{"id":219893,"date":"2019-10-05T06:30:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T04:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=219893"},"modified":"2019-10-04T15:34:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T13:34:34","slug":"victims-crime-survey-20182019-public-urged-report-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/10\/05\/victims-crime-survey-20182019-public-urged-report-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Victims of Crime Survey 2018\/2019 \u2013 Public urged to report all crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reporting any act of criminality to authorities allows them to properly and effectively deal with the problem.<\/p>\n

So said armed response company Fidelity ADT, in response to this week\u2019s release of the Victims of Crime Survey for 2018\/2019.<\/p>

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The Victims of Crime Survey records levels of crime and feelings of safety in the country based on a sample of 27 000 households.<\/p>\n

It was released by Statistics South Africa on Thursday.<\/p>

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\u201cIt appears from the report that people are not reporting crime to the police.<\/p>\n

\u201cLess than half of house break-ins were reported to police and just 60 per cent of home robberies were reported,\u201d said Charnel Hattingh, national marketing and communications manager for Fidelity ADT.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the public needs to understand is that by reporting crime you are helping the authorities establish crime trends.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis in turn leads to better allocation of resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour crime report could also lead to more arrests as your crime could be a critical link to another similar crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She said crime reports and trends are established that assist communities and homeowners to make better decisions regarding their safety plans and security systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the same way, we run the risk of crime levels being allowed to reach unmanageable levels if incidents are not reported to authorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey can hardly be expected to respond adequately if we don\u2019t report crime when it happens,\u201d she warned.<\/p>\n

Hattingh also called on the public to show support for local security efforts in communities, such as neighbourhood watches.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese volunteer patrollers are proven to make a positive difference to any area\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are the \u2018eyes and ears\u2019 for the police and for armed response companies such as ourselves, and we can all be safer if we stand together and make our suburbs \u2018no go zones\u2019 for crime,\u201d said Hattingh.<\/p>\n

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