8,2% drop in murder in LEAP deployment areas shows more devolved police powers is working
19 August 2022
Today’s Crime Stats release for the 1st Quarter 2022 show that murder continues to come down in those areas where the Provincial Government and the City of Cape Town are deploying LEAP officers, while murder continues to climb alarmingly at a national level.
These localised declines in violent crime where we are intervening is proof positive that the model of more policing powers at a provincial and local level is working.
The station-level stats reveal something very significant: In the Top 30 murder stations in the country, every station (bar one in KZN) where murder is coming down is a LEAP deployment area.
The individual area stats are equally encouraging: