The Victims of Crime 2023/2024 report, released by Statistics South Africa , has identified housebreaking as the most prevalent crime experienced by residents in South Africa.
There were about 1.5 million incidents of housebreaking affecting 5.9 % of households in South Africa during the 2023/2024 period. Housebreaking peaked in June increasing by another five percent. “So, we can see that the whole issue of gender-based violence and from people that the victims who are female tends to remain prevalent because things were okay, we would see similar levels for both males and females when it comes to a spouse or intimate partner.”“There is a lot if crime here, they shouldn’t say there is no crime, crime happens every day here especially from midnight until early morning happens and the police can’t get justice.
“Those who said they didn’t report the crime, what are the reasons. The highest one is that the police wouldn’t do anything they are sitting at 22% and others said there was lack of proof. These are some of the reasons we are asking why you are not reporting the crime,” says Stats SA’s Acting Deputy-Director General, Solly Molayi.