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Minister of Police, Mr Senzo Mchunu reflects on some successes of the 7th Administration and also releasing the crime statistics for the 2nd quarter of the current financial year.
There has been an overall decline in serious crimes by 5.1%. This is according to Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. He was releasing the quarterly crime stats for the period July to September 30th in Johannesburg on Monday.
Mchunu says the murder rate has reduced by 5.8%.
“Contact crime decreased by 3.0%, property-related crime saw a reduction of 9.9%, and other serious crime decreased by 3.4%. Focusing on contact crime, the statistics indicate that murder decreased by 5,8%, sexual offenses by 2.5%, and robbery with aggravating circumstances by 8,8%. Additionally, rape decreased by 3.1%, while robbery at residential premises and non-residential premises decreased by 1.3% and 21.1%, respectively.”
#PoliceMinistry From 01 July 2024 to 30 September 2024, the 17 community reported serious crimes showed an overall decline of 5.1%.
Among the 17 community-reported crime categories monitored, the only increases were observed in attempted murder, assault GBH and commercial crime,… pic.twitter.com/wFTGC0qXLe
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Police Minister Senzo Mchunu releases the second quarter crime statistics
