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South Africa has exceptionally high rates of murder, gender-based violence, robbery and violent conflict. A survey for the period 1990–2000 compiled by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ranked South Africa second for assault and murder (by all means) per capita and first for rapes per capita in a data set of 60 countries.
Mar 27, 2024 · Cash-in-transit heists are one of the most dramatic illustrations of a crime wave that’s shocked even the most hardened South Africans, with murder at a 20-year high.
Nov 23, 2022 · More than 7,000 people were murdered over three months in South Africa, according to new police statistics, which showed a rise in violent crime from the same period last year.
Violent crime is soaring in South Africa, with audacious security van heists commonplace and the murder rate at a 20-year high.
Criminologists say gun violence has worsened in South Africa - on average 23 people are killed by guns each day. But why is gun violence so rife? Expert Prof Lufuno Sadiki thinks that the...
Jan 10, 2024 · Most violent crimes in the country are categorized under contact crimes, which consists of common assault, assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm, aggravated robbery, sexual...
There are more than 2.7 million legal gun owners in South Africa, according to a 2021 survey by Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) - roughly 8% of the adult population. When it comes to the war...
Jan 7, 2024 · While it may be Africa's most developed country, it also has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world. Experts have warned that the South African police are losing the battle...
Nov 17, 2023 · South Africa’s crime statistics for the third quarter of 2023 show that people continue to face a serious problem of violent crime, especially murder and attempted murder.
Aug 24, 2023 · Crime in South Africa up in 2022/23. New data released by Statistics South Africa shows that household crimes such as housebreaking, home robbery and theft of motor vehicles experienced in the twelve months preceding the interview increased compared to 2021/22.
