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CAPE TOWN. – South Africa saw a decrease in serious crimes in the third quarter of this year, according to the latest crime statistics released by the police ministry on Monday.
From July 1 to September 30, the 17 categories of community-reported serious crimes, including murder, robbery and carjacking, showed an overall decline of 5.1 percent, Police Minister Senzo Mchunu announced during the release of the quarterly crime statistics.
“Contact crime decreased by 3 percent, property-related crime saw a reduction of 9,9 percent, and other serious crimes decreased by 3,4 percent,” Mchunu said.
“Focusing on contact crime, the statistics indicate that murder decreased by 5,8 percent, sexual offences by 2.5 percent, and robbery with aggravating circumstances by 8.8 percent,” he said.
“Additionally, rape decreased by 3.1 percent, while robbery at residential premises and non-residential premises decreased by 1,3 percent and 21,1 percent, respectively.”
Among the 17 community-reported crime categories monitored, increases were observed only in attempted murder, assault with grievous bodily harm and commercial crime, which rose by 2.2 percent, 1 percent and 18.5 percent, respectively, according to the report. – Xinhua
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