The Western Cape has nine police stations of the top 30 murder stations throughout the country, with Nyanga taking the top spot locally at position three.
The Second Quarter of the 2022/2023 Financial year (July to September 2022) statistics were released by Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, on Wednesday 23 November.
Nyanga is leading the province with 80 murder cases with an increase of 31 cases as compared to the same period last year when it had 49 cases registered.
It is closely followed by Delft in position four with 69 cases, the same number as last year.
At position five is Kraaifontein with 54 cases, with a difference of 10 cases less as compared to 64 during the same period last year.
Philippi East closely follows at position eight with 54 cases an increase of 28 as compared to 26 cases registered during the same period.
Harare occupies position nine with 53 cases, a decrease of two cases as compared to 55 cases registered during the same period last year.
Khayelitsha Police Station is at position 12 with 48 cases, a decrease of five cases, as compared to 53 cases registered during the same period last year.
Mfuleni closely follows in position 13 with 46 cases, a decrease of 22 cases as compared to 68 cases registered during the same period.
Gugulethu is at position 27 on the national list with 36 cases, a decrease of seven cases as compared to 43 cases during the same period.
Samora Machel closes the provincial list at position 29 with 34 cases registered, with a decrease of three cases compared to 37 cases during the same period.
More shockingly, Cele said over 10 000 rape cases were opened with the police, between July and September this year.
“From a sample of 8 227 rape incidents that were perused, it was determined that 5 083 which is 62% of these incidents occurred at the residence of the victims or perpetrators. A total of 1 651 of the rape incidents occurred at public places such as streets, parks and beaches,” he said.
Cele added that 69 people were raped at abandoned buildings.
He revealed that Mpumalanga was the only province to report a decrease in rape incidents.
Inanda police station in KwaZulu-Natal, Mthatha in the Eastern Cape and Delft in the Western Cape are the three top stations with the highest rape cases.
Cele said buses, taxis, trains and other modes of public transport, were the third most likely places of occurrence for rape incidents.