1. CRIME SITUATION: WESTERN CAPE 2017/2018 Financial year 26 September 2018

2. Increases: Contact Crime
Crime Statistics
Decreases :
Property Crime including top 10 stations
Contact Crime including top 10 stations
Strategies, operational approach and arrests
Increases: Contact Crime
Arrests
Motives/circumstances
Pattern (Instruments, date and time)
Inhibiting factors
Carjacking: Trends and tendencies
Sexual Offences: Victim profile
Operational Successes
Crimes dependent on police action for detection
Operational Approach

3. Crime Statistics

4. 17 Community Reported Crimes
PROPORTIONAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE BROAD CATEGORIES OF CRIME (17 Community Reported Crimes vs Crimes Dependent on Police Action for detection Financial year 2017/2018
17 Community Reported Crimes
(72%) 4

5. 17 Community Reported Crimes – Trend analysis 2007/2008 to 2017/2018 financial years
2.7%
9 927
-1.8%
-6 984
3.0%
10 738
4.2%
14 700
-3.5%
3.9%
13 047
2.7%
8 943
-4.4%
-0.9%
-3 116
-1.6%
-5 308
Total
Arrests
2016/2017
2017/2018
Arrests 17 Crimes
2016/2017
2017/2018
82 769

6. HIGHLIGHTS ON THE 4 CATEGORIES MAKING UP THE 17 COMMUNITY-REPORTED SERIOUS CRIMES Overview of Categories: Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017de 1
Arrests
71 771
12 319
18 479
34 932 6

7. 17 Community Reported Crimes Top 10 stations Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
-4.4%

8. DECREASES PROPERTY CRIME CONTACT CRIME

9. PROPERTY CRIME: DECREASES Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
Strategies and Operational Approach
Various crime categories were impacted on by implementation of overarching Provincial Instructions, thus a contribution to the reduction in property crime.
Focus on the strengthening of co-operation with stakeholders including Community Policing Forums, Neighbourhood Watches etc.
ARRESTS
Burglary Business:
Burglary Residential:
Theft of motor vehicle:
Theft out/from motor vehicle: 2 249

10. Property Related Crimes Top 10 stations Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
-6.8%
-7 124

11. CONTACT CRIME: DECREASES Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
Strategies and Operational Approach
Implementation of numerous Provincial Instructions to address and ensure :
Focused geographical approach (hotspots – high crime intensity areas)
Maximised personnel deployment over high crime days and times
Integrated operations with other agencies
Improved Command and Control – deployment of senior managers
Targeted approach – addressing persons of interest (repeat offenders, wanted suspects)
Crime Generators (Liquor, Firearms, Drugs - more specifically dealing)
ARRESTS
Assault GBH:
Assault Common :
Common Robbery :
Sexual Offences :

12. Contact Crimes Top 10 stations Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
-1.5%
-1 708

13. INCREASES CONTACT CRIME

14. CONTACT CRIME: INCREASES Overview of Categories: Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
Arrests
2 676
2 207
8 188

15. MURDER – MOTIVES/CIRCUMSTANCES
Gang Related
Arguments
Robbery
Domestic Violence
Community Retaliation/
Vigilantism
Retaliation/
Revenge
Taxi Violence
22%
13.2%
8.1%
5.6%
4.7%
3.8%
1.2%
Actual - 808
Actual - 484
Actual - 297
Actual - 208
Actual - 173
Actual - 141
Actual - 45
% of total reported
Unspecified / undetermined motives /circumstances : 37.6% (1379)
Gang violence was the highest contributor to murder with Mitchells Plain, Bishop Lavis, Philippi, Delft, Ravensmead and Kraaifontein most prevalent
Robberies were the third highest common cause for attempted murder with Nyanga, Gugulethu, Philippi East, Khayelitsha, Delft, Harare, Kraaifontein and Mfuleni experiencing the highest number of incidents.
Incidents of Domestic violence increased in terms of contribution and the number of incidents with the top contributing stations including Delft, Nyanga, Mfuleni, Gugulethu and Kraaifontein.
Acts of vigilantism / community retaliation reflects an increment in both, contribution and the number of incidents. The top contributing stations were Nyanga, Philippi East, Gugulethu, Harare, Mfuleni and Khayelitsha.
Taxi violence increased. The top stations were Nyanga, Langa and Gugulethu. 15

16. Murder Top 10 stations Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
12.6%
418

17. MURDER Top instruments, top day and time
Weekends, including Saturday, Sunday and Monday collectively account for 65.2% (2433)
of the counts of murder.
Sunday contributed 28.8% (1074)
Saturday contributed 24.2% (904)
Monday contributed 12.2% (455)
The time period of 21:00 to 23:59 contributed the most, 20.4% (761)
The time periods of 18:00 to 20:59, 21:00 to 23:59 and 00:00 to 00:59 accounted for a combined total of 54.3% (2028) 17

18. ATTEMPTED MURDER – MOTIVES/CIRCUMSTANCE
ATTEMPTED MURDER Motives/Circumstances
ATTEMPTED MURDER – MOTIVES/CIRCUMSTANCE
Gang Related
Robbery
Arguments
Involvement of enforcement
Domestic Violence
Retaliation/
Revenge
Community Retaliation and Vigilantism
Taxi Violence
38.7%
14.6%
6.1%
5.7%
4.1%
3.9%
1.5%
0.9%
Actual
Actual - 521
Actual - 218
Actual - 203
Actual - 148
Actual - 141
Actual – 54
Actual - 32
% of total reported
Unspecified / undetermined motives /circumstances : 19.7% (704)
Gang violence was the highest contributor to attempted murders being most prevalent in Mitchells Plain, Bishop Lavis, Elsiesriver, Manenberg, Steenberg, Ravensmead and Delft .
Robberies were the second highest common cause for attempted murder with Khayelitsha, Nyanga, Harare, Philippi East, Gugulethu, Delft, Mfuleni, Lingelethu-West, Kraaifontein and Stellenbosch being most prevalent.
Similarly to murder, incidents of Domestic Violence also increased in terms of percentage contribution and incidents. The top contributing stations are Hermanus, Mitchells Plain, Conville, Kwanonqaba and Paarl.
In contrast to murder, a reduction in acts of vigilantism / community retaliation decreased slightly in both, contribution and the number of incidents. The top contributing stations were Philippi East, Nyanga, Kraaifontein and Harare.
Taxi violence increased with the top contributing stations being Langa, Delft, Nyanga and Bellville. 18

19. ATTEMPTED MURDER Top instruments used
Top day and time
Weekends, including Friday, Saturday and Sunday collectively account for 54.5% (2016)
of the counts of attempted murder.
Sunday contributed 21.8% (807)
Saturday contributed 19.7% (728)
Friday contributed 13.1% (481)
Monday, with the 4th largest contribution saw the occurrence
of incidents similar to that of Friday (12.6% / 467)
The time period of 21:00 to 23:59 contributed the most, 22.5% (832)
The time periods of 18:00 to 20:59 contributed 20.4% (756) 19

20. Attempted Murder Top 10 stations Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
9.2%
311

21. INHIBITING FACTORS
Changes in population can have a destabilizing effect on social cohesion and lead to higher crime as a sense of belonging and shared moral sentiment is lost or not yet achieved. A lack in social cohesion impacts negatively on a community’s ability to establish formal and informal connections to promote common values and to work towards solving social problems. (Study: Population change and the contextual nature of crime – Cynthia Barnett and Carson Mencken 2014)
There is a highly social nature of offence that occur “in-house” - many perpetrators are known inclusive of family members, tenants, spouses, partners, boyfriends/girlfriends, close friends and acquaintances.
Other contributing factors are lack of basic infrastructure, poor lighting, lack of accessibility, high levels of unemployment, substance abuse, spatial development - design and layout of residential areas contribute to gangsterism.
Many precincts have a large number of backyard dwellers and informal settlements which are generally overcrowded. This poor environmental design is a major contributing factor to the prevalence of crime and restricts conventional policing capabilities.
Parolees, repeat offenders and habitual offenders (offenders committing multiple categories of offences) is cited as major contributing factors to occurrences. This is mainly due to these individuals being released into the same communities they resided in before incarceration.
Non availability of crime fighting technology in certain hotspot areas; example: CCTV cameras, License plate recognition software.

22. ROBBERY AGGRAVATED Top instruments used, top day and time
Arrests
Possession of Dangerous weapons
17 499
Top day and time
Saturday contributed 16.7% (4059)
Friday contributed 15.4% (3758)
Monday contributed 14.8% (3613)
The three time periods of 15:00 to 17:59, 18:00 to 20:59 and 21:00 to 23:59 collectively account for 44.1% (10731) of robbery aggravated counts.
The time period of 18:00 to 20:59 contribution the highest, namely 17.2% (4187) followed by 21:00 to 23:59 with 13.7% (3334)

23. Aggravated Robbery Top 10 stations Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
1.2%
297

24. Trio Crime (Carjacking, House Robbery and Business Robbery) Top 10 stations Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
5.3%
352

25. Carjacking Top 10 stations Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
-0.86%
-19

26. ROBBERY AGGRAVATED - Carjacking Trends and tendencies
The hijacking of delivery vehicles, although showing a reduction, remains a target threat due to their vulnerability especially those having to enter high risk areas on a daily basis.
The hijacking of taxis and vehicles used to transport staff in particular those transporting employees late at night shows a substantial increment and contributed 6.3% (146).
The hijacking of delivery vehicles operated by foreigners is mainly those who have resorted to doing their own deliveries to spaza shops owned by them. These incidents contributed to 5.9% (139).
Hijacking of British American Tobacco (BAT) vehicles have steadily decreased after the surge a few years ago. High levels of security were put in place to combat this phenomenon and were amongst others the reason for the decline in conjunction with policing, which included arrests and convictions. BAT hijackings contributed to 0.6% (13).

27. SEXUAL OFFENCES Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
Reduction in the overall category of 0.6% (-40 charges), but increments in certain sub-categories, namely sexual assault and attempted sexual offences.
Rape – reduction of 0.6% (-27 charges), and contributes 65.8% of counts to overall category sexual offences
Contributing Factors - Overcrowding in households, substance abuse, domestic violence, psychological disorders etc.
Victim Profile – Rape
Child Victims – 33.9% (1437) of Sample
Females – 85.2% of Children (1222)
Males – 14.8% of Children
(213)
Age
% of female children
% of male children
0 - 5
10.3%
(126)
12.7%
(27)
6 - 10
19.6%
(240)
44.6%
(95)
33.7%
(412)
27.2%
(58)
36.3%
(444)
15.5%
(33)
Adult Victims – 66.1% (2801) of Sample
Females – 92.3% of Adults (2587)
Males % of Adults
(214)
Age
% of Adult Females
% of Adult males
45.7%
(1184)
44.9%
(96)
34.5%
(892)
33.6%
(72)
13.1%
(338)
14.0%
(30)
6.4%
(165)
46 -64
6.1%
(13)
65 +
0.3%
(8)
1.4%
(3)

28. Sexual Offences Top 10 stations Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
-0.6%
-40

29. Top Contributing Stations Top Contributing Stations
CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN Financial year 2017/2018 compared with 2016/2017
Reduction of 1.6% (-152)
Reduction of 0.7% (-243)
Crimes focused on:
Assault Common
Assault GBH
Sexual Offences
Murder
Attempted Murder
Reduction
Assault Common and Contact Sexual Offences
Top Contributing Stations
Nyanga (1495)
Mitchells Plain (1311)
Delft (1108)
Khayelitsha (1097)
Nine (9) of the top 20 stations, including the top 2 contributors recorded reductions.
Crimes focused on:
Assault Common
Assault GBH
Sexual Offences
Murder
Attempted Murder
Reduction
Assault Common & GBH, Rape and Attempted Rape
Top Contributing Stations
Mitchells Plain (424)
Delft (277)
Kleinvlei (247)
Kraaifontein (229)
Nyanga (234)
Eleven (11) of the top 20 stations, including 3 of the top 5 contributors recorded reductions.

30. Operational successes
Crimes Dependent on Police Action
Key Policing Actions
Investigative impact (POCA)

31. Crimes Dependent on Police Action for Detection 2007/2008 to 2017/2018 financial years
8.1%
10 044
13.5%
14 695
3.0%
3 076
3.2%
3 117
3.6%
3 739
7.6%
6 864
1.7%
1 671
15.6%
12 164
15.3%
10 393
13.2%
7 925

32. Crimes Dependent on Police Action for Detection
Illegal possession of firearms
Drug related crimes

33. Illegal possession of firearms and ammo 2007/2008 to 2017/2018 financial years
16.8%
493
6.2%
173
21.6%
513
3.9%
110
-4.7%
-140
17.3%
374
-3.5%
-100
-0.3% -7
-6.3%
-159
-5.8%
-134
Total
Arrests
2016/2017
2017/2018
1 741
3 246

34. Drug related crime 2007/2008 to 2017/2018 financial years
9.1%
9 778
14.2%
13 383
3.9%
3 294
6.5%
4 998
5.9%
5 265
16.9%
10 196
4.1%
3 404
9.2%
6 481
14.8%
6 797
14.5%
7 625
Total
Arrests
2016/2017
2017/2018
98 805

35. Operational Approach

36. Operational Approach
Western Cape has recorded significant reported crime reductions of:
(-3.54%) community reported cases during the 2016/2017 financial year
(-4.4%) reduction through further intensified efforts during 2017/2018 financial year
This translates to an overall reduction of [last 24 months]
Whilst these reductions are to be appreciated the Province still experienced challenges with the crimes of:
Murder
Attempted murder
Robberies

37. Operational Approach
Operational approach for the 2018/2019 financial year
Establishment of Operation Thunder which has at its core a geographical and targeted approach, focusing on :
dominating specific hotspot areas
addressing repeat and multiple offenders
establishing base camps as centers of tactical convergence
enhancing perceptions of safety and security
strengthen our crime prevention capability
deploy more operationally ready personnel – those with specialized training
step up our intelligence driven operations
maximize our deployments based on crime patterns and threats
recruit and actively strengthen our informer network
strengthen our gang investigation capability aimed at driving POCA investigations

38. Thank you