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More than 1400 cars hijacked every month - SAPS crime stats

<b> INCREASE IN CARJACKINGS :</b> South African motorists have been targeted more in 2016 by criminals than in 2015. <i>Image: iStock</i>
<b> INCREASE IN CARJACKINGS :</b> South African motorists have been targeted more in 2016 by criminals than in 2015. <i>Image: iStock</i>

Pretoria - More than 1400 vehicles are hijacked each month in South Africa, according to South African Police Service's (SAPS) crime statistics.

Trio-crimes

SAPS crime statistics for April - December 2016 report an increase in so-called “trio crimes”; car-hijacking, house robberies and robberies at non-residential areas.

Norman Sekhukhune, SAPS Head of Crime Research and Statistics, said that in nine months under review, carjackings had increased by 14.9%. From April and December, 12 743 vehicles were hijacked, compared to 11 086 during the same period in 2015.

READSA Victims of Crime survey - How hijackers, car thieves operate

This amounts to 1415 vehicles hijacked each month.

More than 40 000 cars and motorcycles were stolen with the majority of thefts occurring in Gauteng with 20 913, a 4% increase from the year before.

Below are crime stats for SA: Slides by SAPS (scroll to the right)


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