Governance Public Safety and Justice Survey 2023-2024
South Africa, 2023 - 2024
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Reference ID
ZAF_2023-2024_GPSJS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
Metadata
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May 05, 2025
Last modified
May 05, 2025
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Housebreaking/burglary: WhyNot (Q12B5Whynot)
Data file: gpsjs-2023-2024-hhold-v1
Overview
Valid:
21121
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solved it myself | 149 |
0.7%
|
| 2 | Inappropriate forpolice/police not necessary | 70 |
0.3%
|
| 3 | Reported to otherauthorities instead | 57 |
0.3%
|
| 4 | My family resolved it | 39 |
0.2%
|
| 5 | No insurance | 5 |
0%
|
| 7 | Police could do nothing/lack of proof | 151 |
0.7%
|
| 8 | Police would not do anything about it | 150 |
0.7%
|
| 9 | Fear/dislike of the police/no involvement wanted with police | 5 |
0%
|
| 10 | Did not dare(For fear of reprisal) | 8 |
0%
|
| 11 | I do not trust the police | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | Other reasons(Specify) | 31 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Do not know | 6 |
0%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 20400 |
96.6%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 31 |
0.1%
|
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.