Sunninghill Crime statistics

Below are three graphs showing crime in Sunninghill from January to the end of June.  These stats are compared to the same period in 2008 and 2009.

 Theft of motor vehicles has decreased quite substantially but unfortunately the theft out of motor vehicle and smash and grabs have increased.  Most of the theft out of motor vehicles have occurred in Shopping Centres in Sunninghill while the smash and grabs have occurred on the corner of Maxwell Drive and Witkoppen Road.  Sunninghill Community as well as Eskom have cleared the grass and some bushes to make it easier for motorists to see any would be criminals hanging around.  A big spotlight has also been installed to help light up the intersection.  The smash and grabs in July have dropped significantly.  PLEASE REMEMBER TO KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN WHEN DRIVING THROUGH HERE AND KEEP VALUABLES IN YOUR BOOT.

Although there has been a decrease in residential house breakins in 2010, we are still concerned that these figures remain too high.  Most of these have occurred in complexes and most of the thefts have been laptops and flat screen TV’s.  A number of these theft, especially the laptop ones have been “suspect” and are thought to be insurance fraud.  A sign of the tough economic times we find ourselves in.  The increase in business breakins have occurred in shopping centres with very few being in office parks.

One area that we continue being consistently successful is the violent crimes.  Here we believe our network of dedicated patrol vehicles, live monitored CCTV camera’s and crime prevention operations with the SAPS continue to make a difference.