Pretoria – South Africa’s murder rate has decreased by 6.5% in the past year, dropping below the 16 000 figure to 15 940 cases of murder being recorded.<\/p>\n
The statistics – released by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa, who was flanked by National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele – formed part of the Crime Statistics Annual Report from April 2010 to March 2011.<\/p>\n
During the 1994\/95 period, the murder ratio stood at 27 000.<\/p>\n
Mthethwa said this was encouraging, considering that the reduction of this type of crime was not only dependent on police, but was a societal challenge requiring a coordinated effort.<\/p>\n
“These continuous reductions in murder indicate that government is succeeding in its effort,” said Mthethwa.<\/p>\n
During the 2010\/11 financial year, a 12.2% decrease in attempted murder was recorded. In 2009\/10, it only decreased by 6.1%.<\/p>\n
The decrease was not the only good news from the statistics released in Pretoria – as the country’s trio crimes – house robberies, business robberies and vehicle hijackings – have also shown a decrease of 10.7%.<\/p>\n
In house robberies alone, only 16 889 cases were reported, compared with the 18 786 reported in 2009\/10 year. This indicates a decrease of 10.1%.<\/p>\n
In car hijackings, the tide seems to be turning as police reported a 23.6% decrease.<\/p>\n
Mthethwa said this was a great improvement, considering that for the last three years, this type of crime was on the increase.<\/p>\n
He said even tracker companies and the SA insurance crime bureau have indicated some sort of stability in this area.<\/p>\n
Truck drivers also had a lucky break as police recorded 29.2% decrease in truck hijacking, with only 413 cases reported. <\/p>\n
The festive season campaign “When duty calls” was the cause of a decrease in burglaries at residential premises, said Mthethwa. He said the private sector security also complemented police efforts in fighting this crime. A 4.8% decrease was recorded compared with the 2.7% increase in the 2009\/10 financial year.<\/p>\n
But the non-residential properties, which normally include the organised business sector, particularly the small businesses, did not get lucky. They recorded an increase of 0.9% in burglaries.<\/p>\n
Mthethwa said this was a difficult area to manage and secure because of the capacity.<\/p>\n
“Now based on this persistent challenge in smaller business, we are developing a national small business robbery strategy, which will be finalised by the end of this year and then be rolled out across the country.” – BuaNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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