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

Main thing you have done to protect yourself against crime (Whatway)

Data file: individual-2024-2025-v1

Overview

Valid: 20703

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 88

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
1	I do not walk alone anymore
2	I use safer routes
3	I only walk during safer hours
4	I am more aware of my surrounding now
5	I have now stopped using public transport
6	I carry a pepper spray
7	I carry a knife/screwdriver/blade
8	I carry a gun
9	I have enrolled in self-defence class
10	Other (specify)
11	Private security (e.g. paid armed response)
12	Other (specify)
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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