South Africa has 5 most crime ridden cities in the world

South Africa’s capital Pretoria is the second most crime-ridden city in the world after Caracas in Venezuela, according to the latest international rankings by Numbeo.Four other South African cities were on the list, resulting in it being the only country in the world that has five cities in the top 20 on the list released by the website numbeo.com.Durban and Johannesburg follow at number three and four respectively.Port Elizabeth is at number eight with Cape Town ranking at number 18, meaning South Africa has the highest number of most dangerous cities in the world’s top 20.
Analysts said these rankings appear to be in line with the crime statistics released periodically by South Africa’s police minister, Bheki Cele.In February this year, Cele confirmed while sharing the statistics for the last quarter of 2023 that there were around 7,700 murders during that period. He also disclosed figures for gender-based violence that activists fighting women abuse said were “alarming.” “From a sample size of 7,340 murders it was established that arguments, misunderstandings, and provocation remain the top causal factor leading to 1,116 murders. 431 murders were linked to vigilantism and mob justice attacks,” Cele said.
The minister highlighted illegal mining and extortionist crimes in various industries also impact South Africa.“Kidnappings for ransom has become a lucrative commodity for organised crime in South Africa. The SAPS (South Africa Police Services) continues in its efforts to identify and arrest groupings linked to kidnappings especially where ransom demands are being made. More than 300 suspects linked to these kidnappings have been arrested in the last two years,” Cele said.
According to  criminologist, Professor Kholofelo Rakubu, South Africa had a culture of violence and that violence had become a normalised and accepted form of communication in South African society, being seen as a legitimate means to resolve disputes and highlight issues.Three socio-economic factors can initially be identified, as playing an important role in the understanding of the incidence of crime,” she said.“High levels of unemployment mean that the probability of gaining a legal income would be low, while high levels of illegal income simultaneously increases the payoff from criminal activity as well as increasing the opportunity cost of criminal activity.” Rakubu did not rule out corruption as one of the factors of violent crime in the country.
Eleven Indian cities were also mentioned in the list, with Delhi being at 70th position, Noida at 87th and Gurgaon at 95th.The Indian other cities on the list were Bangalore (102), Indore (136), Kolkata (159), Mumbai (169), Hyderabad (174), Chandigarh (177) and Pune (184).