South Africa worse than war-torn countries
Stats could not be officially verified.
Most South Africans are just too aware of the dire crime situation in the country, but it is doubtful whether they realise the extent of the problem.
The Record dug a little deeper and from various unofficial sources tried to paint a larger picture, albeit darker. We want to emphasise that we could not obtain official statistics from the police because only the Minister of the Police is allowed to release statistics once a year. In addition, many experts fear that these are deeply flawed as they do not contain statistics such as convictions. Herewith the results of our research from various independent sources such as the 12th edition of the Global Peace Index.
The countries with the highest murder rate (keep in mind that most of these counties are either embroiled in war or civil war):
1. Syria
2. Afghanistan
3. South Sudan
4. Iraq
5. Somalia
6. Yemen
7. Libya
8. Democratic Republic of the Congo
9. Central African Republic
10. Russia
11. Sudan
12. Ukraine
13. Pakistan
14. North Korea
15. Turkey
16. Nigeria
17. Lebanon
18. Israel
19. Colombia
20. Mali
21. Venezuela
22. Egypt
23. Palestine
24. Mexico
25. Ethiopia
28. Eritrea
29. Philippines
30. India
31. Chad
32. Burundi
33. Cameroon
34. Azerbaijan
35. Iran
36. Bahrain
37. Saudi Arabia
38. Niger
39. Mauritania
40. Republic of the Congo
41. South Africa
The country with the lowest murder rate is Iceland.
On another list of 25 countries South Africa is rated as the 10th most dangerous country in the world.
This is a list of the six municipalities in South Africa deemed the most dangerous:
1. Cape Town
2. Nelson Mandela Bay
3. Buffalo City
4. eThekwini
5. Mangaung
6. City of Johannesburg
In the list of the most dangerous cities in Africa, Rustenburg lies at number two, Johannesburg at number four, Durban at number five, Cape Town at number six and Port Elizabeth at number eight.
Roodepoort also features among the hijacking hot spots; at the Christiaan de Wet and Wilgerood Road T-junction, main Reef and Spencer Road T-junction, the Spencer and Anvil Roads T-junction, and the N1 off-ramp on 14th Avenue.
The five most committed crimes are:
1. Residential burglaries
2. Drug-related crimes
3. Common assault
4. Theft out of a motor vehicle
5. Malicious injury to property
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