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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87873, member: 27"]
Violent crime took a meaningful hit across the Free State, but attempted murder and carjackings quietly crept upward during the same window.

Q3 2025 contact crime numbers
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[*]Murder fell 13.3% across the Free State.
[*]Sexual offences slid down by 9.4%.
[*]Assault GBH dipped 8.1% province-wide.
[*]Common assault shrank by 11.6%.
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Where killings keep happening
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[*]Most murders occurred at homes or liquor spots.
[*]Alcohol keeps fueling interpersonal violence there.
[*]Streets and open fields remain hotspots.
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Crimes still climbing despite the wins
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[*]Attempted murder jumped 4.8% this quarter.
[*]Carjackings and kidnappings stayed problematic regionally.
[*]Modise flagged these for targeted crackdowns.
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Mbalula's pitch to Free State residents
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[*]Jabu Mbalula credited beefed-up police visibility.
[*]Festive-season deployments helped swing the numbers.
[*]Farm-attack arrests and Operation Shanela contributed.
[*]His warning to criminals was blunt.
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Gender-based violence crackdown angle
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[*]A Provincial GBV Desk monitors station compliance.
[*]Victim-friendly rooms got mandated at police stations.
[*]Mbalula framed domestic abuse as systemic violence.
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Courts are throwing the book at offenders
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[*]Life sentences were handed down for murders and rapes.
[*]Terms stretched up to 55 years for some.
[*]Child-crime convictions drew equally harsh punishment.
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