The eagerly awaited quarterly crime statistics, which offer a comprehensive overview of criminal activities recorded during the first and second quarters of the current financial year (April to September 2025), were finally released by Acting Police Minister Mr Firoz Cachalia.
He said the murder rate has decreased, while gender based violence and sexual offences were unacceptably high. This presentation comes at a critical time, with public concern regarding crime remaining a major pressing issue across the country. With the statistics covering two quarters, citizens and policymakers alike will now gain a clearer understanding of trends, challenges, and developments that are affecting the crime rates within South Africa’s borders.
The stats reveal a gruesome, worrying state. Cape Town and eThekwini have recorded the highest levels of contact crime between July and September.
The acting Police Minister Prof. Firoz Cachalia was joined by Deputy Minister Polly Boshiel, Deputy National Commissioner for Policing Lt-Gen Tebello Misikili and other senior police officials, where they detailed a major increase in crimes such as sexual offences, which have increased slightly from 12,765 to 12,787, a 0.2% increase. However, robbery with aggravating circumstances has fallen by 3,689 cases, contributing to a total reduction of 4,999 contact crimes.
KwaZulu-Natal has again emerged as one of South Africa’s most violent provinces, with the latest SAPS crime statistics showing sharp increases in murder, rape and trio crimes between April and September 2025.https://t.co/9keNJQafmk #CRIMESTATS #KZN
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Major General Thulane Sekhukhune continued to deliver a detailed presentation. Sekhukhune highlighted a murder statistics drop, saying, “In the current quarter two, we have recorded 751 fewer murders compared to the previous period. Previously, we had 6,545. Currently, we are at 5,794, and the percentage reduction is 11.5,” he said.
General Sekhukhune continued to mention that “Gauteng contributed the highest share of national contact crime, 26.4%, followed by the Western Cape, 18%, KwaZulu-Natal, 17.4% and the Eastern Cape, 10.6%. The top five stations for contact crime came from only two provinces. These include Mfuleni (Western Cape), Nyanga (Western Cape), Delft (Western Cape), Inanda (KwaZulu-Natal) and Kraaifontein (Western Cape). Mfuleni is number one, both at the national and provincial level.”
Whether the statistics show any improvement or deterioration, most South Africans are looking for one critical thing: evidence indicating whether the government has a firm grip on the nation’s security challenges or not.
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