36/1/4/1(201900331)
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1549
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 15 NOVEMBER 2019
/INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 27-2019)
1549. Mrs MO Clarke (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
What number of (a) cases of (i) murder, (ii) rape, (iii) housebreaking, (iv) carjacking,
(v) business robbery, (vi) house robbery and (vii) drug-related crimes were reported at the Alberton Police Station, (b) such cases were sent to court and (c) convictions were obtained for the specified cases in the past three financial years?
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REPLY:
(a) The number of cases of murder, rape, housebreaking, carjacking, business robbery, house robbery and drug-related crimes, which were reported at the Alberten Police Station, in the past three financial years, are reflected in the table below:
|
|
Crime Category |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
|
(i) |
Murder |
28 |
20 |
29 |
|
(ii) |
Rape |
55 |
48 |
34 |
|
(iii) |
Housebreaking (residential) |
532 |
470 |
521 |
|
|
Housebreaking (business) |
221 |
208 |
179 |
|
(iv) |
Carjacking |
79 |
72 |
135 |
|
(v) |
Business robbery |
88 |
80 |
89 |
|
(vi) |
House robbery |
83 |
93 |
65 |
|
(vii) |
Drug-related crime |
393 |
399 |
265 |
(b) The number of cases of murder, rape, housebreaking, carjacking, business robbery, house robbery and drug-related crimes, which were sent to court, in the past three financial years, are reflected in the table below:
|
|
Crime Category |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
|
(i) |
Murder |
7 |
5 |
8 |
|
(ii) |
Rape |
25 |
32 |
13 |
|
(iii) |
Housebreaking (residential) |
33 |
19 |
29 |
|
Housebreaking (business) |
25 |
26 |
11 |
|
|
(iv) |
Carjacking |
7 |
7 |
6 |
|
(v) |
Business robbery |
6 |
7 |
11 |
|
(vi) |
House robbery |
1 |
3 |
3 |
|
(vii) |
Drug-related crime |
392 |
399 |
265 |
(c) The number of cases of murder, rape, housebreaking, carjacking, business robbery, house robbery and drug-related crimes, for which convictions were obtained, in lhe past three financial years, are reflected in the table below:
|
|
Crime Category |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
|
(i) |
Murder |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
(ii) |
Rape |
2 |
5 |
0 |
|
(iii) |
Housebreaking (residential) |
5 |
1 |
3 |
|
Housebreaking (business) |
2 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
(iv) |
Carjacking |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
(v) |
Business robbery |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
(vi) |
House robbery |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
(vii) |
Drug-related crime |
147 |
187 |
120 |
Reply to question 1549 recommended
Signed
GENERAL
NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
GENERAL
2019-12-03
Signed
General BH Cele (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 08//12/2019
ENDS
The following are the clearance and conviction rates of certain categories of crime derived from the above table:
Business and house burglaries
|
|
Instances |
Court referrals |
Clearance rate |
Convictions |
Conviction rate |
|
2016/17 |
753 |
58 |
8% |
7 |
0,9% |
|
2017/18 |
678 |
45 |
7% |
5 |
0,7% |
|
2018/19 |
700 |
40 |
6% |
3 |
0,4% |
|
Total |
2131 |
143 |
7% |
15 |
0,7% |
Business / house robberies and car hijackings
|
Year |
Instances |
Court referrals |
Clearance rate |
Convictions |
Conviction rate |
|
2016/17 |
250 |
14 |
6% |
1 |
0,4% |
|
2017/18 |
245 |
17 |
7% |
0 |
0,0% |
|
2018/19 |
289 |
20 |
7% |
1 |
0,3% |
|
Total |
784 |
51 |
7% |
2 |
0,3% |
Murder
|
Year |
Instances |
Court referrals |
Clearance rate |
Convictions |
Conviction rate |
|
2016/17 |
28 |
7 |
25% |
0 |
0,0% |
|
2017/18 |
20 |
5 |
25% |
0 |
0,0% |
|
2018/19 |
29 |
8 |
28% |
0 |
0,0% |
|
Total |
77 |
20 |
26% |
0 |
0,0% |
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