Community Safety
(1) What are the addresses of all police stations in the area of the (a) greater Kraaifontein, (b) Brackenfell, (c) Durbanville, (d) Fisantekraal/Klipheuwel, (e) Parow and (f) Bellville,
(2) (a) whether each station have a fully functional CPF structure in place; (b) in which areas are (i) neighbourhood watch (ii) street committees part of the CPF structures; (c) how many clusters are in each of the CPF’s;
(3) what is the general nature of crimes reported in the area of the (a) greater Kraaifontein, (b) Brackenfell, (c) Durbanville, (d) Fisantekraal/Klipheuwel, (e) Parow and (f) Bellville,
(4) (a) in which areas are the drug related crimes the highest and (b) what strategies are in place to deal with these specific crimes and incidents?
The South African Police Service informed me that:
[1][a] Kraaifontein Police Station - 20 Botfontein Road, Kraaifontein
[b] Brackenfell Police Station - Brackenfell Boulevard , Brackenfell
[c] Durbanville Police Station - 2 Church Street, Durbanville
[d] Fisantekraal - Durbanville Satellite Police Station - 2 Dullah Omar Street, Fisantekraal
[f] Bellville Police Station – 5 Voortrekker Road, Bellville
[e] Parow Police Station – 1 Arnold Willem Street, Parow
[2][a] Yes
[b][i] Kraaifontein , Brackenfell, Durbanville, Parow and Bellville
[ii] The street committees are not represented at the CPF’s but at subforums.
[c ] Clusters are not represented in the CPF’s. Each Cluster has a Cluster CPF Board.
[3] General nature of crimes reported in the area of the greater:
[a] Kraaifontein - Theft General, Burglary Residential Premises, Common Assaults, Theft out of/from Motor Vehicle and Robbery Aggravating.
[b] Brackenfell - Theft General, Burglary Residential Premises, Theft out of/from Motor Vehicle, Shoplifting and Commercial Crime.
[c] Durbanville – Burglary Residential Premises, Theft General, Theft out of/from Motor Vehicle, Commercial Crime and Malicious Damage to Property.
[d] *Fisantekraal and Klipheuwel – Drug Related Crime , Theft General, Common Assault , Burglary Residential Premises & Assault GBH.
*Please note: Fisantekraal resort under Durbanville and Klipheuwel under Kraaifontein therefore crimes committed in these areas are captured in the statistics of Durbanville and Kraaifontein respectively.
[e] Parow – Theft General , Theft out of/from Motor Vehicle, Burglary Residential Premises, Shoplifting & Common Robbery.
[f] Bellville – Theft General, Theft out of/from Motor Vehicle, Burglary Residential Premises, Commercial Crime, & Shoplifting.
[4][a] Kraaifontein in terms of the stations cited in the given question.
[b]
- Focused intelligence driven operations against drugs outlets;
- Dealt with in terms of the Prevention of Organized Crime Act
- Problematic buildings and Council owned property is reported to the City of Cape Town
- Awareness programs in the affected communities
