Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey 2024-2025
South Africa, 2024 - 2025
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zaf-statssa-gpsjs-2024-2025-v1
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Statistics South Africa
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Dec 04, 2025
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Dec 11, 2025
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- household-2024-2025-v1
- individual-2024-2025-v1
Any member report theft of personal property (Whynot_theft)
Data file: individual-2024-2025-v1
Overview
Valid:
20703
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
88
Mean:
86.552045597256
Standard deviation:
10.802800383665
Type:
Discrete
Width:
16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solved it myself | 50 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | Inappropriate for police/ police not necessary | 53 |
0.3%
|
| 3 | Reported to other authorities instead | 10 |
0%
|
| 4 | My family resolved it | 3 |
0%
|
| 5 | No insurance | 7 |
0%
|
| 7 | Police could do nothing/ lack of proof | 106 |
0.5%
|
| 8 | Police would not do anything about it | 87 |
0.4%
|
| 9 | Fear/ dislike of the police/ no involvement wanted with police | 6 |
0%
|
| 10 | Did not dare (for fear of reprisal) | 11 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | I do not trust the police | 8 |
0%
|
| 12 | Other reasons (specify) | 17 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Do not know | 8 |
0%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 20337 |
98.2%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.