#CrimeStats: 20% increase in murder is the perfect reason to fire Cele
21 November 2021
Note to Editors: Please find attached soundbite by Andrew Whitfield MP here and here.
The quarterly crime statistics presented by Police Minister Bheki Cele today, revealed a shocking 20.7% increase in murders between July and September this year. On average, 67.7 people were murdered in these three months compared to 56.1 people murdered in the same period last year.
Murder is not the only crime that has shot up. Sexual assault, attempted murder, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and common assault have also risen.
Crimes against women and children have seen a rapid rise with child murders increasing by a shocking 31.7%. It is a catastrophic failure of the state that 105 people were raped every day. That’s more than 4 people every hour, and these statistics only reflects the cases that are reported to the South African Police Service (SAPS) as the vast majority of rapes and other sexual crimes are never reported.