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According to the latest crime statistics, 319 children were murdered in South Africa between October 2022 and December 2022, and a further 488 survived attempted murder. A further 2,039 children were victims of physical assault. ...

According to the latest data, 7,555 murders were recorded from October to December 2022. Of these, 1, 101 were women and 6,135 were men. This means that on average of 12 women and 67 men are murdered every day in South Africa. ...

Between October and December 2022, South Africa recorded an alarming 12,419 rapes. This equates to a recorded rape rate of 20.3 per 100,000 people (based on the 2022 mid-year population estimates). ...

According to the latest crime statistics for the third quarter of 2022/23, the Eastern Cape has the highest murder rate in the country at 22.5 per 100,000 people. This has significantly overtaken the murder rate in KwaZulu Natal. In the same period last year, the two provinces were level at 15 per 1...

The impact of terrorism deteriorated in sub-Saharan Africa in 2021. According to the Global Terrorism Index, of the 18 countries globally that recorded a deterioration between 2020 and 2021, eight of them were in sub-Saharan Africa. Deaths from terrorism in the region amounted to 3,461 in 2021, comp...

Between 2007 and 2019, Nigeria recorded 4,383 terrorist attacks, according to the Global Terrorism Index. Several militant groups are active in Nigeria, including Boko Haram. However, in recent years, counter-insurgency has significantly decreased Boko Haram’s activities, with the index recording ...

The National Police Service’s annual crime report reported 69,645 criminal cases in 2020. Of those, assault was the most reported category with 14,046 cases. Offences against morality were the second most reported category with 9,153 cases or 13.2%. Under this category, defilement was the largest ...

As of 31 December 2020 Kenya’s total number of police officers was 100,481. According to World Bank data, Kenya had a population of 53.8 million in 2020. This means that in 2020, one police officer was serving an average of 535 people. ...

According to the Nigerian Correctional Service, there were 74,277 inmates in Nigerian prisons as at 1 August 2022. Of those, 21,893 have been convicted and 52,384 are awaiting trial. ...