Crime stats show Cape police not coping with population growth - CPFs

Cape Town - Overpopulation, outdated infrastructure and unemployment were some of the reasons for the significant increase in crime statistics in Delft and Khayelitsha, community policing forums said.

Delft CPF chairperson Charles George said the statistics were alarming. He said Delft had grown and had become like a city overnight. Khayelitsha cluster chairperson Francina Lukas said social problems like drugs and alcohol abuse, unemployment and poverty contributed to the surge of crime in the area. She said more police visibility, metro police and law enforcement needed to be deployed to focus on crime hot spots.

Nyanga CPF chairperson Martin Makhasi attributed the decrease to social crime prevention programmes and collaboration with social partners and community organisations.

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