Verulam has been identified as one of the top 30 stations for murder reports, ranking second in its province with 26 cases.
THE recently released South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics revealed that Chatsworth, Phoenix, and Verulam were among the top 30 police stations in the province with the highest number of reported serious crime cases.
Verulam has been identified as one of the top 30 stations for murder reports, ranking second in its province with 26 cases.
In respect of sexual offences, Verulam was 18th in the country and 7th in the province with 50 cases reported during that period. It was also 6th in the province with 41 rapes reported
Phoenix had the 9th highest number of serious crimes reported in the country and was 3rd in the province with a total of 1,612 cases. Chatsworth, which was 15th in the country and 5th in the province, had 1,463 cases. Verulam was 29th in the country and 10th in the province with 1, 277.
