Afrobarometer Survey 2011, Round 5
South Africa, 2011
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ZAF_2011_AFB-R5_v01_M
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The Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Michigan State University (MSU)
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Q11. Main reason for not reporting crimes to the police (Q11)
Data file: saf_r5_data_july_2015
Overview
Valid:
2399
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
4
Range:
-1 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
11. Some people say that many crimes are never reported to the police. Based on your experience, what do you think is the main reason that many people do not report crimes like thefts or attacks to the police when they occur?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | 2 |
0.1%
|
|
| 0 | Most people do report crimes to the police | 642 |
26.8%
|
| 1 | People don't have enough time to report crimes | 74 |
3.1%
|
| 2 | No police or police station in the area/police station too f | 125 |
5.2%
|
| 3 | Police don't listen or care | 772 |
32.2%
|
| 4 | Police would have demanded money or a bribe to help | 61 |
2.5%
|
| 5 | Police wouldn't have been be able to do anything | 194 |
8.1%
|
| 6 | Police may be involved in the robbery or assault | 65 |
2.7%
|
| 7 | Victim feared reprisal from attacker | 220 |
9.2%
|
| 8 | Victim too ashamed or embarrassed | 66 |
2.8%
|
| 9 | Crime was reported to some other authority like local govern | 9 |
0.4%
|
| 10 | Lack of evidence or witnesses. | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Criminal unknown / lack of suspect | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | People fear police / don't trust police | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 13 | Crime was minor | 1 |
0%
|
| 14 | Criminals were relatives or friends | 1 |
0%
|
| 15 | Don't know how to report / ignorance | 0 |
0%
|
| 16 | People forgive the criminals | 1 |
0%
|
| 700 | Police take long to respond | 14 |
0.6%
|
| 9995 | Other | 55 |
2.3%
|
| 9999 | Don't know | 91 |
3.8%
|
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.