Crime in Cape Town: Results of a City Victim Survey

This executive summary outlines the purpose and goals of a victim survey conducted to analyze crime in Cape Town, emphasizing its role in supplementing police data and informing policy interventions.

• Victim surveys serve as an independent method to supplement police information by questioning a representative sample of a population to measure both actual experiences of victimization and general perceptions of safety.
• The survey aims to achieve four primary goals: determining the nature and extent of crime (including the 'dark figure' of unreported crime), measuring fear of crime across different population sectors, assessing public perceptions of police effectiveness and service delivery, and providing data to inform policy-making for crime prevention and policing strategies.

APA

Camerer, L., Louw, A., Shaw, M., Artz, L., & Wilfr (n.d.). Crime in Cape Town: Results of a City Victim Survey. Institute for Security Studies. https://issafrica.org/research/monographs/monograph-23-crime-in-cape-town-results-of-a-city-victim-survey-by-lala-camerer-antoinette-louw-mark-shaw-lillian-artz-and-wilfr

Chicago

Camerer, Lala, Antoinette Louw, Mark Shaw, Lillian Artz, and Wilfr. Crime in Cape Town: Results of a City Victim Survey. Institute for Security Studies, n.d. https://issafrica.org/research/monographs/monograph-23-crime-in-cape-town-results-of-a-city-victim-survey-by-lala-camerer-antoinette-louw-mark-shaw-lillian-artz-and-wilfr.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{camererndcrime, author = {Camerer, Lala and Louw, Antoinette and Shaw, Mark and Artz, Lillian and Wilfr}, title = {{Crime in Cape Town: Results of a City Victim Survey}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, url = {https://issafrica.org/research/monographs/monograph-23-crime-in-cape-town-results-of-a-city-victim-survey-by-lala-camerer-antoinette-louw-mark-shaw-lillian-artz-and-wilfr}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }