Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey 2024-2025
South Africa, 2024 - 2025
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Feb 23, 2026
Last modified
Feb 23, 2026
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- household-2024-2025-v1
- individual-2024-2025-v1
Protect yourself against crime (Perscomm)
Data file: individual-2024-2025-v1
Overview
Valid:
20703
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
8
Type:
Discrete
Width:
16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Continue watching | 270 |
1.3%
|
| 2 | Confront the criminal | 990 |
4.8%
|
| 3 | Call the police | 7994 |
38.6%
|
| 4 | Call the security service | 1132 |
5.5%
|
| 5 | Call my neighbour | 8749 |
42.3%
|
| 6 | I will use my cell phone to record | 131 |
0.6%
|
| 7 | Walk away / run away | 1061 |
5.1%
|
| 8 | Other (specify) | 376 |
1.8%
|
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.