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Renault has seen better days The 2013 Cape Classic Car show was held at the Jan Burger Sports Complex in Parow on Sunday. Besides the cars and motorcycles on show, the event also featured activities for the little ones, as well as performances by the Brackenfell Junior Drum Majorettes and the Cape Field Artillery Band. The event was sponsored by Car Magazine and the Lions Club of Cape Town and Goodwood. Pictured here is one of the Renault exhibits. PHOTO: DAVE COLINS
MIDTERM STATS: HOTSPOTS ‘A CONCERN’
Crime up: new trends MICHELLE LINNERT
common robbery, residential robberies, as well as business robberies.
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ew areas are being targeted for burglaries, CBDs remain crime hotspots, and integrated services by police and other crime fighting entities will meet the challenges head-on as the festive season draws near. This was the message from Brigadier Darius van der Ross, commander of the Bellville police cluster, which includes Bellville, Parow, Goodwood and Bothasig. The cluster released their mid-term crime statistics at a media briefing last Thursday. Crime categories included in the report include robbery and related crimes, such as
Increase “The statistics saw an increase compared with last year’s figures, those for 2012/2013,” Van der Ross said. He cited the biggest contributing factor to this increase in crime as that within the two CBDs of Bellville and Parow – involving robbery of money, jewellery and cellphones as items of choice. “This is due to the massive influx of commuters,” he said. Van der Ross also said housebreaking has seen a slight increase.
“We call it a stabilisation. Bellville specifically has seen an increase, but this category is down in the others. The Richwood and Stellenridge areas that were never part of our crime statistics in previous years, are seeing a massive increase in recent time,” he said. “The area of concern in Bothasig is Burgundy Estate, but there is an integrated service of police and security companies in the area. But people should be made aware that this is a new trend in terms of geographic area for housebreaking,” he said. “Business break-ins have seen a massive increase. What used to be between 5 % to 6 %, is now at 15 % in these two areas. Busi-
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Pattern “The affected areas are Parow and Bellville’s CBDs and the industrial areas of Parow, Bellville and Stikland. He said the pattern suggested that most burglaries take place at night, especially where there is static security and a lack of foot patrol and vehicle patrols. “Our own street patrols revolve outside of the business premises and cannot always be aware of what’s going on on the inside. V To page 2.
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