according to a new report from the South African Cities Network
Contrary to public perception, Cape metros have highest murder rates, while Gauteng metros clock below the national average
The report was developed using data from the police’s annual crime statistics and other sources, including Stats SA. Ngobese said SACN’s member cities have shifted their understanding of safety from policing to being more safety conscious. Ngobese said this year’s report mostly saw the continuation of past trends, except for slight declines in some crimes.
“We had an all-time low in 2011 of 30-31 per 100 000, but since 2011 there has been a steady climb. We need to study why there is a slow upsurge in murder rates, because murder is a good indicator to analyse and understand other forms of crime.”
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