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In other words, less than half the 114.8 'murders' are actual homicides. The report was published in 2002, and SAPS crime statistics from the previous year 2001 state there were 47.5 murders per 100,000 and 67.3 attempted murders per 100,000 - the figure comes exactly to 114.8 per 100,000.
In February 2018, SAPS Lieutenant-General Khomotso Phahlane, who was also former acting SAPS Commissioner, and his wife appeared in court on charges of fraud and corruption. [68] [69] [70] On 30 July 2020, Phahlane was dismissed from the police after three years on suspension. [71] The same day, he was found guilty of dishonest conduct. [71]
In 1992 Kriel began restructuring the SAP into a three-tiered force consisting of a national police, primarily responsible for internal security and for serious crime; autonomous regional forces, responsible for crime prevention and for matters of general law and order; and municipal police, responsible for local law enforcement and for minor ...
Violent crime including murder, rape, assault and robbery declined in 2023. Crime rates have become a key issue in the 2024 presidential race. Violent crime dropped for third straight year in 2023 ...
That National Crime Victimization Survey, released earlier this month, shows that the violent crime victimization rate rose from about 16 per 1,000 people in 2020 to 22.5 in 2023. But the report ...
Recorded farm attacks (4,308) and farm murders (806) from 2010 to the end of August 2023. The SAPS stopped releasing homicide statistics on farm murders in 2007 instead merging them with all homicide figures, this has increased the difficulty of accessing reliable statistics on the phenomenon with most studies since relying on data from the ...
South Africa's Police Service (SAPS) releases the country's crime statistics. The crime category "sexual offences" includes a wide range of sexual offences, including rape, sexual assault, incest, bestiality, flashing, and other crimes. [1] SAPS releases statistics on reported rapes every quarter, as well as an annual report (financial year ...
‘Our crime rate is going up, while crime statistics all over the world are going down,’ Trump has previously said Violent crime dropped in 2023 — despite Trump insisting it was ‘through ...