Murders, rapes, robberies and contact crimes all increased in the first quarter of the 2021/2022 financial year according to the statistics released by Police Minister Bheki Cele. Read his full CrimeStats speech here
All Heads of Department;Today, I officially released the Police recorded Crime Statistics for the 1st Quarter of this financial year 2021/2022. Standing high on this pedestal today reminds me of the same period last year; when I addressed the nation releasing the Crime Statistics of the 1st Quarter.
Equally the lockdown crime trends and figures should not be thrown into the political battlefield for poor political point scoring but instead; this should begin to properly define the impact of the pandemic in many areas of our existence, going forward including the subject of Crime and its remnants.
The top four causative factors of these murders are arguments, robberies, mob justice incidents and gang-related killings. May I add that, that number would have decreased by 15.3% if compared to the 2019/2020 financial period.All assault categories reported double digit increases compared to the distorted reporting period on 2020/2021 period.
Aggravated robberies such as Carjacking increased by 92.2% compared to the previous corresponding period.There were 1 340 more residential robberies in the month of April to June 2020, compared to the corresponding period in the previous financial year.Ladies and Gentlemen, In a separate incident, in Brakpan, police also pounced on a gang plotting a CIT robbery three weeks ago that resulted in the fatal shooting of a police officer.
The police operation resulted in the arrest of 19 suspects and the recovery of scores of vehicles and firearms.
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