For the first time in eight years, vehicle hijackings have dropped below 10 700, reflecting a decrease of 23,6%.
The number of murders in SA declined by 6.5% in 2010/2011, with 15 940 cases being recorded, according to annual police crime statistics released
Crime is down according to statistics for the past year, and people who don’t believe the good news are "cynics", says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa.
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/ 8 September 2011
South Africa’s murder rate dropped by 6.5% to 15 940 murders in 2010/11, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Thursday.
Questions have been raised about how quickly the prosecuting authorities will act against officers fingered by the Independent Complaints Directorate.
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/ 15 November 2010
News of the killing of a British tourist was all over the UK media, with newspapers reminding readers of SA’s high car-hijacking and murder rates.
Violent crime is deeply ingrained in the social fabric of the country and cannot simply be solved through the criminal justice system.
Discovery of unrecorded post-mortem reports and allegations of police negligence and manipulation of crime figures raises alarm bells
Kirstenhof police are on a witch-hunt for the officer who leaked information about cooked crime statistics to the press.
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/ 10 September 2010
The police’s claim that the number of murders had declined last year was "plausible" but the problem of violent crime still had to be addressed.
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/ 9 September 2010
Violent crime declined last year in South Africa, the police minister said on Thursday, with murders down 8,6% to under 17 000.
Over 1 000 people were arrested in provinces across the country during the festive season, national police said on Friday.
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/ 17 October 2009
Senior police deny knowledge of books being manipulated saying documents are fake. Glynnis Underhill reports.
What the recently released crime statistics mostly tell us about is the state of citizenship in South Africa
The Mountain Rise Police Station has some explaining to do after a scheme to manipulate statistics is uncovered, writes Sello S Alcock.
The DA’s Dianne Kohler-Barnard took Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa to task on Wednesday for his failure to release more regular crime statistics.
Minister: that South Africans are in the dark about crime statistics must be blamed on the agenda of the opposition Democratic Alliance.
All major crimes in KwaZulu-Natal decreased over the festive season except for house and business robberies, said Nathi Mthethwa on Thursday.
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/ 3 December 2008
Government’s crime prevention strategy has failed in part because of its lack of understanding of the relationship between crime and its causes.
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/ 19 September 2008
Jacob Zuma must accept the decision of the prosecutors to appeal the ruling of Judge Chris Nicholson, says DA leader Helen Zille.
South Africa’s deputy security minister Susan Shabangu on Sunday repeated her controversial demand that police respond forcefully to attacks.
Perceptions of violent crime are the ”Achilles heel” hindering growth in tourism in South Africa, a top tourism official said on Thursday.
The Western Cape has been singled out by police as having one of the highest incidences of child murder.
Crime levels in SA are a national problem and not only the responsibility of police and the government, Safety and Security Minister Charles says.
The DA has questioned the accuracy of the latest crime statistics, saying decreases in certain categories could be due to under-reporting.
SA’s murder rate has decreased in the past year with 38,6 out of every 100 000 people murdered in the period, compared with 40,5 last year.
Every time a crime-trends statistics report is released, there follows a round of indignant finger-pointing.