Violent crime in South Africa is getting worse – here are all the latest stats

Average increase is 9.6% from the previous year.
mmmm
We can do better
 
I mean it's probably because we can smoke and drink now legally, meaning the police have absolutely nothing to do. How dare we take the man in the hat out of his comfort zone.
 
Lupus said:
I mean it's probably because we can smoke and drink now legally, meaning the police have absolutely nothing to do. How dare we take the man in the hat out of his comfort zone.
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Talk about injustice.
 
"Although the crime stats show worrying increases, Cele said that the department is pushing back against criminality, and there has been a significant improvement in the number of crimes detected across South Africa."

I think this might simply be down to more people reporting crime than anything the cops are doing to stop it. This is by no means a positive outcome. If anything, it shows how dire the crime is in the country.
 
I'm sure Squirrel is shocked by the statistics.

Who would have guessed putting someone utterly unqualified in charge of SAPS would lead to these results?
 
It is only going to get worse with the downturn, and there is a slump on the horizon. Not only do we need better policing, or security in general, but also better policymaking.

In short, it isn't going to get better any time soon.
 
But of course it does. The death penalty is gone. Their is no deterrence. What did anyone think would happen?
 
Even in our "small" town, someone got shot dead in their yard a week or two ago, shortly after another similar incident. People are still living in ignorance and do not pay much attention boundary security. They amount of drug addicts and vagrants are increasing rapidly as well.
 
rvZA said:
But of course it does. The death penalty is gone. Their is no deterrence. What did anyone think would happen?
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This is like the DA calling for (or not calling for, lol) a state of disaster. Death penalty will make zero difference in our corrupt legal system, if not, make it far worse.
 
Until the NPA actually starts putting more people behind bars, and we introduce harsher penalties for some of society's worst crimes (yes, I'm talking about the death penalty), things will get worse.
 
OhYeah84 said:
...and they've made it VERY difficult to buy a gun.
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The country has fallen into a state of anarchy. Government has collapsed. So has policing, safety and security. People are now left to fend for themselves under these circumstances. If you want to take the difficult and long road to protect yourself, then it is your decision.
 
RedViking said:
This is like the DA calling for (or not calling for, lol) a state of disaster. Death penalty will make zero difference in our corrupt legal system, if not, make it far worse.
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Each to their own. All I am saying is that the death penalty is gone. There is no deterrence for these crimes. There is only one single outcome. We are living it now.
 
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