Crime stats revisited: Murder, rape and violent crime – these are the numbers

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The most recent spate of killings and rape has sparked outrage in SA, with the country having one of the world's highest murder rates.

that femicide had increased 117% in SA between 2015 and 2016/2017.

According to the estimates of the survey, 3.3% of men and 2.3% of women said it was acceptable for a man to hit a woman. The report also found that the murder rates of men and women declined between 2000 and 2015‚ but the murder rate for women more than doubled between 2015 and 2016/2017. The number of women who experienced sexual offences doubled from 31‚665 in 2015/2016 to 70‚813 in 2016/2017.

Added to that, the report also found that a third of women feared going to open spaces and parks and more than half of women felt unsafe walking alone in the dark.

 

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