South Africans Face a Murder Risk Seven Times Higher than the Global Norm

The Editorial Board

November 29, 2025

4 min read

The latest crime data show that South Africans are approximately seven times more likely to be murdered than the global average, nearly three times more likely than the continental African average, and almost twenty times more likely than residents of Europe or Asia.
South Africans Face a Murder Risk Seven Times Higher than the Global Norm
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