The four major hijacking hotspots in Pretoria
Here's a list of the top four spots in Pretoria where you are most likely to get hijacked.
According to the latest crime statistics released by the South African Police Service, more than 5,400 carjacking incidents were reported in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2024/2025 (April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024).
Although that is a 0.9% decrease from the previous year (April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2023), hijacking remains a major issue in South Africa.
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According to the newly released statistics, four Pretoria suburbs made the top 30 list of places where robbery with aggravated circumstances takes place.
Based on these statistics, Pretoria Rekord listed the four places in Pretoria where you would likely get hijacked:
- Pretoria West in Pretoria had 58 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Loate had 53 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Mamelodi East had 50 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Rietgat had 141 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
Here are the four places in Pretoria where the most aggravated robberies were reported:
- Loate in Pretoria had 239 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Pretoria West had 201 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Akasia had 170 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Temba had 169 cases reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
Aggravated robberies include hijacking, robbery at residential premises, robbery at non-residential premises, robbery of cash in transit, bank robbery, and truck robbery.
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Three Pretoria suburbs featured under the top 30 places you are most likely to get robbed:
- Brooklyn had 171 cases of common robbery reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Pretoria Central reported 87 cases of common robbery from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
- Temba had 61 cases of common robbery reported from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.
Here are the top 30 locations in South Africa which reported the most hijackings in the first quarter of the fiscal:
These are the most hijacked vehicles from April 2024 to June 2024:
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