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
Last modified
Dec 11, 2025
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Main thing you have done to protect yourself against crime (Whatway)
Data file: individual-2024-2025-v1
Overview
Valid:
20703
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
88
Mean:
53.319808723373
Standard deviation:
40.758482143038
Type:
Discrete
Width:
16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I do not walk alone anymore | 534 |
2.6%
|
| 2 | I use safer routes | 1287 |
6.2%
|
| 3 | I only walk during safer hours | 2829 |
13.7%
|
| 4 | I am more aware of my surrounding now | 12 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | I have now stopped using public transport | 182 |
0.9%
|
| 6 | I carry a pepper spray | 131 |
0.6%
|
| 7 | I carry a knife/screwdriver/blade | 193 |
0.9%
|
| 8 | I carry a gun | 30 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | I have enrolled in self-defence class | 2546 |
12.3%
|
| 10 | Other (specify) | 234 |
1.1%
|
| 11 | Private security (e.g. paid armed response) | 472 |
2.3%
|
| 12 | Other (specify) | 260 |
1.3%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 11993 |
57.9%
|
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.