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Police Precinct Crime & Demographic Data 2011

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zaf-dpru-ppcd-2011-v1
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Dr Amy Thornton , Prof Haroon Bhorat, Dr Adaiah Lilenstein , Jabulile Monnakgotla, Kirsten van der Zee
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Jun 08, 2026
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Data file: ppcd-metros-2011-v1

Cases: 885
Variables: 94

Variables

police_district_mm
Precinct ID with precincts in metros aggregated to one precinct
propmale
(mean) propmale
pdcpop
(mean) pdcpop
totpop
(mean) totpop
pr_code
(p 50) pr_code
educ1prop
No Schooling
educ2prop
Some Primary
educ3prop
Completed Primary
educ4prop
Some Secondary
educ5prop
Grade 12
educ6prop
Higher Education
africanprop
(mean) africanprop
colouredprop
(mean) colouredprop
asianprop
(mean) asianprop
whiteprop
(mean) whiteprop
otherraceprop
(mean) otherraceprop
avgage
(mean) avgage
youth
Proportion of 15-30 year olds in the population
urbanprop
(mean) urbanprop
tribalprop
(mean) tribalprop
farmprop
(mean) farmprop
avgpcinc
(mean) avgpcinc
lnavgpcinc
(mean) lnavgpcinc
lnavgpcinc2
(mean) lnavgpcinc2
gini
(mean) gini
ge2
(mean) ge2
ge0
(mean) ge0
ge1
(mean) ge1
empoftot
(mean) empoftot
unempoftot
(mean) unempoftot
discoftot
(mean) discoftot
neaoftot
(mean) neaoftot
bunempoftot
(mean) bunempoftot
empoflf
(mean) empoflf
unempoflf
(mean) unempoflf
discoflf
(mean) discoflf
bunempoflf
(mean) bunempoflf
police_district
Station Name
province
Province of Station
year
Year starting April and ending March
cluster
Cluster
crime1
Community reported crimes
crime2
Abduction
crime3
All theft not mentioned elsewhere
crime4
Arson
crime5
Assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm
crime6
Attempted murder
crime7
Attempted sexual offences
crime8
Bank robbery
crime9
Burglary at non-residential premises
crime10
Burglary at residential premises
crime11
Carjacking
crime12
Commercial crime
crime13
Common assault
crime14
Common robbery
crime15
Contact sexual offences
crime16
Crimen injuria
crime17
Culpable homicide
crime18
Driving under the influence of alcohol
crime19
Drug-related crime
crime20
Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition
crime21
Kidnapping
crime22
Malicious damage to property
crime23
Murder
crime24
Neglect and ill-treatment of children
crime25
Old indecent assault
crime26
Old rape and attempted rape
crime27
Public violence
crime28
Rape
crime29
Robbery at non-residential premises
crime30
Robbery at residential premises
crime31
Robbery of cash in transit
crime32
Robbery with aggravating circumstances
crime33
Sexual assault
crime34
Sexual offences detected as result of police action
crime35
Shoplifting
crime36
Stock-theft
crime37
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle
crime38
Theft out of or from motor vehicle
crime47
Truck hijacking
dtag
tag(police_district_mm)
propcr
Property crime aggregate count (metro)
burglary
Burglary count
propcrpcrate
Property crime per-capita rate (metro)
propcrkrate
Property crime per-100,000 rate (metro)
burglarypcrate
Burglary per-capita rate
burglarykrate
Burglary per-100,000 rate
lburglarykrate
Log burglary per-100,000 rate
lpropertykrate
Log property crime per-100,000 rate
areamm
Metro area in square kilometres
LOCATION_X
LOCATION_X
LOCATION_Y
LOCATION_Y
matricplus
Share with Grade 12 or higher (educ5prop + educ6prop)
areamm_1000
Metro area in thousands of square kilometres
Total: 94
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