Violent crime has increased year on year between October and December 2022, the Portfolio Committee on Police heard as the police presented the crime statistics for the third quarter of the current financial year. | gerbjan
These crimes, with the exception of robberies with aggravated circumstances, increased compared to the previous quarter .
There were 17 271 assaults on women, 1 579 more than in the same quarter of the previous year and 3 570 more than in the previous quarter. There were 2 039 assaults with intent to do grievous bodily harm on children, nine fewer than the same quarter of the previous year, but 144 more than in the previous quarter.In a statement released shortly after the briefing, lobby group Action Society described the statistics as a"bloodbath".Women and children are in grave danger every single day. This is a war.
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