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South Africa: Crime Stats - Murder, Sexual Offences Rose in 2018/19
News24Wire, 12 September 2019
Murder, sexual offences and other contact crimes rose in the past financial year, the Portfolio Committee on Police heard on Thursday. Read more »
The Portfolio Committee on Police has heard that there were 21 022 murders in the 2018/19 financial year - 686 more than the previous year and an increase of 3.4% while sexual offences increased by 4.6% to 52 420 offences - 2 312 more than the year before.
South Africa: Murder Rate Increases By 1.4%
SAnews.gov.za, 12 September 2019
Major General Norman Sekhukhune says 21 022 people were murdered during the 12 months ending March 2019. Read more »
South Africa: Factsheet - South Africa's Crime Statistics for 2018/19
Africa Check, 12 September 2019
The rate of murder, sexual offences and assault has risen in South Africa. We summarise data on eight categories of crime from the police's statistics for April 2018 to March 2019. Read more »
South Africa: How Useful Are Police Crime Stats? Here's What We Can Expect From This Year's Figures
News24Wire, 12 September 2019
Crime will be a much-discussed topic on Thursday when the South African Police Service (SAPS) briefs the Portfolio Committee on Police (PCOP) on the 2018/2019 annual crime… Read more »
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has accepted a new and challenging objective of ensuring that its crime statistics are in line with international best practice. This will be achieved through a Memorandum of Understanding with Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), aimed at further enhancing the quality and integrity of the South African crime statistics. The crime statistics generated by SAPS are an important link in the value chain of the statistics system informs policy development and
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Police Minister Bheki Cele and his staff have revealed the crime statistics for the year at a briefing in Parliament.
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Rates of home robberies, murder and hijacking have all increased, according to crime statistics collated by the South African Police Service.
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