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The South African Police Service's annual report recorded 25,204 murders in 2021/22, an increase of 26.6% from the 19,904 recorded in 2020/21. Of the victims, 3,198 were women and 20,924 were men. The South African Police Service's latest crime statistics covering January to March 2023 recorded 6...

The South African Police Service's annual report recorded 25,204 murders in 2021/22, an increase of 26.6% from the 19,904 recorded in 2020/21. Of these, 3,198 were women. That’s an average of about nine women murdered every day. ​​Compared to other countries for which statistics are availab...

The South African Police Service's annual report recorded 25,204 murders in 2021/22, an increase of 26.6% on the 19,904 recorded in 2020/21. Of the victims, 3,198 were women and 1,082 were children. Crimes committed against women increased, by 15.6% from 155,062, in 2020/21 to 179,208, in 2021/...

Between October and December 2022, the South African Police Service recorded 7,555 murders. For the same period in 2021, the figure was 6,859, an increase of 10%. Reported attempted murders also increased over the same period from 14,188 to 15,545. The murder rate – calculated on the basis of n...

A total of 53,174 sexual offences were recorded by the police in 2021/22 – an increase of 14.2% from 46,548 in 2020/21. ...

In 2021/22, a total of 20,954 cars were hijacked – an increase of 24,7% from 16,802 in 2020/21. ...

The National Police Service’s annual crime report did not include a murder rate for 2021. However, according to the report, there were 2,018 murders in 2021. The World Bank estimated Kenya’s population at 53.1 million people in 2021. This means that there were about 4 murders per 100,000 people ...

The National Police Service’s annual crime report reported 81,272 criminal cases in 2021. Of these, assault was the most commonly reported with 15,969 cases. Theft was the second most reported category with 11,762 cases or 15%. Other penal code offences were the third most common category, account...

As of 31st December 2021, the total number of police officers in Kenya was 101,421. According to the World Bank, the population of Kenya in 2021 was 53.1 million. This means that one police officer served an average of 191 people in 2021. ...