It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas—which spells a busy time for criminals, notes ATG Digital, an access control and visitor management software company.
Stats SA’s Governance, Public Safety, and Justice Survey 2019/20 showed that housebreaking remains the number one crime in South Africa. The department said that “housebreaking or burglary has consistently been the most common crime experienced by households in South Africa,” as measured over five years.
“The majority of these crimes are burglaries where no one is home. This is distinct from a home invasion, where people are at home at the time of the incident,” said ATG Digital’s Ariel Flax. Comparing government stats to ATG Digital’s data, Flax said that the efficacy of LPR, OCR, scanning and data analysis are evident. “The presence of cameras at estate entrances alone serve as a massive deterrent. We see crime stats in estates drop significantly following the installation of cameras—before the technology has even gathered meaningful intelligence.
Syndicates often use fake plates, so the system first checks that the licence plate and disc match. Those details then run through several databases such as the SAPS Stolen Vehicle and Circulation, SAICB , and BACSA databases.These measures effectively prevent potential crimes, but what happens when robbers somehow manage to gain access to the community or estate? Flax said that this is where data monitoring and analysis are crucial.
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