Latest Statistics for crime in South Africa. Taken from the CIA.gov website and the United Nations 2011 report "International Statistics on Crime and Justice". This is South Africa's position in the World Crime Rankings:
Some interesting statistics:
Assaults (per capita) 12.0752 per 1,000 people [1st of 57]
Burglaries (per capita) 8.89764 per 1,000 people [10th of 54]
Car thefts 93,133 [6th of 46]
Car thefts (per capita) 2.25426 per 1,000 people [18th of 55]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 16.09 % [16th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights 20.83 % [14th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 8.79 % [15th of 39]
Drug offences 53,810 per 100,000 people [4th of 46]
Frauds 56,232 [6th of 48]
Frauds (per capita) 1.51263 per 1,000 people [14th of 61]
Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms 59.2028 [2nd of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 74.5748 [1st of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Non-firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 51.3901 [2nd of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 125.965 [1st of 32]
Manslaughters 11,202 [2nd of 42]
Manslaughters (per capita) 0.247181 per 1,000 people [1st of 43]
Murders (per capita) 0.496008 per 1,000 people [2nd of 62]
Murders with firearms 31,918 [1st of 36]
Murders with firearms (per capita) 0.719782 per 1,000 people [1st of 32]
Police 101,582 [8th of 47]
Police (per capita) 2.7668 per 1,000 people [22nd of 48]
Prisoners 181,944 prisoners [2nd of 168]
Prisoners > Female 2.2% [107th of 134]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 2.1% [55th of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita 402 per 100,000 people [10th of 164]
Rapes (per capita) 1.19538 per 1,000 people [1st of 65]
Robberies (per capita) 4.4434 per 1,000 people [4th of 64]
Sentence Length 48.08 [13th of 21]
Total crimes 2,683,849 [5th of 50]
Total crimes (per capita) 77.1862 per 1,000 people [10th of 60]
