List of Figures


Published in Monograph No 23: Crime in Cape Town, April 1998


(Please note that all figures are in the process of being converted into electronic format - January 2002)

Figure 1: Demographic profile of weighted sample in the Cape Town victim survey: race, age and gender, February 1998

Figure 2: Demographic profile of victims in Cape Town: race, age and gender (1993-1997)

Figure 3: Levels of victimisation in Cape Town by crime type (1993-1997)

Figure 4: Levels of victimisation in Cape Town by crime type (1996 and 1997)

Figure 5: Levels of victimisation in Cape Town by crime type: African victims (1993-1997)

Figure 6: Levels of victimisation in Cape Town by crime type: coloured victims (1993-1997)

Figure 7: Levels of victimisation in Cape Town by crime type: white victims (1993-1997)

Figure 8: Reporting by crime type

Figure 9: Reasons for not reporting crime to the police

Figure 10: Levels of satisfaction with the police by victims who had reported crime

Figure 11: Crime occurrence - weekday or weekend

Figure 12: Place of incident - violent crimes

Figure 13: Place of incident - sexual crimes

Figure 14: What victims were doing - violent crimes

Figure 15: What victims were doing - sexual crimes

Figure 16: Whether victims were alone or in a group when the crime occurred - violent crimes

Figure 17: Relationship between victim and offender

Figure 18: Weapons used by crime type

Figure 19: Repeat victimisation by crime type (1993-1997)

Figure 20: Repeat victimisation of coloured respondents by crime type (1993-1997)

Figure 21: Behaviour changes as a result of crime by crime type

Figure 22: Whether households were protected in Cape Town by race

Figure 23: Parts of Cape Town regarded as most unsafe by race

Figure 24: Feelings of safety in Cape Town of victims and non-victims by time of day

Figure 25: Feelings of safety in Cape Town after dark by race

Figure 26: Perceptions of crime levels in Cape Town compared to previous years

Figure 27: Perceptions of crime levels in Cape Town compared to previous years by area

Figure 28: Perceptions of the most frequent crime type occurring in area by settlement type

Figure 29: Most feared crime type occurring in area by race

Figure 30: Perceptions of gangs in neighbourhood by geographic area

Figure 31: Most fearful aspect of crime by area of residence

Figure 32: Perceptions of whether crimes were gang-related

Figure 33: What the government should do to make Cape Town a safer place

Figure 34: What the government should do to make Cape Town a safer place by race

Figure 35: What the government should do to make Cape Town a safer place by education

Figure 36: Government strategies besides policing to make Cape Town a safer place

Figure 37: Government strategies besides policing to make Cape Town safer by education

Figure 38: What individuals can do to make Cape Town a safer place by race

Figure 39: Perceptions of police effectiveness in Cape Town in controlling crime in areas

Figure 40: Perceptions of police effectiveness in Cape Town in controlling crime by race

Figure 41: Perceptions of police effectiveness in Cape Town in controlling crime by victims of particular crimes

Figure 42: Reasons why the police are seen to be doing a good job in controlling crime

Figure 43: Reasons for police effectiveness in Cape Town in controlling crime by race

Figure 44: What kind of support would victims have liked by crime type