Average Crimes In South Africa

What is a Crime?

In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term crime does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition, though statutory definitions have been provided for certain purposes. 

Average Crimes In South Africa

The murder rate increased rapidly towards the end of Apartheid, reaching a peak in 1993. It then decreased until bottoming out at 30 per 100,000 in 2011, but steadily increased again to 38 per 100,000 in 2019. More than 526,000 South Africans were murdered from 1994 to 2019.

What is the most common crime in South Africa?

Provincially, Gauteng reported the most number of crimes, with 107,815 cases opened by the community.

  • Contact crimes include murder, attempted murder and sexual offences, as well as common assault and robbery.
  • Contact-related crimes include arson and malicious injury to property.

What is the average crime rate in South Africa?

South Africa crime rate & statistics for 2017 was 35.90, a 5.59% increase from 2016. South Africa crime rate & statistics for 2016 was 34.00, a 0.59% increase from 2015. South Africa crime rate & statistics for 2015 was 33.80, a 3.68% increase from 2014.

Why is there so much crime in SA?

Causes. Crime levels have been attributed to poverty, problems with delivery of public services, and wealth disparity.

The Institute for Security Studies also highlighted factors beyond poverty and inequality, particularly social stress from uncaring environments in early childhood and subsequent lack of guardianship.

What are the most common crime?

What are the most common crimes in the United States?

  1. Larceny / Theft. Larceny-theft hits the top of the crime list, far outweighing any other crime.
  2. Burglary. The next most prevalent crime is burglary, another property crime.
  3. Motor Vehicle Theft.
  4. Aggravated Assault.
  5. Robbery.

How many murders in SA per year?

The total number of murders recorded between October and December 2021 increased by 562, to 6 859 from 6 297 during the same time in the previous reporting period.

These murder statistics are for the third term of the 2021-22 financial year.

What is South Africa’s crime rate 2021?

Between July 2021 to end of September 2021, 6 163 people were killed in South Africa. This is 1 056 more people killed compared to the corresponding period in the previous financial year.

All Sexual Offences increased by 4.7%

CRIME CATEGORYFIGURES
Attempted Sexual Offences– 11.3%
Contact Sexual Offences– 12.7%

How many are raped in South Africa?

Official police statistics

YEARREPORTED RAPESREPORTED RAPE RATE PER 100,000
2016/1739,82871
2017/1840,03571
2018/1941,58372
2019/2042,28972