This is when your home is most likely to be broken into in South Africa
Home robbery and housebreaking are among the most frightening and dangerous crimes to experience. It is frightening because it violates our private space and the one place that we think of as our sanctuary.
According to the latest report released by Statistics South Africa, Exploring the extent of and circumstances surrounding housebreaking/burglary and home robbery, the general crime rate in terms of the proportion of households that experience crime has been declining during the last five years.
This reality, however, has not quelled the growing perception that crime is on the increase in South Africa, the stats body said.
Over 50% of all crimes experienced by households in South Africa in 2015/16 were housebreaking. Home robbery (11.9%) was the second most common type of crime experienced by South African households.
Whites had the highest rates of victimisation compared to other groups both in 2011 and 2015/16.
However, whites experienced the sharpest decline of househ…
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