Abstract
South Africa has a very high rate of murders, assaults, rapes and other crimes compared to most countries. Most South Africans who immigrate to other countries cite crime as the major reason. Crime has become a concern for all, the police, private security industry, real estate developer, car manufacturers, businessmen, etc. There is a high demand for crime prevention; and this calls for a continuous use of new, advanced and reliable methods to prevent crime. How bad is the level of crime in Limpopo and what are the major crime types? This study uses secondary data from the 2011 Census conducted by Statistics South Africa; and tries to look at the composition of crime in the province and the variables that influence crime, in order to propose measures to tackle and minimize crime in the province. Multivariate statistical analysis has been employed, and the study shows that the following variables; the population size, number of households, youth unemployment, growth rate, and dependency ratio; have a positive influence in the occurrence of crime. The study recommends the slowing down of population growth rate, decrease in household size and the reduction of youth unemployment to curb crime in the province.
Highlights
Crime is rampant and very high in South Africa
The South African Police Service is responsible for managing 1115 police stations across the country which is fighting against crime in the country (Statistics South Africa, 2011, 2013).This study intends to look at the composition of crime in the Limpopo province and the variables that influence crime, in order to propose measures to minimizing crime in the province
The Component Plot shows that growth rate (GRTR)%, Working age (WKA)% and SEXRATIO are negatively correlated to the rest of the variables in factor1 with WKA% and SEXRATIO negatively correlated to GRTR%
Summary
Crime is rampant and very high in South Africa. The rates of murder, rape (adult, child and infant) and assault, for example, are very high compared to those of most countries. We can already imagine many different causes of crime and many studies have been conducted all over the world to strategize how to bring down criminal activities. It is a constant endeavour of governments and policing organizations all over the world to bring down crime rates so that the world becomes a safer place to live in. The South African Police Service is responsible for managing 1115 police stations across the country which is fighting against crime in the country (Statistics South Africa, 2011, 2013).This study intends to look at the composition of crime in the Limpopo province and the variables that influence crime, in order to propose measures to minimizing crime in the province. The study aims to make the police departments have a sense of dangerous municipalities in order to pay more attention to them, and to assist the local governments in finding out what variables that they need to manipulate in order to make the province a better and safer place to live in
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