National
Crime stats: Violent crimes increase─── 11:17 Fri, 19 Sep 2014
Pretoria - Murder and robbery increased in the past year, national police commissioner Riah Phiyega said on Friday.
Murder had gone up five percent, attempted murder increased by 4.6 percent, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm increased by 1.5 percent and robbery with aggravated circumstances was up by 12.7 percent.
Common assault was down by 3.3 percent and sexual offences decreased by 5.6 percent, with rape and sexual assault dropping.
"We are not going to rest. We will continue putting effort into these areas," she said.
Rape showed a 6.3 percent decrease.
"The Eastern Cape did not fare so well," Phiyega said.
Sexual assault showed a 4.9 percent decrease.
"The Eastern Cape is experiencing some challenges in terms of sexual assault [of] old people," she said.
Sapa
