The South African Police Services has released crime stats figures for the year starting April 2017 to year ending March 2018. The following analysis is relevant to the motor vehicle industry:
Car Theft
Theft of cars (excluding hi-jackings) for this year shows 50 663 cases were reported a decrease of 5.0% from last years 53 307 cases. The most number of cases reported per province from April 2017 to March 2018 was:
Province |
Cases Reported |
% and number difference from last year |
Gauteng |
25 705 |
a decline of 7.1% from last year 27 674 |
KZN |
8 240 |
a decline of 2.1% from last year 8 413 |
Western Cape |
7 104 |
a decline of 3.8% from last year 7 381 |
Eastern Cape |
2 443 |
an decline of 10.8% from last year 2 739 |
Mpumalanga |
2 206 |
an decline of 0.1% from last year 2 208 |
North West |
2 112 |
an increase of 2.1% from last year 2 068 |
Free State |
1 596 |
an increase of 0.5% from last year 1 588 |
Limpopo |
1 024 |
an increase of 0.8% from last year 1 017 |
Northern Cape |
233 |
an increase of 6.4% from last year 219 |
The highest number of reported car theft cases by place are listed below:
Position |
Station |
Province |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Diff |
% Change |
1 |
Brooklyn |
Gauteng |
724 |
597 |
529 |
748 |
793 |
45 |
6,0% |
2 |
Durban Central |
Kwazulu/Natal |
620 |
570 |
618 |
727 |
643 |
-84 |
-11,6% |
3 |
Honeydew |
Gauteng |
645 |
764 |
835 |
719 |
622 |
-97 |
-13,5% |
4 |
Linden |
Gauteng |
322 |
445 |
554 |
559 |
577 |
18 |
3,2% |
5 |
Krugersdorp |
Gauteng |
503 |
475 |
521 |
497 |
554 |
57 |
11,5% |
6 |
Vanderbijlpark |
Gauteng |
503 |
420 |
400 |
527 |
548 |
21 |
4,0% |
7 |
Berea |
Kwazulu/Natal |
719 |
672 |
729 |
763 |
515 |
-248 |
-32,5% |
8 |
Lyttelton |
Gauteng |
570 |
442 |
461 |
572 |
508 |
-64 |
-11,2% |
9 |
Umbilo |
Kwazulu/Natal |
458 |
411 |
419 |
366 |
497 |
131 |
35,8% |
10 |
Sunnyside |
Gauteng |
484 |
490 |
424 |
450 |
495 |
45 |
10,0% |
11 |
Wierdabrug |
Gauteng |
573 |
465 |
416 |
561 |
489 |
-72 |
-12,8% |
12 |
Roodepoort |
Gauteng |
697 |
718 |
574 |
518 |
486 |
-32 |
-6,2% |
13 |
Jhb Central |
Gauteng |
572 |
547 |
406 |
505 |
466 |
-39 |
-7,7% |
14 |
Florida |
Gauteng |
507 |
499 |
453 |
425 |
461 |
36 |
8,5% |
15 |
Booysens |
Gauteng |
709 |
608 |
574 |
572 |
455 |
-117 |
-20,5% |
16 |
Parkview |
Gauteng |
428 |
450 |
429 |
408 |
432 |
24 |
5,9% |
17 |
Randfontein |
Gauteng |
382 |
290 |
354 |
390 |
419 |
29 |
7,4% |
18 |
Boksburg North |
Gauteng |
550 |
516 |
521 |
495 |
416 |
-79 |
-16,0% |
19 |
Garsfontein |
Gauteng |
301 |
262 |
237 |
379 |
407 |
28 |
7,4% |
20 |
Pretoria Central |
Gauteng |
343 |
412 |
409 |
411 |
397 |
-14 |
-3,4% |
21 |
Hillbrow |
Gauteng |
336 |
328 |
434 |
371 |
390 |
19 |
5,1% |
22 |
Sinoville |
Gauteng |
282 |
244 |
323 |
367 |
390 |
23 |
6,3% |
23 |
Vereeniging |
Gauteng |
387 |
421 |
512 |
475 |
388 |
-87 |
-18,3% |
24 |
Sandton |
Gauteng |
344 |
353 |
340 |
355 |
368 |
13 |
3,7% |
25 |
Springs |
Gauteng |
478 |
350 |
333 |
312 |
362 |
50 |
16,0% |
26 |
Chatsworth |
Kwazulu/Natal |
405 |
321 |
417 |
472 |
354 |
-118 |
-25,0% |
27 |
Durban North |
Kwazulu/Natal |
297 |
152 |
252 |
264 |
352 |
88 |
33,3% |
28 |
Alberton |
Gauteng |
448 |
553 |
478 |
422 |
349 |
-73 |
-17,3% |
29 |
Phoenix |
Kwazulu/Natal |
322 |
384 |
438 |
323 |
341 |
18 |
5,6% |
30 |
Villieria |
Gauteng |
366 |
296 |
289 |
319 |
337 |
18 |
5,6% |