As of the second quarter, the most common causative factor for kidnappings in South Africa was hijacking-related, with 2,851 reports from a select sample. This motive for kidnapping accounted for almost 19 percent of all kidnapping cases in the country. Robbery-related abductions followed, with 1,175 reports out of the select sample in the period under review.
Causative factors of kidnapping in South Africa in Q3-Q4 2023/24 and Q1-Q2 2024/25
The values were taken from quarterly South African Police Service reports from 2022/2023, and have been aggregated by Statista in order to get the total values. The source only provided select causative factors for kidnapping in all four quarters.
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