"Crime continues to drop"

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I watched the eTV news and they made a big fuss about crime levels on the rise, especially house burglary. Frightening report backed by the recent stats.
-------------- > Then on SABC3 they opened with the very upbeat "Crime continues to drop ..", we should be happy etc .. load of cr*p. Such government propaganda is getting more blatant by the day ..
 
Skeptik said:
Then on SABC3 they opened with the very upbeat "Crime continues to drop ..", we should be happy etc .. load of cr*p. Such government propaganda is getting more blatant by the day ..
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Thats funny because Minister of Safety was disapointed. I suppose SABC didn't give that part.
 
Does anyone have a link to all the released crime stats? Would be interesting to see how they compare to the 2006 results.
 
those are just reported crimes

i wonder if anybody has stats on unreported crime's, which i doubt because they are unreported

im sure if every single person reported a crime those stats would go through the roof
 
Eish not good. Up where it counts and down where it doesn't count :( :(

Atleast they've gotten (and hopefuly) broken the gang that were responsible for the St Tropez shooting.
 
killadoob said:
those are just reported crimes

i wonder if anybody has stats on unreported crime's, which i doubt because they are unreported

im sure if every single person reported a crime those stats would go through the roof
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I think so too...
dunno about 2006 stats - if there were any, that is.
 
Just a quick question guys. I see the report claims that the number of rapes has decreased but the number of murders have increased. I think this is bull. could it be that if someone is raped then murdered that it only counts towards the murder stats or am I wrong here.
 
Fudzy said:
The provincial/suburb breakdown really makes you appreciate how bad some people have it in some areas.

Compare Kwa Mashu with Durban North. There's probably less than a 10km radius between the one and the other.

http://www.saps.gov.za/statistics/r...ince/kwazulu_natal/durban_north/kwa_mashu.pdf

http://www.saps.gov.za/statistics/r...u_natal/durban_north/durban_north_station.pdf
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Yup that is pretty shocking.

It would be interesting though if they included stats per capita or show estimated polulation densities for areas.

Also compare % increase in some crimes for Durban North ... all forms of robbery seem to have gone thro' the roof
 
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Sharkey said:
Just a quick question guys. I see the report claims that the number of rapes has decreased but the number of murders have increased. I think this is bull. could it be that if someone is raped then murdered that it only counts towards the murder stats or am I wrong here.
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Good point. You often here of sexual assualt in murder cases.
 
Sharkey said:
Just a quick question guys. I see the report claims that the number of rapes has decreased but the number of murders have increased. I think this is bull. could it be that if someone is raped then murdered that it only counts towards the murder stats or am I wrong here.
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My thoughts exactly.
 
From http://www.sabcnews.co.za/south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,151959,00.html


The ANC has noted with concern the crime statistics released yesterday by Charles Nqakula, the safety and security minister. The ruling party says while there has been a reduction in the level of contact crimes, it appears that crime continues to have a negative impact on the quality of life of South Africans.
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Please will some one tell me how you commit aggravated robbery and murder without contact?
Or does a bullet count as "remote" crime?
 
Fudzy said:
The provincial/suburb breakdown really makes you appreciate how bad some people have it in some areas.

Compare Kwa Mashu with Durban North. There's probably less than a 10km radius between the one and the other.

http://www.saps.gov.za/statistics/r...ince/kwazulu_natal/durban_north/kwa_mashu.pdf

http://www.saps.gov.za/statistics/r...u_natal/durban_north/durban_north_station.pdf
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Kwa Mashu recently overtook Hillbrow as having the most crimes reported to it... Hillbrow Residents Feeling Safer
 
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