Small decrease in drug-related crimes, sexual offences

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Cape Town - There has been a small decrease in the number of crimes detected as a result of police action, a police official told Parliament during the presentation of 2015/16 crime statistics on Friday.

These crimes were categorised as drug related, driving under the influence of intoxicating substances, illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, and sexual offences.

While decreases were generally lauded, a 0.3% decrease in this catergory meant officers were picking up fewer such crimes.

Crime research and statistics head Major General Norman Sekhukhune offered an alternative possibility.

"You might find that police have done so much work with these crimes, there are no longer guys to be arrested or to be used in the commission of these crimes," he said to laughter in the Old Assembly.

A provincial overview revealed a decrease in these detected crimes in Eastern Cape, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal.

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Sexual offences down in seven provinces

Cape Town - Sexual offences increased by 8.9% in the Northern Cape, according to police crime statistics for 2015/16 released on Friday.

However, for seven of the nine provinces, the statistics showed a decrease in this crime.

They were Eastern Cape (down 4.6%), Free State (4.1%), Gauteng (4%), KwaZulu-Natal (1.5%), Mpumalanga (4.1%), North West (9.2%) and Western Cape (3.2%)

However, Limpopo was also up 1.3%.

The statistics for April 2015 to March this year were presented to Parliament's portfolio committee on police by the crime research and statistics head Major General Norman Sekhukhune.

There was an overall decrease of 3.2%.

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