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

Any member report theft of personal property (Whynot_theft)

Data file: individual-2024-2025-v1

Overview

Valid: 20703

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 88

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
4	My family resolved it
5	No insurance
7	Police could do nothing/ lack of proof
8	Police would not do anything about it
9	Fear/ dislike of the police/ no involvement wanted with police
10	Did not dare (for fear of reprisal)
11	I do not trust the police
12	Other reasons (specify)
13	Do not know
88	Not applicable

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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