AGRICULTURAL NEWS - National crime statistics have been released and the latest figures show a definite increase in stock theft over the last year.
Stock theft cases showed an 8,8% increase, from 24 715 to 26 902, compared with the previous reporting period.
Of the annual stock theft cases reported to SA police over the past decade, this latest figure was the fifth highest.
Over the past ten years (1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010) reported cases peaked at 29 428.
At provincial level, the latest numbers showed stock theft was on the rise in all nine of SA’s provinces.
