Dramatic increase in crime stats in SA

[mancombseepgood]

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2139615,00.html

 

[lion_fish]

Getting a bit hard to keep saying its only a perception isnt it?

 

[Xarog]

Percentages can be misleading though, says deputy National Police Commissioner André Pruis.

"It does not necessarily indicate a crisis if there has been 100% increase in one crime category."

The HELL it doesn't!

FFS. What do you call widespread anxiety based on the reasonable fear of being murdered/ held up at gun point during an armed robbery!?

But hey, I guess if petty theft is down, it's nothing to worry about, right?

 

[icyrus]

I am sure that one way or another the stats won't say what he is expecting.

 

[lsuacner]

We don't even let our dogs go outside at night, because we fear for the dogs' lives. Where are the days where your dogs kept you safe at night?