Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Honeydew crime stats released

HONEYDEW – Honeydew Police Station is rated the second-highest precinct in terms of crime stats.

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The provincial crime statistics were released this week and unfortunately the Honeydew precinct ranks number two on the 10 worst precincts in Gauteng this year.
In previous Honeydew CPF meetings it has been mentioned that Sector 4 is Cosmo City and that the council has been trying for years to have a police station built in Cosmo City.
The precinct with the most crimes is Johannesburg central with 14 606 crimes. Honeydew comes in second with 12 889 crimes reported, and third is Pretoria central with 11 444 crimes reported. Number 10 on the list is Roodepoort with 8 285 reported crimes. Honeydew makes up 12.3 per centof this list.
The list below focuses on the Honeydew precinct. Where it lies on the top 10 worst precinct list and how many cases have been reported. Police provincial spokesperson, Lieutenant Kay Makhubela has given permission for these statistics to be released.

Contact crimes against a person

    Murder
    7th with 76 murders. 1st is Hillbrow
    Sexual offenses
    10th with 153 cases. 1st is Ivory Park
    Attempted murder
    6th with 97 cases. 1st is Ivory Park
     Assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm
    None reported. 1st is Tembisa
     Common assault
    6th with 861 cases. 1st is Kagiso
     Common robbery
    10th with 286 cases. 1st is Johannesburg central
     Robbery with aggravating circumstances
    3rd with 1 076 cases. 1st is Johannesburg central

Contact-related crimes

     Arson
    None reported. 1st is Kagiso
     Malicious damage to property
    1st with 742 cases

Property-related crimes

     Burglary at non-residential premises
    8th with 281 cases. 1st is Vereeniging
    Burglary at residential premises
    1st with 1 530 cases (365 cases more than Roodepoort, which is 2nd)
     Theft of motor vehicles and motorcycles
    1st with 835 cases (261 cases more than Booysens, which is 2nd)
     Theft out of or from motor vehicle
    6th with 1 104 cases. 1st is Sunnyside
     Stock theft
    None reported. 1st is Fochville

Crime detected as a result of police action

     Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition
    None reported. 1st is Alexandra
    Drug-related crimes
    None reported. 1st is Eldorado Park
     Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
    None reported. 1st is Thembisa
     Sexual offenses detected as a result of police action
    None reported. 1st is Sandton


Other serious crimes

     Theft, not mentioned elsewhere
    4th with 2 346 cases. 1st is Pretoria central
     Commercial crime
    8th with 584 cases. 1st is Johannesburg central
     Shoplifting
    8th with 466 cases. 1st is Johannesburg central

Subcategories of aggravated robbery

     Carjacking
    None reported. 1st is Booysens
     Truck hijacking
    None. 1st is Heidelberg
     Robbery at residential premises
    1st with 380 cases.
     Robbery at non-residential premises
    9th with 122 cases. 1st is Tembisa
     Bank robbery
    None. 1st is Norkem Park with 1 case
     Robbery of cash in transit
    None. 1st is Benoni with 3 cases.

Other crime categories where no crimes were reported in the province this year are:
Culpable homicide
Public violence
Crimen injuria
Neglect and ill-treatment of children
Kidnapping.

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