The number of reported sexual offences in Gauteng increased by 11.3% in the first three months of this year compared with the same period in the last financial year.
This was reported by Gauteng police commissioner Lt-Gen Elias Mawela on Tuesday to the legislature’s portfolio committee on community safety. He was releasing the province’s quarterly crime statistics for the 2021/22 financial year.
Mawela cautioned that the numbers compared level 3 lockdown in 2021 with level 1 in 2022.
Sexual offences increased by 11.3%, with the number reported at 2,921.
Rape accounts for 2,267 of this number, an increase of 236 cases.
Attempted rape increased by 6.7%, with 64 cases opened.
Sexual assault increased by 10.9% to 529 cases and contact sexual offences increased by 7%, with 61 cases reported in the first quarter of the year.
Gauteng crime stats: Sexual offences increased by 11.3%, most were rapes
The number of reported sexual offences in Gauteng increased by 11.3% in the first three months of this year compared with the same period in the last financial year.
This was reported by Gauteng police commissioner Lt-Gen Elias Mawela on Tuesday to the legislature’s portfolio committee on community safety. He was releasing the province’s quarterly crime statistics for the 2021/22 financial year.
Mawela cautioned that the numbers compared level 3 lockdown in 2021 with level 1 in 2022.
Sexual offences increased by 11.3%, with the number reported at 2,921.
Rape accounts for 2,267 of this number, an increase of 236 cases.
Attempted rape increased by 6.7%, with 64 cases opened.
Sexual assault increased by 10.9% to 529 cases and contact sexual offences increased by 7%, with 61 cases reported in the first quarter of the year.
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