Wednesday, July 4, 2007

The Western Cape is still SA’s murder capital

Nyanga has retained its spot as South Africa’s murder capital and the Western Cape has the highest rates of murder, indecent assault and common assault in the country.

According to crime statistics for the period April 2006 to March 2007, released on Tuesday by the national department of safety and security, the murder rate in the province is 61 people per 100 000, indecent assault is 59 and the common assault rate 739. One has 12 times more chance of being indecently assaulted in the Western Cape than in Limpopo.

Nyanga had the highest number of reported murder cases in the country, with Khayelitsha, Harare and Gugulethu taking the fifth, sixth and seventh spots… Cape Times

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