Police’s quarterly statistics to show if SA crime has dipped during the lockdown

Andrew Faull, senior researcher: justice and violence prevention at the Institute for Security Studies , said figures presented by the police in late April and May suggested that overall crime and violence plummeted in the first two months of lockdown.It was likely that violent crime increased with the move to level 3 and relaxation of restrictions, particularly those linked to movement, economic activity and alcohol.

Police Minister Bheki Cele said today’s statistics would reflect crimes that occurred from April 1 to end of June, and would show the crime levels during the time when the country was placed under lockdown level 5, 4 and 3 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Pukayi pointed out that the areas had no neighbourhood watches, law enforcement officers and metro police.

Smith said gender-based violence has been a big focus during the time, and so it could be that there would be a marked increase in those types of crimes.

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