Reported rape cases in Gauteng fluctuated between October and December 2024 - Mthombeni
Reported cases decreased in both October and December 2024 when compared to their 2023 counterparts, but in November, cases increased by 4 when compared to the same period.
Gauteng Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni presents the province's crime stats for the second quarter on 29 November 2024. Picture: Thabiso Goba/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - The reported cases of rape in Gauteng fluctuated between October and December 2024.
Over 700 rape cases were reported in October, 78 less than the same period in 2023, while December saw over 800 cases reported, a decline of 67 from 2023.
However, in November, four more cases of rape were recorded, increasing to 747 from 743 during the same period in 2023.
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Johannesburg contributes 34.9% of the 2,300 reported rape cases in the province, while Ekurhuleni contributes 28.6% and Tshwane 21.8%.
On Friday, provincial police commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, along with senior officials in the cluster, addressed the media on the crime stats between October and December 2024.
Sixty-five percent of the 2,300 rape cases reported in the province were sampled to provide an indication of the places of occurrence for most of the rape incidents.
Three hundred and fifty-three of them took place in public areas like streets, parks, and parking areas.
Twenty-one occurred in educational institutions such as schools, daycare facilities, and universities.
Provincial crime registrar Brigadier Mpho Chakalane said, "The most incidents are happening in the residence of perpetrators, family place or neighbours with 960 counts and leisure place with 29."
Dumping sites, tuck shops, entertainment facilities, and public transport areas were also used in the commission of these crimes.