‘Find ways other than violence to resolve conflicts’, Elias Mawela pleads as assaults worsen: Gauteng police commissioner Lt-Gen Elias Mawela says the province has seen a 7.1% increase in serious crimes and contributed 27.1% to the overall crime figure…
Image:Gauteng police commissioner Lt-Gen Elias Mawela says the province has seen a 7.1% increase in serious crimes and contributed 27.1%Mawela singled out contact crimes and other serious crimes as the two major contributors.
Mawela said police “recorded crime statistics for the third quarter, as reflected under the 17 community reported serious crimes category, increased by 7.1%.“We have two major contributors to our overall 17 community reported serious crimes, which totalled 115,458, and that is the category of contact crimes and other serious crimes .”resolve conflicts. We have previously highlighted that assault GBH and common assault are the main contributors to our overall figure for contact crimes.
Trio crimes, which include carjacking and robberies at residential and non-residential premises, saw a reduction of 0.1%. Other serious crimes, which include shoplifting and commercial crimes, recorded 33,088 counts overall, with the theft category contributing 19,512 counts.
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