New official statistics showing decreased violent crime should provide the impetus for expanding holistic violence prevention ...

Recent official crime statistics show that murder rates in South Africa are soaring, reinforcing concerns about ... per 100 000 was the highest since 2003/4 when the rate was 43 (Chart 1). Since being ...

And has the Western Cape turned the corner? Any which way you slice it, South Africa's homicide statistics are extremely grim. Over 27,000 people were murdered from April 2022 to March 2023 ...

Numbers and statistics are essential for understanding crime. They tell us how many crimes were recorded during a certain period, the types of crime, and where they took place (or, at least, the ...

South Africa is among the most violent societies in the world, with annual death records which are way above those in conflict torn nations. The murder rate in South Africa has approximately halved ...

Five countries with the highest per capita rates of murder in 2022 Source: ISS analysis of available homicide data (click on the chart for the full size image) To address South Africa’s exceptionally ...

He is a Commissioner on South Africa's National Planning Commission. South Africa’s crime statistics for the third quarter of 2023 show that people continue to face a serious problem of violent ...

expressed concern over the alarming statistic that firearms were used in 2 886 murders in South Africa within just three months. The quarterly crime statistics released on Friday by Police ...

While it may be Africa's most developed country, it also has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world. Sponsor Message Experts have warned that the South African police are losing the ...

More than 7,000 people were murdered over three months in South Africa, according to new police statistics, which showed a rise in violent crime from the same period last year. On Wednesday, ...

South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, with an average of 75 a day. Voter frustration over the government's inability to curb rising crime rates is one of the reasons the ...