Indian South Africans are bearing the brunt of crime in South Africa, according to a national survey.
In the survey it is also revealed that close to 90 percent of whites, Indians and coloureds believe that very little, or nothing at all, was being done about crime by the government and about 60 percent of their black countrymen agreed with them.
This is according to a study conducted by Markinor for the Institute of Security Studies on the perceptions of crime and violence in South Africa.
The report concludes that Indians were the minority group bearing the brunt of criminal activities with at least 66 percent of Indian adults questioned knowing someone who had been a victim of crime.
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Whites followed with 56 percent of adults questioned saying they were aware of someone who had been a victim of crime.
Only 32 percent of all blacks questioned knew someone who was a victim of crime and coloureds appeared to be the group least affected by crime, with only 31 percent saying they knew someone who was a victim.
The report suggests that this perception of crime by the Indian community may have left the community feeling disempowered and disregarded.
Recently-released official SAPS crime statistics also showed that Indian communities were under siege, particularly by hijackers, with three of KwaZulu-Natal's five top hotspots being predominantly Indian areas.
Phoenix, Chatsworth and Isipingo all recorded extremely high hijacking figures between April last year and March this year.
Minority Front caucus leader in eThekwini, Jayraj Singh, said there was a lot of complacency in the Indian community and residents did not want to fight crime together.
"There is a lot of apathy in the community but to a certain extent the SAPS are to blame for having a laissez-faire approach to crime," he said.
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