Community Safety
From which police stations in the Western Cape have firearms been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in the (i) 2014/15, (ii) 2015/16 and (iii) 2016/17 financial years?
3. The South African Police Service informed me as follows:
(a)(i) A total of 13 firearms were lost during 2014/2015 at the following stations:
STATION |
QTY |
Bishop Lavis |
1 |
Claremont |
1 |
Gugulethu |
2 |
Hermanus |
1 |
Hout Bay |
1 |
Khayelitsha |
1 |
Kleinvlei |
1 |
Malmesbury |
2 |
Mitchells Plain |
1 |
Mitchells Plain Local Criminal Record Centre (LCRC) |
1 |
Nyanga |
1 |
TOTAL |
13 |
(ii) A total of 6 firearms were lost during 2015/2016 at the following stations:
STATION |
QTY |
Bellville |
1 |
Cape Town |
1 |
Somerset West |
2 |
Woodstock |
1 |
TOTAL |
6 |
(iii) A total of 8 firearms were lost during 2016/2017 at the following stations:
STATION |
QTY |
Bellville |
1 |
Darling |
1 |
Gugulethu |
1 |
Kraaifontein |
1 |
Mfuleni |
2 |
Nyanga |
1 |
Stellenbosch |
1 |
TOTAL |
8 |
(b)(i) A total of 40 firearms were stolen during 2014/2015 at the following stations:
STATION |
QTY |
Athlone |
1 |
Bellville |
2 |
Bellville South |
1 |
Cape Town |
1 |
Cape Town Railway |
1 |
Claremont |
1 |
Cloetesville |
1 |
Directorate Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI) |
1 |
Durbanville |
1 |
Grassy Park |
1 |
Gugulethu |
2 |
Klapmuts |
7 |
Kuils River |
2 |
Langa |
1 |
Lansdowne |
1 |
Lentegeur |
1 |
Lingelethu West |
1 |
Lwandle |
1 |
Maitland |
1 |
Mfuleni |
1 |
Mitchells Plain Local Criminal Record Centre (LCRC) |
1 |
Nyanga |
3 |
Provincial Commissioner Crime Intelligence Gathering (PC CIG) |
1 |
Philippi |
1 |
Philippi East |
3 |
Philippi Railway |
1 |
Ravensmead |
1 |
TOTAL |
40 |
(ii) A total of 32 firearms were stolen during 2015/2016 at the following stations:
STATION |
QTY |
Athlone |
1 |
Atlantis |
1 |
Bellville |
1 |
Cape Town |
3 |
Clanwilliam |
1 |
Delft |
1 |
Directorate Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI) |
2 |
Elands Bay |
1 |
Franschoek |
1 |
Goodwood |
1 |
Groot Drakenstein |
1 |
Harare |
1 |
Hermanus |
1 |
Kraaifontein |
1 |
Lwandle |
1 |
Maitland |
1 |
Manenberg |
1 |
Mowbray |
1 |
Muizenberg |
3 |
Operational Response Services (OPS) |
2 |
Philippi |
2 |
Ravensmead |
2 |
Sea Point |
1 |
Stellenbosch |
1 |
Woodstock |
1 |
Wynberg |
1 |
TOTAL |
32 |
(iii) A total of 29 firearms were lost during 2016/2017 at the following stations:
STATION |
QTY |
Athlone x 2 |
2 |
Beaufort West |
1 |
Cape Town x 3 |
3 |
Delft |
1 |
Goodwood |
1 |
Grassy Park |
1 |
Gugulethu |
1 |
Harare |
1 |
Hermanus |
1 |
Knysna |
1 |
Kraaifontein |
1 |
Kuilsriver |
1 |
Kwanokuthula |
1 |
Macassar |
1 |
Manenberg |
1 |
Mitchells Plain |
1 |
Nyanga x 2 |
2 |
Paarl East |
1 |
Philippi |
1 |
Philippi East x 2 |
2 |
Plettenberg Bay |
1 |
Provincial Crime Intelligence Gathering (CIG) |
1 |
Ravensmead |
1 |
Table Bay Harbour |
1 |
TOTAL |
29 |