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Number of police recorded kidnapping offenses in South Africa 2013/14-2022/23
As of 2022/2023, the number of kidnapping offenses recorded by the South African police amounted to over 15,000 offenses, indicating a peak in the period under review. In comparison to the number of kidnapping cases in the preceding year, this number increased by almost 42 percent.