As violent crime rates remain alarmingly high, the contentious debate over reinstating the death penalty has resurfaced in South Africa. The recent deadline for public submissions on ...

Violent crime in South Africa has consistently been highly concentrated in a small number of urban areas. For example, 20% of all reported murders occur in just 30 policing areas (2.6% of the ...

Understanding the contribution of crime to South Africa’s low trend growth is critical to designing and implementing the right policies to combat and mitigate the costs of crime on the economy and ...

Durban - Inanda, north of Durban remains South Africa's rape capital, the annual crime statistics revealed on Thursday. Despite the station recording the highest number of rapes last year, it saw ...

The Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department – responsible for traffic policing, crime prevention, and by-law enforcement in South Africa’s capital city – has not escaped this crisis.

Data and statistical analysis were used to find an association - if any - between extreme weather conditions and crime in South Africa’s capital. When temperatures rise, so do crime rates ...