The crime rate in Cape Town’s Central Business District (CBD) has decreased. This is according to the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) where crime in the Cape Town CBD dropped by 56.5 % from the onset of restrictions in March 2020 – March 2021, compared with the same period from March 2019 – March 2020. As reported by SABC, Security Manager, Muneeb Hendricks, said the number of incidents fell from 1620 cases to 705.
According to Hendricks, the number of theft’s allegedly dropped by 60, robberies by 67 and ATM fraud by 95%. There’s also been a decrease in drug-related cases and suspects caught with stolen goods. Hendricks said they’ve worked together with the police and law enforcement agencies and will continue to clamp down on illegal activities in the district over the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, parking marshals are set to return to the Cape Town CBD by mid-June this year. The City says it is working on replacing its previous service provider as the contract expired in June last year.
Parking marshals are set to return to the Cape Town CBD by mid-June this year. The City says it is working on replacing its previous service provider as the contract expired in June last year. pic.twitter.com/pujsgdfN16
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