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Crime stats: These are provinces with the highest murder, rape and carjackings in SA

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Current understanding

Current understanding

One report says it identifies the provinces with the highest murder, rape and carjacking figures in South Africa. [1]

The headline does not provide the specific provinces or numbers, so the scope of the report remains unclear from the supplied metadata alone. [1]

AI-generated from linked publisher headlines. GDELT-discovered reporting is credited to the original publisher; AtlasWire does not retrieve article bodies. Generated 28 Aug 2026, 18:59 UTC.

Impact assessment

10/100

Impact assessment

routine human impact

The score is supported by one ownership group and is not independently corroborated.

Score breakdown

What shaped this score

Each dimension is scored separately out of 100.

Loss of life and injury10/100
People affectedNot yet evidenced
Living conditionsNot yet evidenced
Ongoing riskNot yet evidenced
Duration and relief accessNot yet evidenced
Wider societal impactNot yet evidenced

The strongest evidenced dimension establishes the base score. Separate human-impact dimensions can add a bounded share of the remaining headroom without double-counting the same harm.

What the reporting supports

  • Reported deathsDeaths reported without a reliable countmurder
  • Reported injuriesInjuries reported without a reliable countrape