{
  "id": 3974836,
  "title": "Crime stats: These are provinces with the highest murder, rape and carjacking in SA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/crime-stats-these-are-provinces-with-the-highest-murder-rape-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T13:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-08-28-crime-stats-these-are-the-provinces-with-highest-murder-rape-and-carjacking-in-sa/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "SAPS’s crime statistics for April to June 2026 show Gauteng recorded the most murders and carjackings, while KwaZulu-Natal had the highest number of reported rape cases. Population-based rates, however, were highest in the Eastern Cape for both murder and rape.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "CRIME STATS: Murder drops 5.9%, but political killings spike ahead of local government elections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/crime-stats-murder-drops-5-9-but-political-killings-spike-ahead-of",
        "published": "2026-08-28T18:18:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}