Governance Public Safety and Justice Survey 2022-2023
South Africa, 2022 - 2023
Get Microdata
Reference ID
ZAF_2022-2023_GPSJS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
Metadata
Created on
Aug 12, 2025
Last modified
Aug 12, 2025
Page views
481
Downloads
20
Any member report theft of personal property (WhyNot_Theft)
Data file: gpsjs-2022-2023-individual-v1
Overview
Valid:
20543
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 88
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solved it myself | 48 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | Inappropriate for police/ police not necessary | 39 |
0.2%
|
| 3 | Reported to other authorities instead | 13 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | My family resolved it | 13 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | No insurance | 10 |
0%
|
| 6 | Floods prevented us from reporting crime | 1 |
0%
|
| 7 | Police could do nothing/ lack of proof | 88 |
0.4%
|
| 8 | Police would not do anything about it | 101 |
0.5%
|
| 9 | Fear/ dislike of the police/ no involvement wanted with police | 4 |
0%
|
| 10 | Did not dare (for fear of reprisal) | 1 |
0%
|
| 11 | I do not trust the police | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | Other reasons (specify) | 17 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Do not know | 3 |
0%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 20186 |
98.3%
|
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.