I see that the crime stats are out and are basically recording exactly what I personally experienced, which is that house robberies are up as are robberies of businesses. In fact, the business across the road from me, Limelight, was robbed this past weekend with the thieves apparently gaining access via the roof and that of course is on Jan Smuts Avenue. Nobody even seems to have noticed. One has to hope that one’s security guards actually are awake at the time that the criminals come, and at the very least press a button. One wonders about the fate however of many of the northern suburbs if house robberies continue to increase at the rate that they are at the moment as clearly there is going to be a much bigger move towards gated communities. From my point of view, I certainly won’t live anywhere but in a gated community ever again. I don’t want some nervous criminal, reeking of alcohol, holding me and my family at gunpoint one more time.