Crime Stats: The best of the worst or the worst of the best? (Part 2)

In his own words he called South Africa a “war zone” with 59 murders a day. Here is what the statistics had to say about the following crimes. The 30 worst police precincts were named, with number one being the worst. The Record has compared the Honeydew, Florida, Muldersdrift and Roodepoort Police Stations.

Commercial crime

Only Honeydew Police Station featured at number 16. Cases dropped from 638 in 2017 to 596 in 2018. Johannesburg Central came in at number one with 1 215 cases reported in the previous financial year, compared to 1 132 in 2018.

Shoplifting

Both Honeydew and Roodepoort featured at number 18 and 19 respectively. Honeydew went from 459 to 418 cases and Roodepoort from 517 to 416 cases. Durban Central was the worst, going from 1 309 cases to 1 129 cases.

Other serious crimes

Again only Honeydew featured. This time at number eight with a slight drop from 3 206 cases to 3 175 cases. The worst was Cape Town Central where 7 186 cases were reported.

Carjacking

Honeydew was number four with cases going up from 149 to 184. At number 18 was Roodepoort with cases going up from 92 to 124, and Florida at number 29 with cases going up from 90 to 109. Nyanga was the worst in the country where 276 cases were reported.

Robbery at residential premises

Alarmingly three of Roodpoort’s precincts features on this list. At number one was Honeydew with cases going up from 337 to 360, at number nine was Florida with cases going up from 141 to 168, and at number 20 was Roodepoort where cases went down from 214 to 137.

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