Gauteng crime hotspots unveiled
2013-03-11 09:08
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Johannesburg - More than 10% of all crimes reported to
police in Gauteng in the 2011/12 financial year were committed in only five
areas, according to a report on Monday.
Provincial deputy police chief Major General Phumzo Gela
told residents in Muldersdrift that despite a series of serious crimes in their
area, Muldersdrift was not one of the worst-hit areas in the province, reported
Beeld newspaper.
According to crime statistics for 2011/12, Johannesburg
Central, Hillbrow, Honeydew, Booysens and Pretoria Central were the most
crime-hit areas, with 63 382 crimes reported - some 10.94% of all crimes in
Gauteng for that financial year.
For statistical purposes, he said, Gauteng had been divided
into 138 policing areas, and of these, Muldersdrift was in the 105th place,
with 1 992 crimes reported, or 0.34% of all the crime in Gauteng.
Ten murders had been committed in Muldersdrift during the
relevant financial year, Gela said, but as many murders were committed in
Naledi, Soweto, Soshanguve, Yeoville, Sophiatown, Vereeniging and Midrand.
Some 86 policing areas had higher murder rates, with Honeydew,
bordering Muldersdrift, having reported 19 murders in 2011.
The biggest crime problem in all police areas was theft.
Rosebank, Fairland, Tarlton, Magaliesburg and Hekpoort were
among the 25 areas with the lowest crime statistics in Gauteng.
- SAPA
