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In the five-year period from 2015 to 2020, a total of 13,815 women over the age of 18 were murdered, according to the South African Police Service. That’s an average of 2,763 murders a year, or about seven women a day. ​​Compared with other countries where stats are available, South A...

In the first quarter of 2022, a total of 898 women and 306 children were murdered in South Africa, according to the most recent statistics from the South African Police Service (SAPS).In 2020/21, a total of 2,655 women were murdered in South Africa. This is a 1.5% decrease from the previ...

The South African Police Service's Annual Report recorded 21,341 murders in 2019/20. Of those victims, 2,695 were women and 17,703were men. This works out to an average of 7 women and 48 men murdered per day in South Africa. ...

In 2019/20, a total of 18,197 cars were hijacked –a 13.5% increase from 16,026 in 2018/19. More: FACTSHEET: South Africa’s crime statistics for 2019/20 ...

There is one police officer – excluding administrative staff – for every 408 people. The ratio is based on Statistics South Africa's mid-year population estimates (60,14 million in 2021) and the number of non-administrative police (147,357) given in the South African Police Service's 2020/21 ann...

In 2019/20, a recorded 392 people died as a result of police action. In the 2018/19 financial year, the number was 393. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate defines death as a result of police action as the death of any person caused or believed to have been caused by a member of the ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) recorded 36,330 rapes in 2020/21. The rape rate – calculated based on the national mid-year population estimates (60.14 million in 2021) – was 60.41 per 100,000 population, a slight decrease from the rate in 2019/20 which was 71.6 per 100,000 people. ...

The police recorded 21,341 murders in 2019/20. The murder rate– calculated based on the national mid-year population estimates (59.6 million in 2020) – was 35.8 per 100,000 people in 2019/20, a 1.7% decrease from the rate in 2018/19 which was 36.4 per 100,000 people. ...

In 2019/20, a total of 53,776 sexual offences were recorded by the police –a 2.6% increase from 52,420 in 2018/19. ...