The province has seen a number of mass killings in recent months, which have left several dead.
These shocking statistics were revealed at the Khayelitsha Crisis Response Summit held on Thursday.
The Khayelitsha Development Forum is hosting the minister to respond to high incidents of contact crimes that have been reported in the township.
This has been revealed by the police service in a reply to a question from Western Cape Community Safety and Police Oversight MEC Reagen Allen.
The three men appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court this week.
There have been no breakthrough in the most recent mass murder in Khayelitsha in which six people lost their lives.
Police Minister Bheki Cele and Western Cape police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile visited the Taiwan informal settlement on Tuesday where six men were killed on Sunday night, in the third mass shooting in Khayelitsha since March.
The pair were tracked down and apprehended on Tuesday.
Thando Shuba, who's charged with six counts of murder, was granted bail of R800 by the Khayelitsha Magistrate's Court and his case has been remanded until July.
Western Cape Police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile visited the area on Monday and said that they were hunting several suspects.
On Sunday night, six men were shot dead in the Taiwan informal settlement in Site C.
This latest attack occurred in the Site C area on Sunday night.
There's been a spate of mass killings in the area over the past several weeks, in which over a dozen people have died.
The shootings occurred at different locations in Site B in Khayelitsha on Saturday.
The Khayelitsha Urban Surveillance Project, named 'uyabonwa' which means to be seen, has been in the pipeline for nearly two years.
Criminology expert Dr Simon Howell said that though police were calling on communities to report extortion-related matters, the extortion gangs still required direct engagement from authorities.
Residents and business owners told Eyewitness News that the extortion problem was growing.
Thirteen people were killed and five were wounded in the attacks on Saturday.
