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:
Theft out of vehicle
Theft out of cars are cases where something which was inside the vehicles was stolen. This could either be a smash and grab incident or a case where the vehicle was parked, left on its own and then the bastards (aka thieves, aka amaphara) broke into the vehicle to steal something. For the year starting April 2017 to March 2018, 129 174 cases were reported, a decrease of 6.5% from last years 138 172. 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 |
41 298 |
a decline of 8.8% from last year 45 266 |
Western Cape |
35 532 |
a decline of 6.3% from last year 37 910 |
KZN |
16 344 |
a decline of 3.0% from last year 16 854 |
Eastern Cape |
11 649 |
a decline of 4.5% from last year 12 195 |
Mpumalanga |
6 830 |
a decline of 1.4% from last year 6 926 |
North West |
5 866 |
a decline of 6.8% from last year 6 293 |
Free State |
4 599 |
a decline of 4.6% from last year 4 822 |
Limpopo |
4 447 |
a decline of 11.0% from last year 4 995 |
Northern Cape |
2 609 |
a decline of 10.4% from last year 2 911 |
The highest number of reported theft out of vehicle cases by place are listed below:
Position |
Station |
Province |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Diff |
% Change |
1 |
Cape Town Central |
Western Cape |
3612 |
3441 |
3509 |
3770 |
3956 |
186 |
4,9% |
2 |
Stellenbosch |
Western Cape |
1852 |
1819 |
2747 |
2253 |
1840 |
-413 |
-18,3% |
3 |
Sunnyside |
Gauteng |
1624 |
1943 |
1614 |
1606 |
1780 |
174 |
10,8% |
4 |
Durban Central |
Kwazulu/Natal |
1245 |
1171 |
1223 |
1451 |
1613 |
162 |
11,2% |
5 |
Humewood |
Eastern Cape |
931 |
1012 |
1046 |
1245 |
1318 |
73 |
5,9% |
6 |
Jhb Central |
Gauteng |
952 |
1361 |
1471 |
1416 |
1280 |
-136 |
-9,6% |
7 |
Nelspruit |
Mpumalanga |
1069 |
1216 |
1271 |
1150 |
1276 |
126 |
11,0% |
8 |
Honeydew |
Gauteng |
1450 |
1495 |
1104 |
1269 |
1263 |
-6 |
-0,5% |
9 |
Pretoria Central |
Gauteng |
1501 |
1617 |
1376 |
1361 |
1258 |
-103 |
-7,6% |
10 |
Park Road |
Free State |
1753 |
1522 |
1127 |
1039 |
1140 |
101 |
9,7% |
11 |
Bellville |
Western Cape |
1465 |
1732 |
1487 |
1454 |
1121 |
-333 |
-22,9% |
12 |
Hillbrow |
Gauteng |
1140 |
1326 |
1222 |
1471 |
1101 |
-370 |
-25,2% |
13 |
Sea Point |
Western Cape |
1099 |
1118 |
1177 |
1164 |
1096 |
-68 |
-5,8% |
14 |
Kempton Park |
Gauteng |
684 |
711 |
979 |
1134 |
1073 |
-61 |
-5,4% |
15 |
Brooklyn |
Gauteng |
1183 |
1251 |
1063 |
1271 |
1057 |
-214 |
-16,8% |
16 |
Mitchells Plain |
Western Cape |
1699 |
1366 |
1315 |
1080 |
1049 |
-31 |
-2,9% |
17 |
Paarl |
Western Cape |
552 |
889 |
860 |
861 |
1049 |
188 |
21,8% |
18 |
Lyttelton |
Gauteng |
1088 |
1074 |
1076 |
1102 |
1045 |
-57 |
-5,2% |
19 |
Umbilo |
Kwazulu/Natal |
928 |
748 |
754 |
917 |
972 |
55 |
6,0% |
20 |
Sandton |
Gauteng |
1353 |
1480 |
1282 |
1586 |
957 |
-629 |
-39,7% |
21 |
Woodstock |
Western Cape |
1210 |
1106 |
1097 |
916 |
950 |
34 |
3,7% |
22 |
Witbank |
Mpumalanga |
1291 |
1333 |
1101 |
963 |
908 |
-55 |
-5,7% |
23 |
Rustenburg |
North West |
977 |
1105 |
1056 |
1077 |
905 |
-172 |
-16,0% |
24 |
Midrand |
Gauteng |
916 |
899 |
931 |
1375 |
903 |
-472 |
-34,3% |
25 |
Wierdabrug |
Gauteng |
1005 |
901 |
879 |
1041 |
895 |
-146 |
-14,0% |
26 |
Mount Road |
Eastern Cape |
962 |
958 |
864 |
889 |
889 |
0 |
0,0% |
27 |
East London |
Eastern Cape |
718 |
664 |
589 |
925 |
887 |
-38 |
-4,1% |
28 |
Kimberley |
Northern Cape |
1292 |
1015 |
980 |
1035 |
870 |
-165 |
-15,9% |
29 |
Potchefstroom |
North West |
577 |
770 |
772 |
944 |
860 |
-84 |
-8,9% |
30 |
Pinetown |
Kwazulu/Natal |
830 |
943 |
1053 |
1071 |
820 |
-251 |
-23,4% |