Stats SA’s victim crime report has revealed that 60% of crimes against women in the country are committed by spouses, friends, acquaintances, and other relatives.
The latest report examining the 2024/2025 period has highlighted that in most assault cases reported by women, the perpetrators are known to their victims.
The annual report was released this morning during a briefing in Pretoria.
Stats SA
Statistician-General, Risenga Maluleke, released Stats SA’s victim crime report on Tuesday morning in Pretoria.
According to the reports, assaults committed against women in the country were done so by people known to them.
“When we combine spouse, friend, and acquaintance, we go above 60% whereas when males are exposed to crime it tends to be an unknown person. So we can see a steep against women in terms of spaces in which they can feel safe and protected; they are not so much safe and protected.”
In the majority of the assaults committed in the past year, knives were used as the weapon of choice, followed by guns.
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