Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey 2024-2025

South Africa, 2024 - 2025

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Reference ID

ZAF_2024-2025_GPSJS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

Created on

Feb 23, 2026

Last modified

Feb 23, 2026

Reason for not report theft of motor vehicle (MVH_WHYNOT)

Data file: household-2024-2025-v1

Overview

Valid: 20788

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Solved it myself
2	Inappropriate for police/ police not necessary
3	Reported to other authorities instead
5	No insurance
6	Police could do nothing/lack of proof
7	Police would not do anything about it
9	Did not dare (for fear of reprisal)
88	Not applicable
99	Unspecified

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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