Quarterly crime stats – LEAP partnership continues to reduce violent crime, despite concerning national picture
23 November 2022
LEAP officers deployed in the City’s most crime affected communities have for the second quarter in a row shown the impact they can make on reducing crime, confirming the City’s case to the national government for more localised policing power.
In particular, there are three results that I warmly welcome today:
1) After LEAP was deployed to Philippi-East earlier this year, that station has completely fallen off the list of top 30 crime zones in South Africa.