The Western Cape has seen a decline in crime according to the country's annual police crime statistics.
The stats from March 2020 to April 2021 were compared with figures from the same period in 2019/2020.
The stats released in parliament on Wednesday showed that contact crimes such as murder, sexual offences, assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm, and robbery had decreased by 17,1%.
In this category, the only noted increase was attempted murder, which saw a 16,5% spike, from 3 555 to 4143 cases.
The total percentage of sexual offences cases reported also saw a drop in rape (-8,9%), sexual assault (-24,6%), and contact sexual offences (-3,3%), while attempted sexual offences increased by 17,2%.
Crimes such as robbery at residences, cash in transit heists, and truck jacking, which falls under the subcategory of aggravated robbery, saw an overall increase of 34,1%, while property related crime decreased by 25%.
Police arrests increased by 34, 8% for crimes such as the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, drug-related crimes, driving under the influence and sexual offences.
Of the 30 stations in the country where the most serious crimes were reported, Mitchells Plain ranked 5th, with Cape Town Central 8th and Kraaifontein 9th.
Delft took the number 12 spot and Mfuleni, Nyanga, and Worcester were 19, 21 and 22 respectively.
All these stations, however, saw a decrease in the number of crimes reported.
While Delft saw a decrease in its rape cases stats, it still had the third-highest rape cases reported in the country with 213 cases.
Harare’s rape cases increased by 17,9% and ranked at sixth, nationally.
Of the top 30 stations with the highest murder cases nationally, Khayelitsha was ranked number 1, with 265 cases compared 251 the previous year.
Delft, Nyanga, Kraaifontein, Harare, Philippi East, Mfuleni, Samora Machel, Mitchells Plain and Manenberg also featured on this list.
Western Cape MEC for Community Safety, Albert Fritz, previously told Weekend Argus that he was happy with the decline in the crime figures, but also believed that much more needs to be done to maintain it.