As of the 2022/2023 fiscal year, there were a total of 2,524 counts of multiple murders in South Africa, which involved two or more victims. Overall, these multiple murders contributed approximately nine percent to the total number of murders recorded . KwaZulu-Natal had the highest incidences of multiple murders, with 829 reports in the period under review.
Number of multiple murders in South Africa in 2022/2023, by province
The fiscal year runs from April to March of each year.
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.
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