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 countrywide in the third quarter.
“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.”
He said the two crimes “contributed more than 50% as they recorded 25,642 counts out of 50,039 counts in the contact crimes category. Assault GBH has increased by 4.5% and common assault has increased by 9.4% . Trio crimes, which include carjacking and robberies at residential and non-residential premises, saw a reduction of 0.1%.
“This was due to the reduction in carjacking by 6.8% which translates to 192 counts less than the same period in 2021/2022.”
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