36/1/4/1/201400100
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 634
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 18 JULY 2014
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 5-2014)
634. Ms D Kohler (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
(a) What is the police to population ratio in each province respectively
and (b)(i) which area has the highest number of reported crimes in each
province and (ii) what is the police to population ratio for each area
respectively?
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REPLY:
Question (a)
The police to population ratio indicated below was calculated taking into
account the Mid-Year Population Estimates, 2013. Only personnel appointed
in terms of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Act, Act 68 of 1995,
geographically placed within provinces were taken into consideration. This
includes national responsibilities operating within provinces. Also note
that personnel placed at Head Office have been excluded and a national
ration can therefore not be calculated on the statistics listed below. The
national ratio is 1:346 (based on 153Â 116 SAPS Act personnel).
|Province |Population |SAPS Act |Police/Population |
| |Estimate |Personnel |Ratio |
|Eastern Cape |6 620 100 |19 059 |1:347 |
|Free State |2 753 200 |11 311 |1:243 |
|Gauteng |12 728 400 |35 427 |1:359 |
|Kwazulu-Natal |10 456 900 |24 522 |1:426 |
|Limpopo |5 518 000 |11 469 |1:481 |
|Mpumalanga |4 128 000 |9 200 |1:449 |
|Northern Cape |1 162 900 |6 328 |1:184 |
|North West |3 597 600 |9 257 |1:389 |
|Western Cape |6 016 900 |19 824 |1:304 |
|TOTAL |52 982 000 |146 397 | |
Question (b)(i) & (b)(ii)
The SAPS is functioning on three organisation levels, namely national,
provincial and station (local) level. SAPS areas were phased out in 2006
and it is therefore requested that it be clarified what is meant with the
âareasâ referred to in this question. Once it is clarified a response will
be prepared in this regard.