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| SOUTH AFRICAN CRIME STATS: |
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Assaults
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548,847 |
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[2nd of 49]
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Burglaries
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393,959 |
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[4th of 38]
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Car thefts
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93,133 |
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[6th of 46]
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Death penalty > Abolition date
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1,997 |
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[15th of 64]
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Death penalty > Last executed
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1,991 |
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[5th of 55]
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Drug offences
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53,810 per 100,000 people |
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[4th of 46]
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Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms
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59.2028
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[2nd of 32]
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Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.
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125.965
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[1st of 32]
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Illicit drugs
transshipment center for heroin, hashish, and cocaine, as well as a major cultivator of marijuana in its own right; cocaine and heroin consumption on the rise; world's largest market for illicit methaqualone, usually imported illegally from India through various east African countries, but increasingly producing its own synthetic drugs for domestic consumption; attractive venue for money launderers given the increasing level of organized criminal and narcotics activity in the region and the size of the South African economy |
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Kidnappings
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3,071 kidnappings |
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[2nd of 39]
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Murders
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21,553 |
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[1st of 49]
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Murders with firearms
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31,918 |
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[1st of 36]
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Police
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101,582 |
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[8th of 47]
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Prisoners
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181,944 prisoners |
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[2nd of 168]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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402 per 100,000 people |
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[10th of 164]
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Rapes
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52,425 |
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[2nd of 50]
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Robberies
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228,442 |
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[3rd of 47]
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Software piracy rate
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34% |
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[89th of 107]
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Total crimes
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2,683,849 |
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[5th of 50]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - South Africa is on the Tier 2 Watch List for a fourth consecutive year for its failure to show increasing efforts to address trafficking; the government provided inadequate data in 2007 on trafficking crimes investigated or prosecuted, or on resulting convictions or sentences; it also did not provide information on its efforts to protect victims of trafficking; the country continues to deport and/or prosecute suspected foreign victims without providing appropriate protective services |
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SOURCES: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); Last updated: 01/04/03; Wikipedia: Gun violence
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
South Africa, Republic of South Africa, rep. of s. africa, SAFRICA
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