Double-digit increases in crimes: Cele
A total of 5 760 people were killed in the country between April and the end of June this year.
Police Minister Bheki Cele says it's 2 294 more murders compared to the previous period.
He released the crime statistics for the first quarter of the current financial year on Friday, saying there were double-digit increases in most crime categories.
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The figures have been compared to the first three months of the last year that the country wasn't in lockdown.
"In the three months of reporting, a 66, 2 % increase in murder was recorded.
"However, compared to the previous normal period of 2019/2020 financial year, the murder rate would have increased by 6.7%.
Cele says rape went up by more than 70% in the three months from April.
He says due to the lockdown, a high number of victims were attacked in their homes.
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"10 006 people were raped between April and June 2021.
"This is an increase of 4 201 cases, amounting to a 72.4% increase, compared to the skewed previous reporting period.
"This number drops drastically to 2.8% if comparison was made to the normal period prior to Lockdown."
Durban's Inanda Police Station recorded the highest number of rape cases in the country.
"The Inanda police station in Kwa-Zulu Natal, Delft in the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape’s Lusikisiki police stations recorded the highest incidents of rape.
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"There is an exchange between Lusikisiki and Inanda, last period was Lusikisiki so Inanda has taken over again."
"The 47.1% increase is recorded for Sexual offences when compared to the previous skewed reporting period, this figure is revised to 5.0% if compared to the previous normal period of 2019/2020 financial year."
