Victims of Crime Survey
VOCS 2012
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Structure of the program
 Strategic direction with crime statistics
 General Overview
 Detailed findings of VOCS 2012 (reference
period 2011)
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What does crime statistics offer policy
makers?
To fight
crime
To prevent
crime
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Identify trends
Understand linkages
Measure the magnitude
To avoid biased analysis
• Who are the victim and the
perpetrators?
• What mechanisms are used in
crime?
• Where is crime?
• How crime evolves (the causes)
•Source:Angela Me, UNODC, Vienna
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CRIME Statistics task team.
Where are we?
•Pilot diagnostics assessment to understand the Statistical Value
Chain in the compilation of crime statistics in October 2012.
•International bench-marking exercise undertaken to UK and US
•Crime definitions manual approved by the then acting national
commissioner
•Draft crime counting rules document to be finalized
•A report on the recommendations on improvements on the crime
stats value chain finalized
•Crime Stats data quality policy presented to the Acting National
Commissioner and the Deputy Minister
•Draft standards on
•Counting rule error rate
•Crime Classification error rate
•Non-registration of crime
•Formed a task team for the development of Crime Capturing
system
•Draft business case for the system developed.
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Comparing data from
Administrative and surveys
Is the iceberg changing in size
or is the sea level changing?
•Reported crime is immediate and
investigated, but....
does not include unreported crimes.
•Provides a lot of details about specific
incidents of victimisation from the
victims perspective and identify extent
of unreported crime, but....
is influenced by memory loss,
circumstances of interview, fear of
further victimisation, cultural practices,
sampling limitations and errors etc.
Neither sufficient on its own and
complimentarily needs to be
capitalised on....
Source: Angela Me, UNODC, Vienna
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Victims of Crime
Survey 2012
Key Findings
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Incidence and reporting rates of
crime for 2011
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Public perceptions about crime
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The most common and most feared crimes
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Percentage of households who feel safe
when walking alone
14
Percentage of households prevented from
engaging in daily activities when alone
because of fear of crime
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Perceptions about the reasons why
perpetrators of property crimes commit
property crimes
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Public perceptions about the
police
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Seeing the police in uniform and on duty.....
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Percentage satisfied with the performance of
the police (2010 compared with 2011)
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Reasons why the satisfied are satisfied
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Reasons why the dissatisfied are
dissatisfied
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Percentage satisfied with the performance of
the courts
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Reasons why the satisfied are satisfied with
the courts
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Reasons why the dissatisfied are
dissatisfied with the courts
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Layout
1.Introduction
2. Objectives
3. Methodology
4. Limitations
5. Definitions
6. Results:
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Public perceptions about crime and safety
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Feeling of safety
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Views about crime
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Public’s response to crime
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Perceptions about victim support services
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Public’s perception about police
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Perceptions about courts
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Victimisation rates in 2011
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Vehicle related crimes and corruption
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Burglary and other theft
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Introduction
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The Victims of Crime Survey (VOCS) is a countrywide household-based survey that examines
crime from the point of view of the victim(s).
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The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has been conducting studies on crime for the
past 20 years, but these do not focus specifically on victims.
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The first Victims of Crime survey (VOCS) was conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) in
1998. The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) conducted the 2003 and 2007 versions of the
VOCS.
Stats SA continued to run the survey from 2010 onwards.
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Objectives of VOCS are:
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Provide information about the dynamics of crime from the perspective of households and the
victims of crime.
Explore public perceptions of the activities of the police, prosecutors, courts and correctional
services in the prevention of crime and victimisation.
Provide complimentary data on the level of crime within South Africa (SA) in addition to the
statistics published annually by the South African Police Service (SAPS).
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Methodology
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Target population: The survey is conducted annually in all nine provinces and the data will be
used for the development of policies and strategies, as well as crime prevention and public
education programmes.
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A representative national sample of approximately 30 000 Dwelling Units (DUs) has been drawn
from the 3 080 Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) that form the current master sample.
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The master sample is based on the 2001 Population Census Enumeration Areas (EAs).
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Approximately 1-15 dwelling units have been randomly sampled from each PSU and all the
households residing within these sampled dwelling units will be enumerated
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The questionnaire was categorised into household and individual crimes
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Survey period: January to March 2012
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The reference period is January to December 2011 unless otherwise stated
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Limitations
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Victimisation surveys are likely to produce higher crime estimates than police-recorded
administrative data
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Records may also be subject to undercounting particularly for incidents of a sensitive nature (e.g.
Sexual offences)
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The accuracy of statistics is influenced by the ability of people to recall past victimisations
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Definitions
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Household crimes: crimes committed against the household
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Property crime/non-violent: crime where a persons property was threatened but not the person
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Violent crime: crimes where a person was threatened, injured or killed
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Individual crimes: affect a single person rather than an entire household
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VOCS 2012 RESULTS
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PERCEPTIONS ABOUT CRIME AND
SAFETY IN THE AREA OF
RESIDENCE
32
Top six crimes perceived by households to be the most common and feared
in South Africa, 2011
Most common crimes
Crime feared most
Housebreaking/burglary
59,3
57,4
Home robbery
46,2
49,8
Street robbery
41,4
39,6
Pick-pocketing or bag-snatching
32,1
31,2
Assault (incl. domestic violence)
23,3
23,6
Murder
17,0
38,8
 About 60% of households perceived housebreaking as the most
common crime
 Followed by home robbery (46,2%), street robbery (41,4%) and pick-pocketing
(32,1%)
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Perceptions of changes in violent crime levels during the period 2009 to 2011 in
the households' place of residence (per cent), 2011
60,0
50,0
Percentage
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
Increased
44,1
39,4
42,1
43,2
30,3
37,3
20,1
30,3
42,2
33,1
Decreased
21,3
32,2
29,5
27,5
44,0
26,4
49,1
48,3
33,4
38,1
Stayed the same
34,6
28,3
28,4
29,2
25,6
36,2
30,8
21,4
24,3
28,8
 33,1% of households believed that violent crimes in their area had increased
during the three years (2009 to 2011)
 38,1% of households believed that the level of violent crime decreased
Households from Gauteng (49,1%) and Mpumalanga (48,3%) think that crime
levels decreased during the three years preceding the survey
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FEELING OF SAFETY
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Percentage of households who feel safe walking alone in their area during the
day/ at night.
100,0
90,0
80,0
70,0
Percentage
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
1998
2003
2007
2010
2011
Safe during the day
85,0
85,0
76,0
88,2
85,7
Safe at night
56,0
23,0
23,0
37,0
36,6
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Decreased in number of households who feel safe walking alone in their area during the day
(85,7%) in 2011 as compared to (88,2%) in 2010

Slightly decrease in number of households who feel safe walking alone in their area at night
(36,6%) in 2011 as compared to (37,0%) in 2010.
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Percentage of households who feel safe walking alone in their area during the day
by province and gender of the head of the household, 2011
100,0
90,0
80,0
Percentage
70,0
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
Male
56,0
48,8
54,2
56,9
49,0
59,0
59,5
52,1
47,7
53,7
Female
24,4
39,8
32,7
34,6
38,5
32,4
22,0
31,4
41,0
31,9
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53,7% of male headed households more than 31,9% female headed households reported
feeling safe when walking alone during the day
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Limpopo had the highest proportion of female headed households that indicated feeling safe
while alone in their area during the day (41%), followed by Eastern Cape (39,8%) and KwaZuluNatal (38,5%)
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Percentage of households who feel safe walking alone in their area when it is
dark by province and gender of the head of the household, 2011
100,0
90,0
80,0
Perceantage
70,0
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
Male
28,6
16,0
32,2
14,4
26,9
24,1
24,1
21,3
23,2
23,4
Female
10,2
14,7
18,1
6,0
21,0
12,1
8,4
8,4
18,2
13,1
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23,4% of male headed households felt safe walking alone in their area when it is dark as
compared to 13,1% of female headed households
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Northern Cape had the highest percentage (32,2%) of male headed households that felt safe
walking alone at night, followed by the Western Cape with 28,5% and KwaZulu-Natal (26,9%)
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Percentage categories of households who felt very unsafe walking
alone when it is dark by province, 2011
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VIEWS ABOUT CRIME
40
Views on where those most likely to commit property and violent crime live (per
cent), 2011
100,0
90,0
80,0
Percentage
70,0
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
People from this area
People from other areas in South Africa
People from outside South Africa
Property crime
61,8
31,9
6,3
Violent crime
60,9
32,8
6,3
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About six in ten of households believed that property and violent crimes were likely to be
committed by people from their area
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About 32% believed crimes were committed by people from other areas

6,3% thought that the perpetrators of crime in their neighbourhoods were people from
outside South Africa
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Views of households on why perpetrators of property
crime commit it (per cent), 2011
100,0
90,0
80,0
Percentage
70,0
66,5
56,0
60,0
50,0
37,5
40,0
25,3
30,0
20,0
5,5
10,0
Drug related need
Real need
Greed
Non-financial motives
Other
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66,5% of the households believe that people commit property crime to fulfill their drug needs
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56% think they need to do so for survival
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PUBLIC’S RESPONSE TO CRIME
43
Views of households on what government should spend money on in order to reduce
crime (per cent), 2011
100,0
90,0
80,0
Percentage
70,0
66,8
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
19,6
20,0
13,6
10,0
0,0
Social and/or economic development
Law enforcement
Judiciary/courts

66,8% of households were of the view that social and/or economic development is the more
effective way of reducing crime

Just less than twenty percent of households indicated that more money should be spent on
law enforcement in order to combat crime
44
Institutions or groups of people to be contacted first to come to the household’s
rescue in the event of being victimised (per cent), 2011
100,0
90,0
80,0
Percentage
70,0
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
Nobody
1,5
0,4
1,1
0,9
0,7
1,0
0,6
1,5
0,5
0,8
Reletive/friend
11,3
25,1
9,4
12,7
13,4
16,9
13,7
19,0
25,8
16,5
Private security company
8,3
2,7
1,1
3,8
6,3
2,3
13,0
5,2
2,3
6,8
Community group
3,3
3,6
0,4
1,4
2,0
1,9
5,7
3,2
2,8
3,4
Traditional authority
0,1
16,2
1,7
0,6
5,4
1,2
0,3
0,5
4,0
3,8
SAPS
72,6
39,8
77,5
73,8
66,9
58,2
56,5
57,9
53,2
59,4
Metro police
0,2
0,2
0,0
0,1
0,4
0,1
0,5
0,0
0,1
0,3
Community Policing Forum
0,6
4,9
3,5
0,9
3,0
8,0
3,9
3,6
5,0
3,7
Other
2,1
7,0
5,4
5,8
1,8
10,3
5,8
9,1
6,3
5,4
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Just below 60% of households would first contact the police if they became victims of crime

16,5% would first contact a friend to come to their rescue
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PERCEPTIONS ABOUT VICTIM SUPPORT
SERVICES
46
Percentage of households who knew where to take someone to access selected
services if he/she was a victim of crime by institution & province, 2011
100,0
90,0
80,0
Percentage
70,0
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
Medical Services
91,9
92,5
97,2
85,7
88,4
97,0
91,3
97,3
90,4
91,5
Counselling Services
53,5
50,8
47,0
47,1
47,8
60,8
55,6
67,0
52,0
53,3
Shelter/place of safety
24,8
12,9
8,8
17,2
11,6
9,7
16,0
16,3
17,1
15,4

91,5% of the households knew where to take someone to access medical services services if
they fell victim to violent crime

53,3% of the households knew where to take someone to access counselling services services
if they fell victim to violent crime
47
Percentage of households who knew where to take someone to access medical services
by institution & population group of the household head, 2011
100,0
90,0
80,0
Percentage
70,0
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
Black African
Coloured
Indian/Asian
White
RSA
Police
31,5
46,2
25,1
27,8
32,1
Hospital or trauma unit
74,7
82,8
84,8
91,0
77,7
Local clinic
78,1
59,1
55,3
47,1
72,0
Private doctor
28,8
34,5
36,1
51,8
32,4
NGO/Volunteer group
3,6
4,5
4,1
3,7
3,7
Victim Empow erment Centres/Thuthuzela Centres
1,8
2,9
1,8
2,9
2,1
Traditional leader/authority
4,3
0,6
0,9
0,3
3,4
Courts
2,9
6,7
2,8
4,2
3,3
Other
0,7
3,4
0,5
0,6
0,9

77,7% of households would take a victim of crime to access medical services to a hospital or
trauma unit

72%) said they would go to a local clinic to access medical services

Compared to other population groups, black African households are the least likely to go to a
private doctor and most likely to go to a local clinic.
48
Percentage of households who knew of a place of safety/shelter where they
can take someone who was a victim of domestic violence by institution and
province, 2011
100,0
80,0
Percentage
60,0
40,0
20,0
0,0
WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
NGO/volunteer run
63,2
8,8
19,7
18,0
30,2
23,2
33,2
45,3
19,1
33,0
State run
31,5
55,3
75,7
76,8
57,7
63,3
60,0
50,7
41,8
53,0
Traditional (incl. traditional leader)
1,9
33,5
2,8
1,4
10,0
12,0
1,8
2,9
38,0
11,0
Other
3,4
2,4
1,7
3,8
2,0
1,5
5,0
1,1
1,1
3,1

53,% of households would take victims of domestic violence to a state run institution to get
assistance

33% of households would take the victim of domestic violence to an NGO
49
PUBLIC’S PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE POLICE
50
Length of time it takes, on average, to get to the nearest police station
using usual mode of transport by province (per cent), 2011
100,0
90,0
80,0
70,0
Percentage
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
<30 mins
89,4
58,9
62,2
65,3
55,7
62,1
77,6
58,4
53,2
66,4
30-60 mins
9,0
26,1
25,0
25,1
32,8
29,0
20,5
32,3
36,3
25,6
60-120 mins
1,1
10,4
10,5
8,4
10,2
7,2
1,7
7,4
8,7
6,4
>120 mins
0,6
4,7
2,3
1,2
1,3
1,6
0,2
1,9
1,7
1,5

66,4% of households travelled less that 30 minutes, when using their usual mode of transport, to
the nearest police station

25,6 % of households travelled between half an hour to one hour to reach the nearest police
station using usual mode of transport
51
Percentage of households who see police once a day, in uniform and on duty,
in their area of residence, by province, 2011
100,0
80,0
Percentage
60,0
40,0
20,0
0,0
WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
At least once a day
57,8
19,5
60,7
42,3
18,7
35,2
57,6
17,2
30,0
37,5
At least once a w eek
23,6
20,5
22,2
25,1
31,5
34,1
24,1
33,1
37,0
27,6
At least once a month
6,7
8,1
5,5
11,8
22,5
10,9
7,8
18,1
12,7
12,1
Less than once a month
2,9
11,3
6,4
8,1
13,5
6,1
3,7
9,4
7,7
7,8
Never
9,0
40,6
5,2
12,7
13,8
13,7
6,7
22,2
12,5
15,1

37,5% of households see a police officer in their area at least once a day

Northern Cape (60,7%) had the highest rate of seeing police officer at least once a day, followed
by the Western Cape (57,8%)
52
Percentage of households who were satisfied with the
police in their area by province, 2010-2011
80,0
70,0
Percentage
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
2010
71,1
62,8
60,9
64,1
63,0
62,4
66,2
57,1
66,7
64,6
2011
66,1
65,6
61,1
61,0
60,1
51,1
65,3
58,2
62,4
62,3

64,6% of households were satisfied with the way the police dealt with the crime in their area

In the Western Cape (66,1%), Eastern Cape (65,6%) and Gauteng (65,3%) of households were
satisfied with the way the police dealt with crime in their area
53
Reasons for being satisfied with the way the police dealt with crime
by province (per cent), 2011
100,0
90,0
80,0
70,0
Percenatge
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
Commited
77,3
80,2
75,5
72,4
75,5
72,5
80,7
60,0
74,1
76,2
Trustw orthy
69,9
77,1
67,5
67,2
68,1
65,0
60,4
44,0
69,0
65,7
Respond on time
65,5
49,6
45,3
48,1
53,9
47,3
53,0
32,9
65,0
53,2
Come to the scene of the crime
83,4
86,0
73,6
71,4
71,4
81,3
75,8
63,7
79,2
76,8
Arrest criminals
69,7
81,9
63,1
69,5
66,6
67,1
64,7
53,8
75,5
68,7
Recover stolen property
43,0
44,8
36,5
45,4
35,8
31,6
32,7
13,8
36,3
36,0
Other
7,1
5,9
1,6
2,7
6,3
2,2
4,8
3,4
7,2
5,3




76,2% of households believed that the police were committed
76,8% believed that the police came to the scene of the crime
68,7% believe they arrest criminals
65,7% of households were of the opinion that they are trustworthy
54
PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE COURTS
55
Percentage of households that were satisfied with the way courts generally
deal with perpetrators of crime by province, 2010-2011
100,0
90,0
80,0
70,0
Percentage
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0


WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
2010
48,5
62,3
69,3
64,7
70,5
71,6
60,7
70,2
74,1
64,1
2011
46,1
65,7
75,7
70,7
69,5
60,0
60,2
72,5
68,6
64,6
Nationally, 64,1% of the households indicated that they are satisfied with the way the courts do
their work
Northern Cape displayed the highest level of satisfaction (75,7%) in 2011
56
Reasons for households being satisfied with the way courts generally deal with
perpetrators of crime by province (per cent), 2011
100,0
90,0
80,0
70,0
Percentage
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
High rate of conviction
31,4
15,6
35,1
36,4
28,5
11,0
42,3
16,5
15,3
27,6
Pass sentences appropriate to the crime
52,9
70,6
58,3
43,5
45,1
67,4
42,3
56,4
64,4
53,0
Not corrupt
15,4
13,7
6,6
18,2
25,9
20,4
14,2
26,8
20,1
18,7
Other
0,3
0,1
0,1
1,8
0,4
1,2
1,2
0,4
0,2
0,7

Passing sentence appropriate to the crime (53%) was cited as the most significant reason of
being satisfied with the courts

Followed by high rates of convictions(27,6%)
57
Percentage distribution of reasons for being dissatisfied with the way in which
courts generally deal with perpetrators of crime by province, 2011
60,0
50,0
Percentage
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
Not enough convictions
16,0
13,0
7,0
8,1
7,9
8,7
11,0
9,4
7,7
10,8
Matters drag for too long/postponements
25,6
18,5
19,9
27,3
20,5
14,3
33,7
22,5
22,8
25,0
No proper notice of hearing is served
2,7
4,5
2,9
4,0
7,3
4,1
4,1
3,6
5,4
4,5
Courts are too lenient on criminals
40,9
35,8
56,1
32,0
41,1
38,8
31,1
22,9
30,0
35,2
Perpetrators released unconditionally
13,4
27,5
12,2
18,5
19,5
24,4
14,5
38,0
26,6
19,9
Other
1,4
0,8
1,8
10,2
3,8
9,7
5,6
3,7
7,4
4,6

35,2% of households think the courts are too lenient on criminals

25% believe the matter drags too long
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VICTIMISATION AND REPORTING RATES
IN 2011
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Experiences of crime and reporting rates, 2011 of
Total crime[1]
experienced in 2011
Crime experienced at least once in
2011
Crime reported to the police in
2011
Crime underreporting rates in
2011
Number
(in thousand)
Number (in
thousand)
Per cent
Number (in
thousand)
Per cent
Per cent difference
66
63
0,5
57
92,2
9,5
Housebreaking/burglary *
874
730
5,4
426
58,5
41,6
Home robbery *
229
200
1,5
118
61,4
41,0
Theft of livestock
242
178
1,3
71
40,1
60,1
Theft of crops
108
40
0,3
7
18,3
82,5
36
16
0,1
15
98,2
6,3
183
162
1,2
89
56,5
45,1
Deliberate damaging of dwellings
50
47
0,4
28
62,6
40,4
Motor vehicle vandalism
56
56
0,4
23
40,8
58,9
941
858
2,5
291
34,4
66,1
36
35
0,1
27
79,8
22,9
Robbery (excl home/carjacking)
272
249
0,7
81
33,1
67,5
Assault
731
451
1,3
222
49,4
50,8
32
32
0,1
29
94,2
9,4
102
102
0,3
100
26,3
2,0
Types of crimes
Household crimes
Car theft
Murder
Theft from car
Individual crimes
Theft of personal property
Car hijacking
Sexual offence *
Consumer fraud
5,4 % of households had been the victims of housebreaking in 2011, compared to 4,5% in 2010
1,3% of households had been victims of livestock theft
2,5% individuals were victims of the theft of personal property
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Percentage of incidents of crime reported by the households to the police, 2010-2011
100,0
80,0
Percentage
60,0
40,0
20,0
0,0
-20,0
Murder
Car Theft
Deliberate
damage of
dw elling
Home
robbery
Housebreakin
g/burglary
Theft from
car
Motor vehicle
vandalism
Theft of
livestock
Theft of
crops
2010
93,2
98,3
58,5
57,7
60,0
52,6
37,8
36,3
16,6
2011
98,2
92,2
62,6
61,4
58,5
56,5
40,8
40,1
18,3
Percentage change 2010-2011
5,0
-6,1
4,1
3,7
-1,5
3,9
3,0
3,8
1,7
Murder was most likely to be reported (98,2%) in 2011, followed by car theft (92,2%) and deliberate
damage of dwelling (62,6).
Crimes least likely to be reported in 2011 were motor vehicle vandalism (40,8%), theft of livestock
(40,1%), and theft of crops (18,3%).
There was 6,1% point decrease of car theft reported to the police in 2011 as compared to 2010, and
1,5% point decrease on housebreaking/burglary
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OTHER CRIMES INCLUDING THE
CORRUPTION
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Percentage distribution of time of the day when theft
occurred, 2011
Percentage
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0



Car Theft
Housebreaking/burglary
Theft from car
At daw n
5,6
4,6
7,7
Morning hours
26,6
15,7
10,5
Afternoon hours
14,3
19,8
17,3
Evening hours
11,9
12,1
14,3
At night
15,4
27,5
24,9
Betw een midnight and daw n
21,3
14,0
22,3
Do not know
4,9
6,3
3,1
Most cars are stolen during morning hours (26,6%)
Theft from a car mostly happened at night (24,9%), and
Housebreakings primarily occurred at night(27,5%)
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Period of the week when theft or damage to property occurred in 2011
100,0
Percentage
90,0
80,0
70,0
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
•
•
•
Car Theft
Theft from car
Deliberate damage of dw elling
Vehicle vandalism
During the w eek
59,5
64,4
65,2
66,8
Over the w eekend
40,5
35,6
34,8
33,2
More than two thirds of vehicles were vandalised during the week,
64,4% of thefts from car happened during the week
More than 60% of cars are stolen during the week and only 40,5% are stolen over the weekend
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Percentage of respondents who were asked by a government or public official
to pay a bribe (money, a favour or present), 2011
12,0
10,0
Percentage
8,0
6,0
4,0
2,0
0,0
WC
EC
NC
FS
KZN
NW
GP
MP
LP
RSA
Money
1,4
1,1
2,3
4,2
2,1
4,6
9,5
3,5
2,4
4,2
Favour
0,1
0,0
0,7
0,3
0,3
0,5
0,9
0,2
0,2
0,4
Present
0,1
0,0
0,2
0,4
0,0
0,1
0,7
0,0
0,0
0,2
At least money or favour or present
1,5
1,1
2,6
4,7
2,3
4,9
10,1
3,7
2,6
4,5
•
More than 4% of households were asked for money by government officials for a service that
he/she is legally required to perform
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Government sectors in which corruption was experienced (per cent),2011
Year
Sector
2003
2007
2010
2011
% change
2011/2003
% change
2011/2007
% change
2011/2010
Traffic fines
27,7
32,8
52,8
50,0
22,3
17,2
-2,8
Policing
19,9
18,6
21,4
22,9
3,0
4,3
1,5
Driver's licence
9,1
13,9
15,9
13,2
4,1
-0,7
-2,7
Employment or
job
20,1
13,9
13,8
11,7
-8,4
-2,2
-2,1
Identity document
or passport
13,9
16,5
13,3
9,7
-4,2
-6,8
-3,6
Water or electricity
8,1
5,8
7,3
7,7
-0,4
1,9
0,4
11,1
9,4
6,6
7,5
-3,6
-1,9
0,9
Housing
1,7
2,6
8,3
7
5,3
4,4
-1,3
Court-related
services
4,4
2,8
3,9
3,8
-0,6
1,0
-0,1
Medical care
0,3
2,1
2,8
2,1
1,8
0,0
-0,7
Customs
0,7
2,8
2,2
1,8
1,1
-1,0
-0,4
Schooling
2,6
3,2
3,1
1,6
-1,0
-1,6
-1,5
0
5,1
1,5
1,4
1,4
-3,7
-0,1
Pension or social
welfare grant
When visiting a
prison



Corruption that is related to policing increased by 1.5%
While corruption related to social grants increased by 0,9%
Bribes related to traffic fines decreased 2,8% between 2010 and 2011
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Place where robbery (excl. home robbery and car hijacking) and theft of personal
property took place, 2011
100,0
occurred by province (per cent), 2011
90,0
Percentage
80,0
70,0
60,0
50,0
40,0
30,0
20,0
10,0
0,0
Thef t of personal property
Robbery excl. home robbery and truck/carjacking
3,5
1,4
In the street in a residential area
44,4
71,0
At entertainment area/bar/tavern
3,4
4,2
In a f ield/park
2,4
0,9
In some other outdoor area
2,1
0,7
In someone elses home
5,0
3,4
12,2
8,7
In a shop/place of business
9,4
5,8
At a public transport station/taxi rank/stop
5,2
1,5
While travelling on public transport
1,0
1,5
At some other indoor area
3,0
0,5
Other
8,4
0,5
In the w ork place
In the street outside of f ices/shops
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