Incidents of copper cable theft and vandalism in Johannesburg, 2016/17–2024/25
This dataset tracks the number of incidents of copper cable theft and infrastructure vandalism in the City of Johannesburg by financial year. It contains the total incidents per financial year and calculated daily averages. The data is sourced from City Power's Business Plans, Quarterly Reports and responses to questions asked by The Outlier
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The data
10 rows, 4 columns.
- year Category
- Financial year (runs 1 July to 30 June, eg, 2024/25). 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26
- date Date
- Final date of the financial year (YYYY-06-30). 2017-06-30 – 2026-06-30
- cable_theft_incidents Number
- 1054 – 2347
- per_day Number
- 2.9 – 6.4
Latest rows
| year | date | cable_theft_incidents | per_day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2026-06-30 | 1054 | 2.9 |
| 2024/25 | 2025-06-30 | 1138 | 3.1 |
| 2023/24 | 2024-06-30 | 1556 | 4.3 |
| 2022/23 | 2023-06-30 | 2347 | 6.4 |
| 2021/22 | 2022-06-30 | 2175 | 6.0 |
| 2020/21 | 2021-06-30 | 1899 | 5.2 |
| 2019/20 | 2020-06-30 | 1639 | 4.5 |
| 2018/19 | 2019-06-30 | 1865 | 5.1 |
| 2017/18 | 2018-06-30 | 1644 | 4.5 |
| 2016/17 | 2017-06-30 | 1609 | 4.4 |
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