The Democratic Alliance (DA) believes more up to date figures would be beneficial to helping combat crime and identify trends.
The stats released today are for offences committed between April 2014 and March 2015.
The DA’s Zak Mbhele says up to date figures should be available at local police stations so that communities can be proactive in fighting crime.
“Residents through their civic associations would also then come up with their own proactive steps and measures they can take, to address those matters before they become too big.”
For the past two years, the murder rate and the total number of murders have increased, while the only crime with 100 percent reporting rate in 2013-2014 was car hijacking.
