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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 Methodology
 Counting rules
 Quality management
 Dissemination

 Crime statistics analysis

 National crime overview
 Trend & Provincial contributions / TOP 30 contributing stations
 17 community reported serious crimes
 Contact crimes
 Kidnapping
 Contact related crimes
 Property related crime
 Other serious crime
 Crime detected as a result of police actions
 Core diversions
 Provincial crime overviews

 Definitions of crime
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METHODOLOGY


 Crimes perpetrated within the borders of South Africa reported at the 1 163 police stations including satellite stations and stations at
ports of entry are discussed in this report. Reported crimes are recorded as they are brought (by either the victims, witnesses or third
parties) to the attention of the police or as when detected by the police, irrespective of when the crime(s) were committed or who
committed them.

 The crime statistics are derived from the administrative recording process. A crime code is allocated to each reported crime type (e.g.
murder with code 31984-murder, 31990-farm murder and 31989-police murder). These crime codes are then aggregated into daily
summary of serious crime (DSSC) codes (e.g. DSSC 01 for all murder).

 For operational use, the crime statistics are extracted using the DSSC code from a live system daily/weekly to compile daily/weekly
crime reports.

 For strategic use, each station has to synchronise aggregated DSSC codes to from the live system. After all the stations synchronises in
the province, then the monthly, quarterly and annually crime statistics can be extracted nationally for computation and
dissemination.

 The crime report mainly focuses on the 21 priority crimes grouped into two main types namely:
 17 community-reported serious crimes (subdivided into four broad categories, contact, contact-related, property-related and
other serious crimes) and
 The four crimes that are detected as a result of police action.

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METHODOLOGY
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 To measure and explain the changing crime trend direction, the count difference between the years including the percentage increase
and decrease is computed. To compare the provincial crime per 100 000 a ratio is calculated and also percentage contribution is
calculated.

 The percentage changes are computed by comparing the preceding and current (period under review) financial year figures. The
following formula is used:
Percentage Change (% Increase/Decrease) = 100
 If the previous year’s figure is 0, only the actual figure for the current financial year is mentioned.

 Contribution Percentage means the ratio, expressed as a percentage calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent, of the
sum. Its used to calculate the contribution of crime , station, district to the total/sum and is computed as follows :
% Contribution = 100 (Replace "number" with the specific value you want to calculate a percentage of and "total" with
the overall value or sum).

 The crime to population ratio is computed for provincial comparability in the number of crimes committed against persons during a
specific financial year.
 The mid-year population estimates to make the computation of the ratios are obtained from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on
a quarterly and annually based on the 2021 series. The following formula is used:

Population R = 100 000

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COUNTING RULES


 The statistics represent the number of charges or counts and not the number of case dockets registered.
 One case docket can contain a single count of a specific offence, multiple counts of same offence or several different type of
offences.
 The recorded offences may involve one victim or complainant or multiple victims.
 e.g. if murder and rape occurred during a house robbery incident, all three crimes will be counted in the statistics.
 In a murders case bodies are counted, while in a rape case victims and perpetrators are counted for a charge to be registered.
 e.g. if four people are killed in one incident, then four murder counts are recorded. If three perpetrators rape one woman
then three counts of rapes will be registered. Inversely if three women are raped by one perpetrator then also three
rapes will be registered. Also if three women are raped each by three men then nine counts of rapes will be registered.

 For property crimes, regardless of how many items are taken only one count will be registered, e.g. if a TV, radio and microwave are
stolen in one incident of burglary at residential premises then only one count will be registered.

 Different crime definitions and classifications are used by different agencies or institutions. For instance, the SAPS definition of
robbery of cash in transit (CIT), differs with the definition used by the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) and/or
Cash In Transit Association of South African (CITASA). According to the SAPS definition, the CIT Company must already have taken
control over the money, while with SABRIC/CITASA the CIT Company must be present when the money is robbed and not necessarily
having taken control of the money.

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 QUALITY MANAGEMENT
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 The SAPS followed the rigorous independent data quality assessment conducted by the Data Quality Assessment Team (DQAT) during
the 2018/2019 Crime Statistic release and was granted the Official Statistics status by SG.
 The attainment of the Official Statistics status was the culmination of putting to action collaboration objectives as outlined in
the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) entered into by the two agencies, in March 2015.
 A five year period is the timeframe set by the SG’s assessment framework to maintain the Official statistics status for the Annual
Crime Statistics. However this Official Statistics status will be revoked if there is methodological change in the compilation of the
statistics and the reassessment will be initiated.
 Quality control checks conducted by SAPS include the daily Case Administration System (CAS) data quality verification performed at
National and Provincial level. The Crime Informational Management Analysis Centre (CIMAC) at police station peruse physical case
docket and alert the station management on data integrity concerns. This process is backed up by the province or national offices
where cases are referred back to station if any discrepancies are identified.
 Legal service in the organisation plays a critical role in terms of providing the quality assurance team with legal opinion where conflict
of ideas and understanding occur between the stations and quality assurance official on the correct charges.

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DISSEMINATION


 The SAPS crime statistics dissemination processes adheres to principles and standards that inter alia endorses transparency . SAPS
crime statistics dissemination processes subscribes to :
 the United Nation (UN) Fundamental principles of Official Statistics,
 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) General Data Dissemination Standard (GDDS) and
 the South African Statistical Quality Assessment Framework (SASQAF).

 According to SASQAF indicators and standards as informed by the UN’s Official Statistics principles, statistical release must be
made available to all users at the same time and must be released on a pre-announced schedule.
 The pre-announced schedule (calendar) for the quarters of the 2023/2024 financial year is published on the SAPS website
(https://www.saps.gov.za/services/crimestats.php), taking into account the GDDS requirements about the release of non-
economic statistics six weeks after the reference period.
 Definitions of crime discussed are listed in Annexure A of this report.

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REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Crime situation
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
CRIME CATEGORY Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)
Murder 5 446 5 107 6 163 7 004 6 945 -59 -0,8%
Sexual offences 13 730 11 423 11 964 13 283 13 090 -193 -1,5%
Attempted murder 4 856 4 941 5 157 6 155 6 911 756 12,3%
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 39 807 34 890 35 625 41 251 42 297 1 046 2,5%
Common assault 38 993 36 851 37 137 44 389 45 348 959 2,2%
Common robbery 13 201 9 864 9 619 12 024 12 467 443 3,7%
Robbery with aggravating circumstances 37 617 32 745 31 480 38 412 38 851 439 1,1%
Contact crime (Crimes against the person) 153 650 135 821 137 145 162 518 165 909 3 391 2,1%
SEXUAL OFFENCES - BREAKDOWN
Rape 10 985 8 922 9 556 10 590 10 516 -74 -0,7%
Sexual assault 1 964 1 758 1 753 1 895 1 847 -48 -2,5%
Attempted sexual offences 498 451 400 536 559 23 4,3%
Contact sexual offences 283 292 255 262 168 -94 -35,9%
SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Carjacking 4 882 4 803 4 973 6 149 6 009 -140 -2,3%
Robbery at residential premises 5 308 5 760 5 372 5 825 6 045 220 3,8%
Robbery at non-residential premises 5 394 4 937 4 867 5 294 4 910 -384 -7,3%
TRIO Crime 15 584 15 500 15 212 17 268 16 964 -304 -1,8%
Robbery of cash in transit 40 64 52 56 64 8 8 counts higher
Bank robbery 0 1 1 3 0 -3 3 counts lower
Truck hijacking 312 411 410 561 542 -19 -3,4%

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 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Selected contact crime: per ratio

July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
CRIME CATEGORY
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)
Murder 9.3 8.6 10.2 11.5 11.3
Rape 18.7 15.0 15.9 17.4 17.1
Attempted murder 8.3 8.3 8.6 10.1 11.2
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 67.7 58.5 59.2 67.7 68.7
Common assault 66.3 61.8 61.7 72.9 73.6
Common robbery 22.4 16.5 16.0 19.7 20.2

PER CAPITA (*RATIO PER 100 000 OF THE POPULATION). MID-YEAR POPULATION ESTIMATES, 2021 SERIES 9
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Crime situation…continue
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Contact-related crime Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES
Arson 1 057 986 1 284 1 057 980 -77 -7,3%
Malicious damage to property 26 985 26 005 27 704 29 337 28 924 -413 -1,4%
Contact-related crime 28 042 26 991 28 988 30 394 29 904 -490 -1,6%
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES
Burglary at non-residential premises 16 892 15 881 18 776 15 596 14 775 -821 -5,3%
Burglary at residential premises 49 930 39 304 35 949 40 550 38 151 -2 399 -5,9%
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 12 253 10 146 8 721 9 937 9 586 -351 -3,5%
Theft out of or from motor vehicle 30 586 22 846 19 467 22 792 22 850 58 0,3%
Stock-theft 7 878 7 339 6 663 7 342 6 935 -407 -5,5%
Property-related crime 117 539 95 516 89 576 96 217 92 297 -3 920 -4,1%
OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES
All theft not mentioned elsewhere 71 362 58 154 59 671 70 576 67 632 -2 944 -4,2%
Commercial crime 21 518 21 987 24 613 29 516 30 630 1 114 3,8%
Shoplifting 15 192 13 808 10 526 13 289 14 016 727 5,5%
Other serious crime 108 072 93 949 94 810 113 381 112 278 -1 103 -1,0%
17 Community reported serious crime 407 303 352 277 350 519 402 510 400 388 -2 122 -0,5%

CRIMES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 4 485 3 631 3 355 4 047 3 984 -63 -1,6%
Drug-related crime 45 682 29 094 30 224 38 956 42 561 3 605 9,3%
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 26 079 7 828 7 649 10 761 14 127 3 366 31,3%
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action 2 533 1 568 1 522 2 154 2 581 427 19,8%
Crime detected as a result of police action 78 779 42 121 42 750 55 918 63 253 7 335 13,1%

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 17 COMMUNITY-REPORTED SERIOUS CRIMES
Trend over three-months period
160000

137 308 136 181

140000 131 676
135 383 135 451
120000 126 899

100000

80000

60000

40000 1 925 730

20000
-4 777

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 43 028 23 939 111 633 62 512 25 186 23 051 24 564 11 724 76 873 402 510
July 2023 to September 2023 41 246 23 277 108 741 63 606 25 305 22 878 25 082 11 543 78 710 400 388
Count diff -1 782 -662 -2 892 1 094 119 -173 518 -181 1 837 -2 122
(%) Change -4,1% -2,8% -2,6% 1,8% 0,5% -0,8% 2,1% -1,5% 2,4% -0,5%
% contribution to RSA 10,3% 5,8% 27,2% 15,9% 6,3% 5,7% 6,3% 2,9% 19,7%

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17 COMMUNITY-REPORTED SERIOUS CRIMES
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Cape Town Central City of Cape Town District Western Cape 3 028 1 519 1 614 2 887 3 274 387 13,4%
2 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 2 200 1 816 1 965 2 225 2 428 203 9,1%
3 2 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 2 797 1 778 1 812 2 119 2 291 172 8,1%
4 1 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 2 779 1 841 1 864 2 150 2 084 -66 -3,1%
5 2 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 1 752 1 380 1 432 1 820 1 861 41 2,3%
6 3 Stellenbosch Cape Winelands District Western Cape 1 807 1 171 1 323 1 692 1 847 155 9,2%
7 4 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 1 856 1 495 1 434 1 557 1 818 261 16,8%
8 1 Park Road Mangaung District Free State 2 471 1 658 1 810 2 079 1 798 -281 -13,5%
9 2 Phoenix eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 1 601 1 277 1 692 1 681 1 790 109 6,5%
10 3 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 1 421 1 194 1 133 1 533 1 768 235 15,3%
11 5 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 1 635 1 567 1 393 1 613 1 755 142 8,8%
12 6 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 1 596 1 440 1 358 1 697 1 749 52 3,1%
13 1 Rustenburg Bojanala District North West 1 843 1 606 1 653 1 969 1 735 -234 -11,9%
14 4 Brooklyn Tshwane District Gauteng 1 800 1 452 1 378 1 752 1 716 -36 -2,1%
15 5 Honeydew Johannesburg District Gauteng 2 621 2 164 1 849 2 462 1 711 -751 -30,5%
16 6 Temba Tshwane District Gauteng 1 485 1 276 1 525 1 582 1 604 22 1,4%
17 7 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 1 535 1 443 1 396 1 610 1 594 -16 -1,0%
18 7 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 1 585 1 336 1 252 1 605 1 579 -26 -1,6%
19 8 Kempton Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 1 525 1 302 1 258 1 451 1 567 116 8,0%
20 3 Plessislaer Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 1 502 1 524 1 487 1 519 1 558 39 2,6%
21 4 Pinetown eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 1 775 1 487 1 777 1 617 1 536 -81 -5,0%
22 9 Pretoria Central Tshwane District Gauteng 2 218 1 391 1 466 1 600 1 534 -66 -4,1%
23 8 Worcester Cape Winelands District Western Cape 1 584 1 422 1 304 1 620 1 516 -104 -6,4%
24 5 Chatsworth eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 1 325 1 051 1 189 1 346 1 515 169 12,6%
25 10 Hillbrow Johannesburg District Gauteng 1 933 1 322 1 201 1 499 1 505 6 0,4%
26 9 Bellville City of Cape Town District Western Cape 1 613 1 267 1 128 1 264 1 499 235 18,6%
27 11 Akasia Tshwane District Gauteng 1 551 1 409 1 401 1 450 1 491 41 2,8%
28 1 Kimberley Frances Baard District Northern Cape 1 649 1 308 1 274 1 532 1 489 -43 -2,8%
29 1 Mankweng Capricorn District Limpopo 1 410 1 126 1 144 1 249 1 486 237 19,0%
30 6 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 1 371 1 409 1 535 1 540 1 472 -68 -4,4%

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CONTACT CRIME
Contact crime refers to crimes in which the victims are the targets of violence or instances where the victims
are in the vicinity of property that criminals target and are subjected to the use of/or threats of violence by
perpetrators.

 Murder
 Attempted Murder
 Sexual Offences
 Rape
 Sexual assault
 Attempted sexual offences
 Contact sexual assault

 Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

 Common assault
 Common robbery
 Robbery with aggravating circumstances
 Carjacking
 Robbery at non-residential premises
 Robbery at residential premises
 Robbery of cash in transit
 Truck Hijacking
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 CONTACT CRIME
Trend over three-months period
70000

58 456
60000 56 399
52 095
54 674 55 749
50000
51 054

40000

30000

20000 2 707
1 725

10000

-1 041
0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 17 845 9 670 46 213 27 458 10 175 8 955 10 072 4 481 27 649 162 518
July 2023 to September 2023 17 524 9 984 46 251 28 030 10 134 9 309 11 060 4 811 28 806 165 909
Count diff -321 314 38 572 -41 354 988 330 1 157 3 391
(%) Change -1,8% 3,2% 0,1% 2,1% -0,4% 4,0% 9,8% 7,4% 4,2% 2,1%
% contribution to RSA 10,6% 6,0% 27,9% 16,9% 6,1% 5,6% 6,7% 2,9% 17,4%

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CONTACT CRIME
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 928 983 923 1 077 1 074 -3 -0,3%
2 1 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 1 281 838 869 1 043 1 042 -1 -0,1%
3 2 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 850 741 771 963 1 011 48 5,0%
4 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 626 502 583 927 992 65 7,0%
5 3 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 1 015 782 793 796 991 195 24,5%
6 2 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 795 767 765 955 952 -3 -0,3%
7 4 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 621 621 666 809 894 85 10,5%
8 2 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 828 698 730 758 886 128 16,9%
9 5 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 1 058 725 683 789 855 66 8,4%
10 3 Temba Tshwane District Gauteng 756 686 840 856 840 -16 -1,9%
11 4 Hillbrow Johannesburg District Gauteng 1 095 786 658 793 833 40 5,0%
12 3 Plessislaer Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 699 736 808 896 825 -71 -7,9%
13 5 Alexandra Johannesburg District Gauteng 834 784 794 905 796 -109 -12,0%
14 6 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 716 731 628 842 794 -48 -5,7%
15 7 Mamelodi East Tshwane District Gauteng 696 674 711 739 790 51 6,9%
16 6 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 683 681 660 712 783 71 10,0%
17 8 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 701 561 586 684 762 78 11,4%
18 9 Eldorado Park Johannesburg District Gauteng 633 591 602 722 750 28 3,9%
19 4 Umlazi eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 918 760 686 752 749 -3 -0,4%
20 10 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 488 381 386 498 716 218 43,8%
21 7 Khayelitsha City of Cape Town District Western Cape 933 875 693 694 711 17 2,4%
22 5 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 524 600 594 669 695 26 3,9%
23 11 Diepsloot Johannesburg District Gauteng 586 516 446 528 678 150 28,4%
24 8 Cape Town Central City of Cape Town District Western Cape 594 287 308 629 675 46 7,3%
25 12 Akasia Tshwane District Gauteng 516 572 599 630 669 39 6,2%
26 6 Kwadukuza Ilembe District KwaZulu-Natal 655 553 633 668 647 -21 -3,1%
27 13 Protea Johannesburg District Gauteng 426 408 445 506 635 129 25,5%
28 7 Mountain Rise Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 397 376 351 492 623 131 26,6%
29 1 Thohoyandou Vhembe District Limpopo 409 486 488 671 613 -58 -8,6%
30 8 Phoenix eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 615 416 597 575 603 28 4,9%

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 SELECTED CAUSATIVE FACTORS
Murder, Attempted murder and Assault GBH - July 2023 to September 2023

Attempted
Causative factors Murder Assault GBH
murder
Arguments/ Misunderstanding/ Road Rage / Provocation 1 053 1 272 20 686

Vigilantism/ Mob justice 428 63 369

Robbery 420 925 502

Gang-related 280 366 13

Retaliation/ Revenge/ Punishment 235 282 1 898

During commission of other crimes (not robbery or rape) 81 228 552

Hijacking and attempts 62 189 21

Taxi-related 50 42 19

Intervention in an argument 22 80 1 154

Law enforcement & security guards in the line of duty (excl. police murder) 19 96 45

Rape-related 17 18 110

Illicit mining 12 2 0

Sample size: murder = 6 786, attempted murder = 6 370, assault GBH = 27 458 16
 SELECTED PLACE OF OCCURRENCE
Murder, Attempted murder and Assault GBH - July 2023 to September 2023

Attempted
Place of occurrence Murder Assault GBH
murder

Public place e.g. street/open field/recreational centre/park/beach/parking area/abandoned building 3 372 2 599 10 154

Residences of perpetrator/victim (including residence known by victims/ perpetrator e.g.

1 774 1 927 14 588
family/friends/neighbours)
Mode of Transport e.g. bus/car/plane/boat/ship/taxi 287 601 247
Liquor outlets e.g. shebeen/tavern/pub/night club/bottle store 262 380 4 108
Spaza/Tuck shop 102 177 531
Public transport premises (bus stop/taxi rank, railway premises e.g. track/station) 87 72 186
Business premises (e.g. mall/restaurants/work place/office park/entertainment centre e.g. movie
76 197 616
theatre, gambling facility)
Agricultural land/farm/plot/small holding 68 74 254
Sea/river/lake/pool/dam 68 8 25
Dumping site/refuse site 23 11 16
Petrol station 21 43 111
Mining area 10 23 0
Educational institutions (schools, universities, college, day care facilities) 10 20 291
Leisure premises e.g. hotel/guest house/bnb/motel/holiday resort 9 10 49
Prison/Holding cells 5 3 58

Sample size: murder = 6 786, attempted murder = 6 370, assault GBH = 27 458 17
SELECTED CONTACT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Murder, Attempted murder and Assault GBH

WOMAN CHILDREN
(0 to17 yrs)
(18+ yrs)
Boys and Girls
Attempted Attempted
CRIME CATEGORY Murder Assault GBH Murder Assault GBH
murder murder

Jul 2021 to Sep 2021 897 1 155 11 824 287 283 1 670
Jul 2022 to Sep 2022 989 1 277 13 701 315 294 1 895
Jul 2023 to Sep 2023 881 1 514 14 401 293 361 1 820
Count Diff -108 237 700 -22 67 -75
% Change -10,9% 18,6% 5,1% -7,0% 22,8% -4,0%

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MURDER
Trend over three-months period
3000

2 528
2500 2 376
2 254
2 315 2 286
2000 2 190

1500

1000
64 90

500
-213

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 1 313 234 1 579 1 857 267 337 264 103 1 050 7 004
July 2023 to September 2023 1 312 264 1 625 1 603 237 360 285 95 1 164 6 945
Count diff -1 30 46 -254 -30 23 21 -8 114 -59
(%) Change -0,1% 12,8% 2,9% -13,7% -11,2% 6,8% 8,0% 8 counts lower 10,9% -0,8%
% contribution to RSA 18,9% 3,8% 23,4% 23,1% 3,4% 5,2% 4,1% 1,4% 16,8%

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MURDER
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 83 57 69 69 80 11 11 counts higher
2 1 Umlazi eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 68 34 84 95 79 -16 16 counts lower
3 2 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 58 57 92 99 76 -23 23 counts lower
4 2 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 56 46 68 46 72 26 26 counts higher
5 3 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 40 56 49 80 71 -9 9 counts lower
6 4 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 53 60 55 53 64 11 11 counts higher
7 1 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 26 28 32 41 62 21 21 counts higher
8 1 Mthatha OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 37 29 37 53 61 8 8 counts higher
9 5 Gugulethu City of Cape Town District Western Cape 42 34 43 36 56 20 20 counts higher
10 3 Kwamashu E eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 37 18 55 44 54 10 10 counts higher
11 6 Khayelitsha City of Cape Town District Western Cape 77 94 53 48 49 1 1 count higher
12 7 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 24 38 64 54 48 -6 6 counts lower
13 8 Philippi East City of Cape Town District Western Cape 47 41 26 54 46 -8 8 counts lower
14 2 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 26 14 38 39 45 6 6 counts higher
15 9 Samora Machel City of Cape Town District Western Cape 37 37 37 34 43 9 9 counts higher
16 10 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 22 28 15 31 42 11 11 counts higher
17 3 Hillbrow Johannesburg District Gauteng 24 24 24 39 42 3 3 counts higher
18 11 Bishop Lavis City of Cape Town District Western Cape 7 27 15 14 41 27 27 counts higher
19 2 Kwazakele Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 28 21 24 28 41 13 13 counts higher
20 4 Plessislaer Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 45 39 67 67 40 -27 27 counts lower
21 4 Primrose Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 10 9 13 10 39 29 29 counts higher
22 5 Ntuzuma eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 24 19 34 38 38 0 0 count diff
23 6 Mariannhill eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 18 32 35 65 38 -27 27 counts lower
24 3 Kwanobuhle Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 12 13 18 44 38 -6 6 counts lower
25 4 New Brighton Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 24 21 29 38 37 -1 1 count lower
26 5 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 27 27 14 30 36 6 6 counts higher
27 7 Kwadukuza Ilembe District KwaZulu-Natal 23 15 28 29 36 7 7 counts higher
28 5 Lusikisiki OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 25 24 37 49 36 -13 13 counts lower
29 6 Diepsloot Johannesburg District Gauteng 24 17 15 25 35 10 10 counts higher
30 12 Lingelethu-West City of Cape Town District Western Cape 15 18 28 29 35 6 6 counts higher

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 MURDER
Per ratio: Provincial distribution (July to September)
20.0
19.7 19.7 Eastern Cape

18.0

16.0 16.0 15.8 Western Cape

14.8 15.1
15.0
14.4 14.4 14.5
14.0 14.2
13.7 13.7 KwaZulu-Natal

12.0

10.8 10.6
10.0 9.8 9.9 Gauteng
8.7 8.9 Free State
8.4 8.3 7.9
8.0 8.0 7.4 Mpumalanga
7.8
7.0 Northern Cape
7.0 7.1
6.6 6.2
5.7 6.3 6.7 North West
6.0 6.0
5.6 5.1
5.4 4.9 5.8
4.8 4.5
4.0 3.9 4.0 Limpopo
3.7
3.2

2.0

0.0

PER CAPITA (*RATIO PER 100 000 OF THE POPULATION). MID-YEAR POPULATION ESTIMATES, 2021 SERIES 21
 MURDER
Per ratio: Provincial distribution (July 2023 to September 2023)

Eastern Cape 6 650 250

Free State 2 954 711
Gauteng 16 461 942
KwaZulu-Natal 11 731 363
Limpopo 5 999 994
Mpumalanga 4 872 811
Northern Cape 1 330 854
North West 4 239 628
Western Cape 7 358 938
Republic Of South Africa 61 600 491

PER CAPITA (*RATIO PER 100 000 OF THE POPULATION). MID-YEAR POPULATION ESTIMATES, 2021 SERIES 22
 MURDER: PROVINCIAL DISTRIBUTION CAUSATIVE FACTORS
July 2023 to September 2023

Causative factors EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

Arguments/ Misunderstanding/ Road Rage /
160 35 175 274 38 17 66 38 250 1 053
Provocation
Vigilantism/ Mob justice 95 12 76 97 37 22 15 4 70 428
Robbery 44 8 136 76 10 14 27 1 105 421
Gang-related 12 3 39 0 3 0 0 0 223 280
Retaliation/ Revenge/ Punishment 64 3 19 68 4 1 7 3 66 235
During commission of other crimes (not robbery
7 1 10 24 6 8 5 0 20 81
or rape)
Hijacking and attempts 7 0 27 11 2 2 3 0 10 62
Taxi-related 10 0 25 3 3 0 0 0 9 50
Intervention in an argument 6 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 7 22
Law enforcement & security guards in the line of
1 1 6 6 1 0 0 0 4 19
duty (excl. police murder)
Rape-related 3 1 5 4 2 1 0 0 1 17
Illicit mining 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 12
Sample size: murder = 6 786 counts 23
 MURDER: PROVINCIAL DISTRIBUTION PLACE OF OCCURRENCE
July 2023 to September 2023

Place of occurrence EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

Public place e.g. street/open field/recreational centre /park/beach/parking
517 132 915 790 97 134 107 41 639 3 372
area/abandoned building
Residences of perpetrator/victim (including residence known by victims/
381 74 330 477 68 62 79 27 276 1 774
perpetrator e.g. family/friends/neighbours)
Mode of transport e.g. bus/car/plane/boat/ship/taxi 55 0 37 89 4 18 12 1 71 287
Liquor outlets e.g. shebeen/tavern/pub/night club/bottle store 55 9 63 43 19 22 29 6 16 262
Spaza/Tuck shop 17 2 21 29 6 4 8 0 15 102
Public transport premises (Bus stop/taxi rank, railway premises e.g.
14 1 28 28 2 3 1 2 8 87
track/station)
Business premises (e.g. mall/restaurants/work place/office
15 1 17 18 2 8 4 0 11 76
park/entertainment centre e.g. movie theatre, gambling facility)
Agricultural land/farm/plot/small holding 2 9 12 7 3 7 2 2 24 68
Sea/river/lake/pool/dam 16 2 8 30 3 2 6 1 0 68
Dumping site/refuse site 3 1 9 4 0 0 2 2 2 23

Educational institutions (schools, universities, college, day care facilities) 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 10

Leisure premises e.g. hotel/guest house/bnb/motel/holiday resort 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 9

Prison/holding cells 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5
Abandoned building 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Sample size: murder = 6 786 counts 24
MULTIPLE MURDERS
July 2023 to September 2023

Count of victims
Dockets Victims
2 3 4 5 6 7
Eastern Cape 36 11 4 1 0 1 53 133
Number of cases reported per

Free State 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 18
Gauteng 67 6 7 1 1 0 82 191
Kwa Zulu- Natal 63 5 2 2 1 1 74 172
province

Limpopo 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 7
Mpumalanga 12 2 0 0 0 0 14 30
North West 6 2 1 0 0 0 9 22
Northern Cape 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Western Cape 48 4 2 3 0 0 57 131
Dockets 244 31 16 7 2 2 302
Total RSA
Victims 488 93 64 35 12 14 706

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CAUSATIVE FACTORS FOR CASES WITH FIVE AND MORE COUNTS
July 2023 to September 2023

Number of Other crimes

Circumstance/causative factors Station
victims committed

Possible drug-related: three suspects stormed into a house in Kwanobuhle, shot

and killed six people instantly and the other four were left seriously wounded and
7 x victims Kwanobuhle
one later succumbed to their injuries. Motive is suspected to be drug-related as the
crime scene was a known drug den that had been raided numerous times.

Shooting at Hostel: Nine men were in a room at Glebelands hostel when an

2 x attempted
unknown gunmen opened fire on them before fleeing the scene. Seven died on the 7 x victims Umlazi
murder.
scene and two taken to hospital.

Vigilante-related: six men killed and nine others seriously injured by a vigilante 9 x attempted
6 x victims Dannhauser
group (Abaqondisi) known to fight crime. murder

Shooting at tavern: Victims were sitting outside a tavern in Daveyton when a

1 x attempted
group of unknown men approached and opened fire on them. Six men were 6 x victims Daveyton
murder
declared dead on the scene while one other was injured and taken to hospital.

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 CAUSATIVE FACTORS FOR CASES WITH SIX AND MORE COUNTS
July 2023 to September 2023…continue

Number of Other crimes

Circumstance/causative factors Station
victims committed

Possible drug-related: an unknown number of gunmen wearing balaclavas entered the yard
and proceeded to the backroom and fired shots, killing three males and two women. The 5 x victims Gelvandale
house is known as a drug post.
Mass shooting: five men, including two cousins, were shot dead in their beds by gunmen who
5 x victims Empangeni
kicked the door open to launch a callous attack.
Unknown motive: Four suspects alighted from a vehicle and opened fire on the five victims at
the shopping center's parking lot. Four died at the scene whereas one died at the clinic. The 5 x victims Richards Bay
suspects fled in a getaway car.
Possible taxi-related: Five victims were shot at an informal settlement. It is believed to be
5 x victims Benoni
taxi-related.
Unknown motive: one body was found lying in front of the main entrance of the yard on the
pavement and four other victims were found dead, lying in one bed. The deceased, included a 5 x victims Mbekweni
12 and 14 years old boys.
Unknown motive: four men and a woman shot dead inside two separate vehicles. It is alleged
that the suspects were dropped off a few meters away from where the two vehicles were
5 x victims Gugulethu
parked on the side of the road. The suspects then approached the two vehicles and fired
numerous shots at the occupants.
Unknown motive: the victims were sitting in two vehicles, when another vehicle with armed
5 x victims Gugulethu
men emerged and fired shots and killed all five occupants.
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 MURDER: FREQUENTLY USED INSTRUMENT
July 2023 to September 2023

Instrument Eastern Free KwaZulu- North Northern Western

Gauteng Limpopo Mpumalanga Total
Used Cape State Natal West Cape Cape

Firearm 467 58 884 796 62 118 80 7 634 3 106

Knives 233 67 156 185 23 31 57 33 198 983

Sharp
143 46 77 121 30 21 26 6 94 564
Instrument
Blunt
76 13 28 58 8 6 8 3 13 213
Instrument

Body part 22 11 32 25 14 5 8 8 13 138

Stone/ Brick/
15 11 29 11 7 9 5 1 28 116
Rock
Sample size: murder = 6 786 counts 28
 MURDER OF MEMBERS OF THE POLICE
On/Off duty members / Trend over three-month period
16
5 off duty
14 7 on duty
14 5 off duty
9 on duty 12 2 off duty
12 7 on duty

10 9
1 off duty
8 6 on duty 9
6 off duty
0 on duty

6 7 7 3 off duty
6 on duty

4
7
5
2

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 4 0 8 4 0 2 0 0 5 23
July 2023 to September 2023 3 3 8 6 2 3 1 2 7 35
Count diff -1 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 12
Off duty 2 3 3 6 1 1 0 0 7 23
On duty 1 0 5 0 1 2 1 2 0 12

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 MURDER OF MEMBERS OF THE POLICE
On duty members : Circumstances

Circumstances “on duty” Total

Shot while pursuing a suspect 3

Crossfire at crime scene 2

Drive by shooting 1

Hijacked on way to court 1

Shot while doing stop and search 1

Shot while interviewing a suspect 1

Shot while apprehending a suspect 1

Attended complaint 1
Suspect set vehicle alight that exploded, killing both himself
and the police official 1
Total 12

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 ATTACKS ON RURAL COMMUNITIES
Incidents reported during the three months
CRIME CATEGORY July 2021 to September 2021 July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023 Count Diff
CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)
Murder 18 16 10 -6
Sexual offences 6 3 1 -2
Attempted murder 27 23 9 -14
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 18 9 11 2
Common assault 19 2 0 -2
Robbery with aggravating circumstances 100 61 39 -22
Contact Crime (Crimes against the person) 188 114 70 -44
Sexual Offences - Breakdown
Rape & attempted rape 5 2 1 -1
Sexual assault 1 1 0 -1
Some subcategories of aggravated robbery
Carjacking 2 1 2 1
Robbery at residential premises 77 47 28 -19
Robbery at non-residential premises 5 6 3 -3
TRIO Crime 84 54 33 -21
CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES
Arson 0 2 0 -2
Malicious damage to property 11 22 0 -22
Contact-related Crime 11 24 0 -24
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES
Burglary at residential premises 1 1 0 -1
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 16 5 0 -5
Stock-theft 0 5 3 -2
Property-related Crime 17 11 3 -8
OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES
All theft not mentioned elsewhere 2 1 0 -1
Other serious crime 2 1 0 -1

_ 17 Community reported serious crime 218 150 73 -77 31

 MURDER OF FARMING COMMUNITY
Victim linked to farm/small holding

Eastern Free KwaZulu- North Northern Western

Gauteng Limpopo Mpumalanga Total
Cape State Natal West Cape Cape

Employee 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

Farmer 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5

Farm Dweller 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4

Total 0 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 10

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ATTEMPTED MURDER
Trend over three-months period
3000

2 492
2500 2 387

2 136

2000
2 032 2 006 2 013

1500

1000

381 479
500

-104

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 642 304 1 575 1 614 260 348 252 242 918 6 155
July 2023 to September 2023 636 390 1 715 1 676 310 401 257 432 1 094 6 911
Count diff -6 86 140 62 50 53 5 190 176 756
(%) Change -0,9% 28,3% 8,9% 3,8% 19,2% 15,2% 2,0% 78,5% 19,2% 12,3%
% contribution to RSA 9,2% 5,6% 24,8% 24,3% 4,5% 5,8% 3,7% 6,3% 15,8%

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ATTEMPTED MURDER
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Umlazi eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 65 42 90 100 100 0 0,0%
2 2 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 44 65 50 60 89 29 48,3%
3 1 Worcester Cape Winelands District Western Cape 12 14 17 19 68 49 257,9%
4 3 Mountain Rise Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 12 19 23 31 65 34 109,7%
5 4 Ntuzuma eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 19 25 34 34 64 30 88,2%
6 1 Galeshewe Frances Baard District Northern Cape 9 18 9 21 60 39 185,7%
7 2 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 51 41 24 44 54 10 22,7%
8 5 Verulam eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 25 14 34 34 53 19 55,9%
9 1 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 29 17 25 40 49 9 22,5%
10 6 Kwadukuza Ilembe District KwaZulu-Natal 25 22 41 25 48 23 92,0%
11 3 Manenberg City of Cape Town District Western Cape 46 57 49 27 48 21 77,8%
12 2 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 30 37 51 40 45 5 12,5%
13 3 Diepsloot Johannesburg District Gauteng 13 13 8 21 45 24 114,3%
14 4 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 79 35 48 48 44 -4 -8,3%
15 5 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 27 59 56 25 44 19 76,0%
16 1 Zamdela Fezile Dabi District Free State 17 18 31 43 44 1 2,3%
17 4 Sophia Town Johannesburg District Gauteng 13 18 11 23 43 20 87,0%
18 1 Calcutta Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga 12 20 13 26 43 17 65,4%
19 5 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 28 14 27 36 42 6 16,7%
20 1 Gelvandale Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 49 24 18 24 42 18 75,0%
21 6 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 43 32 30 29 40 11 37,9%
22 7 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 39 34 29 26 39 13 50,0%
23 2 Thabong Lejweleputswa District Free State 12 8 17 31 39 8 25,8%
24 8 Philippi City of Cape Town District Western Cape 25 21 14 20 39 19 95,0%
25 9 Gugulethu City of Cape Town District Western Cape 19 14 32 27 37 10 37,0%
26 7 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 22 25 37 30 36 6 20,0%
27 8 Kwamashu E eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 33 29 50 62 36 -26 -41,9%
28 2 Postmasburg ZF Mgcawu District Northern Cape 2 0 1 7 36 29 414,3%
29 3 Rosedale ZF Mgcawu District Northern Cape 1 4 5 8 36 28 350,0%
30 6 Eldorado Park Johannesburg District Gauteng 23 17 22 27 34 7 25,9%

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 ATTEMPTED MURDER: CAUSATIVE FACTORS
July 2023 to September 2023

Causative factors EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

Argument/ misunderstanding / road rage/
89 105 240 290 62 48 39 223 176 1 272
provocation
Robbery (house/ business/ street) 58 36 345 185 37 49 67 13 135 925
Gang-related 19 0 34 0 0 0 0 1 312 366
Retaliation/ revenge/ punishment 43 11 18 121 4 3 13 16 53 282
During commission of another offence - (not
20 5 49 65 28 19 6 8 28 228
robbery, rape and carjacking )
Hijacking car/ truck 8 8 72 47 5 12 4 1 32 189
Law enforcement & security guards in the line of
1 3 15 38 1 2 14 1 21 96
duty (excl. police murder)
Intervention in a fight/argument 3 13 10 17 2 5 3 22 5 80
Vigilantism/ mob justice 5 6 3 17 6 6 4 2 14 63
Taxi-related 3 0 21 2 0 1 0 1 14 42
Rape related 1 0 3 8 1 0 2 1 2 18
Illicit mining 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Sample size: attempted murder = 6 370 counts 35
 ATTEMPTED MURDER: PLACE OF OCCURRENCE
July 2023 to September 2023

Place of occurrence EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

Public place e.g. street/open field/recreational
186 122 771 522 111 114 63 199 511 2 599
centre/park/beach/parking area/abandoned building
Residences of perpetrator/victim (including residence known by
186 109 416 554 81 71 57 157 296 1 927
victims/ perpetrator e.g. family/friends/neighbours)
Mode of Transport e.g. bus/car/plane/boat/ship/taxi 56 1 59 233 3 58 30 1 160 601
Liquor outlets e.g. shebeen/tavern/pub/night club/bottle store 32 51 76 79 25 36 37 32 12 380
Spaza/Tuck shop 21 5 42 52 8 8 16 0 25 177
Business premises (e.g. mall/restaurants/work place/office
14 10 51 44 19 14 19 4 22 197
park/entertainment centre e.g. movie theatre, gambling facility)
Agricultural land/farm/plot/small holding 5 12 5 15 4 4 2 5 22 74
Public transport premises (Bus stop/taxi rank, railway premises e.g.
4 0 29 19 7 2 4 1 6 72
track/station)
Petrol station 1 3 20 6 2 2 1 1 7 43
Mining Area 0 3 4 1 2 2 9 2 0 23
Educational institutions (schools, universities, college, day care
3 0 9 7 0 0 0 1 0 20
facilities)
Dumping site/ refuse site 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 11
Leisure premises e.g. hotel/guest house/bnb/motel/holiday resort 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 1 10
Sea/iver/ lake/ dam 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 8
Sample size: attempted murder = 6 370 counts 36
 ATTEMPTED MURDER: FREQUENTLY USED INSTRUMENT
July 2023 to September 2023

Instrument Eastern Free KwaZulu- North Northern Western

Gauteng Limpopo Mpumalanga Total
Used Cape State Natal West Cape Cape

Firearm 437 113 1 299 1 028 199 290 185 12 819 4 382

Knives 46 91 71 241 13 21 25 195 110 813

Bottle/bottle
7 29 17 60 3 5 1 50 8 180
head
Sharp
13 29 14 49 11 9 5 58 42 230
Instrument
Motor vehicle 9 10 28 29 6 6 15 13 28 144

Blunt Instrument 16 10 7 38 4 3 2 31 20 131

Body part 9 23 19 36 4 9 2 15 11 128

Sample size: attempted murder = 6 370 counts 37

SEXUAL OFFENCES
Trend over three-months period
6000

5000 4 771
4 540
4 051 4 692
4 480
4000
3 839

3000

2000
79

1000
-60
-212

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 2 030 850 2 870 2 458 1 134 792 962 372 1 815 13 283
July 2023 to September 2023 1 968 883 2 620 2 582 1 153 793 981 402 1 708 13 090
Count diff -62 33 -250 124 19 1 19 30 -107 -193
(%) Change -3,1% 3,9% -8,7% 5,0% 1,7% 0,1% 2,0% 8,1% -5,9% -1,5%
% contribution to RSA 15,0% 6,7% 20,0% 19,7% 8,8% 6,1% 7,5% 3,1% 13,0%

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SEXUAL OFFENCES
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 88 71 80 86 90 4 4 counts higher
2 2 Umlazi eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 80 54 52 64 84 20 20 counts higher
3 1 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 42 59 49 74 83 9 9 counts higher
4 1 Thohoyandou Vhembe District Limpopo 62 59 80 72 81 9 9 counts higher
5 1 Lusikisiki OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 50 51 73 77 74 -3 3 counts lower
6 3 Mountain Rise Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 45 40 34 47 72 25 25 counts higher
7 1 Bloemspruit Mangaung District Free State 62 40 42 55 71 16 16 counts higher
8 2 Seshego Capricorn District Limpopo 41 57 52 58 68 10 10 counts higher
9 2 Mthatha OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 71 48 62 72 68 -4 4 counts lower
10 2 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 96 76 78 76 66 -10 10 counts lower
11 3 Mankweng Capricorn District Limpopo 53 52 55 57 61 4 4 counts higher
12 1 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 37 46 36 51 61 10 10 counts higher
13 2 Moroka Johannesburg District Gauteng 52 43 45 48 61 13 13 counts higher
14 3 Mamelodi East Tshwane District Gauteng 47 60 58 42 57 15 15 counts higher
15 4 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 50 42 42 55 55 0 0 count diff
16 3 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 67 50 47 55 53 -2 2 counts lower
17 4 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 47 55 50 56 51 -5 5 counts lower
18 5 Akasia Tshwane District Gauteng 40 23 42 31 51 20 20 counts higher
19 5 Ntuzuma eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 48 45 40 42 50 8 8 counts higher
20 6 Katlehong Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 19 28 31 36 50 14 14 counts higher
21 7 Tsakane Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 60 52 60 59 48 -11 11 counts lower
22 6 Esikhaleni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 46 28 38 39 48 9 9 counts higher
23 4 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 64 58 36 67 47 -20 20 counts lower
24 1 Ikageng Dr Kenneth Kaunda District North West 62 44 23 45 47 2 2 counts higher
25 8 Temba Tshwane District Gauteng 55 54 82 47 46 -1 1 count lower
26 9 Diepsloot Johannesburg District Gauteng 58 30 39 46 45 -1 1 count lower
27 3 Mount Frere Alfred Nzo District Eastern Cape 47 25 38 35 45 10 10 counts higher
28 4 Mbizana Alfred Nzo District Eastern Cape 29 30 37 40 45 5 5 counts higher
29 1 Kabokweni Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga 31 32 44 32 44 12 12 counts higher
30 5 Khayelitsha City of Cape Town District Western Cape 35 22 25 42 43 1 1 count higher

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RAPE
Trend over three-months period
4500

3 880
4000
3 621
3500 3 280 3 689
3 561
3000
3 075
2500

2000

1500
191
1000

500 -60
-205

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 1 666 683 2 263 2 045 963 668 810 259 1 233 10 590
July 2023 to September 2023 1 655 716 2 096 2 127 979 671 828 284 1 160 10 516
Count diff -11 33 -167 82 16 3 18 25 -73 -74
(%) Change -0,7% 4,8% -7,4% 4,0% 1,7% 0,4% 2,2% 9,7% -5,9% -0,7%
% contribution to RSA 15,7% 6,8% 19,9% 20,2% 9,3% 6,4% 7,9% 2,7% 11,0%

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RAPE
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 75 60 67 78 75 -3 3 counts lower
2 1 Thohoyandou Vhembe District Limpopo 55 49 69 59 71 12 12 counts higher
3 2 Umlazi eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 71 47 39 54 67 13 13 counts higher
4 1 Lusikisiki OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 48 43 69 64 66 2 2 counts higher
5 2 Mthatha OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 63 35 58 70 64 -6 6 counts lower
6 1 Bloemspruit Mangaung District Free State 53 36 29 47 63 16 16 counts higher
7 2 Seshego Capricorn District Limpopo 30 49 44 49 59 10 10 counts higher
8 1 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 75 60 57 65 58 -7 7 counts lower
9 2 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 35 48 43 59 57 -2 2 counts lower
10 1 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 31 41 32 41 56 15 15 counts higher
11 3 Mountain Rise Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 36 30 28 37 55 18 18 counts higher
12 2 Moroka Johannesburg District Gauteng 36 36 36 37 54 17 17 counts higher
13 3 Mankweng Capricorn District Limpopo 45 47 42 44 51 7 7 counts higher
14 4 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 39 32 31 44 50 6 6 counts higher
15 3 Mamelodi East Tshwane District Gauteng 33 54 52 36 49 13 13 counts higher
16 4 Akasia Tshwane District Gauteng 32 18 35 28 48 20 20 counts higher
17 5 Katlehong Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 14 24 28 31 43 12 12 counts higher
18 3 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 44 40 35 45 42 -3 3 counts lower
19 6 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 42 46 39 48 42 -6 6 counts lower
20 5 Esikhaleni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 38 24 34 39 42 3 3 counts higher
21 1 Pienaar Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga 37 25 22 40 42 2 2 counts higher
22 7 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 31 23 30 30 41 11 11 counts higher
23 6 Ntuzuma eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 42 38 35 33 41 8 8 counts higher
24 2 Kabokweni Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga 30 32 43 32 41 9 9 counts higher
25 4 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 54 49 30 52 40 -12 12 counts lower
26 8 Orange Farms Sedibeng District Gauteng 40 27 29 32 40 8 8 counts higher
27 3 Mount Frere Alfred Nzo District Eastern Cape 42 20 33 28 40 12 12 counts higher
28 9 Tsakane Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 51 48 52 49 39 -10 10 counts lower
29 10 Diepsloot Johannesburg District Gauteng 50 28 37 41 39 -2 2 counts lower
30 4 Mbizana Alfred Nzo District Eastern Cape 26 27 34 37 39 2 2 counts higher

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 RAPE
Per ratio: Provincial distribution (July to September)

29.2
28.8

25.5 24.9 Eastern Cape

25.0
24.2 Free State
23.0 23.2

21.3 21.3 Northern Cape

20.7
19.7 19.7
19.6 19.4
19.5 North West
18.2 18.8
18.5
17.8 17.6 18.1 KwaZulu-Natal
16.9 16.8 17.0
16.1 16.3 Limpopo
16.2 16.1
15.5 15.3 16.1 15.8 Western Cape
14.2
14.6 14.6 14.5
14.2 14.0
13.5 13.9
14.1 13.8 Mpumalanga
13.4
13.0 12.7 Gauteng
12.2

5.5

PER CAPITA (*RATIO PER 100 000 OF THE POPULATION). MID-YEAR POPULATION ESTIMATES, 2021 SERIES 42
 RAPE
Per ratio: Provincial distribution (July 2023 to September 2023)

Eastern Cape 6 650 250

Free State 2 954 711
Gauteng 16 461 942
KwaZulu-Natal 11 731 363
Limpopo 5 999 994
Mpumalanga 4 872 811
Northern Cape 1 330 854
North West 4 239 628
Western Cape 7 358 938
Republic Of South Africa 61 600 491

PER CAPITA (*RATIO PER 100 000 OF THE POPULATION). MID-YEAR POPULATION ESTIMATES, 2021 SERIES 43
 RAPE: PROVINCIAL DISTRIBUTION PLACE OF OCCURRENCE
July 2023 to September 2023

Place of occurrence EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

Residences of perpetrator/victim (including residence known by
906 289 851 893 445 249 304 159 630 4 726
victims/perpetrator e.g. family/friends/neighbours)
Public place e.g. street/open field/recreational centre/park/parking
316 129 361 282 197 125 156 50 143 1 759
area
Mode of transport e.g. bus/car/plane/boat/ship/taxi 38 9 24 26 24 13 16 3 57 210
Educational institutions (schools, universities, college, day dare
10 7 16 23 9 1 2 0 8 76
facilities)
Leisure premise e.g. Hotel/guest house/BnB/motel/holiday resort 2 4 21 16 8 1 5 1 10 68
Abandoned building 16 0 16 6 11 3 1 2 5 60
Liquor outlets e.g. shebeen/tavern/pub/night club/bottle store 12 2 12 8 10 3 2 1 6 56
Agricultural land/farm/plot/small holding 0 9 6 7 0 1 0 2 23 48
Public transport premises (Bus stop/taxi rank, railway premises
3 3 9 7 2 1 4 0 6 35
e.g. track/station)
Business premises (e.g. mall/restaurants/work place/office
12 0 7 1 5 0 0 0 5 30
park/entertainment centre e.g. movie theater, gambling facility)
Sea/river/lake/pool/dam 11 3 0 4 4 1 1 0 1 25
Spaza/Tuck shop 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 5 22
Prison/holding cells 4 2 2 2 2 3 0 1 6 22
Dumping site/refuse site 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 8
Sample size: rape = 7 655 44
 CONTACT CRIME: LIQUOR AND DRUG-RELATED OFFENCES
July 2023 to September 2023

14 Drugs (227)
Attempted murder
363
Alcohol (6 184)
8
Murder
289

107
Rape
1 312

98
Assault GBH
4 220

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 MURDER AND RAPE: EDUCATIONAL PREMISES
July 2023 to September 2023

70
Murder (10)
61 Rape (76)
60

50

40

30

20

10 7 7
4 4
2 1
0
0
Day Care/After care School Special school Tertiary
*School: Primary, Secondary, High schools
These are crime scenes, not all victims are students or learners 46
 MURDER : EDUCATIONAL PREMISES : VICTIMS
July 2023 to September 2023

Victim
Not
Learner/
Premises Perpetrator Employee specified/ Total
Student
Unknown

Tertiary education Learner/Student 0 0 1 1

School Learner/Student 5 0 1 6

Not specified
0 0 1 1
Unknown

Special school Employee 0 2 0 2

Total 5 2 3 10

*School: Primary, Secondary, High schools

These are crime scenes, not all victims are students or learners 47
 RAPE : EDUCATIONAL PREMISES
July 2023 to September 2023

Eastern Free KwaZulu- North Northern Western

Gauteng Limpopo Mpumalanga Total
Cape State Natal West Cape Cape

Day Care/After
1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 7
care

School 9 6 14 18 7 0 0 0 7 61

Special school 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4

Tertiary 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4

Total 10 7 16 23 9 1 2 0 8 76

*School: Primary, Secondary, High schools

These are crime scenes, not all victims are students or learners 48
RAPE: EDUCATIONAL PREMISES: VICTIMS
July 2023 to September 2023 Victim
Premises Perpetrator Learner/student Community member Total
Learner 46 0 46
Stranger 4 1 5
Teacher 4 0 4
School Security guard 0 0 0
Acquaintance 2 1 3
School personnel 2 0 2
Not specified 1 0 1
Total school 59 2 61
Learner 3 0 3
Special school
Acquaintance 1 0 1
Total special school 4 0 4
Student 2 0 2
Tertiary Security guard 0 1 1
Neighbour 0 1 1
Total tertiary 2 2 4
Learner 1 0 1
Day care/after care Security guard 1 0 1
Not specified 5 0 5
Total Day care/after care 7 0 7
Total 72 4 76
*School: Primary, Secondary, High schools
These are crime scenes, not all victims are students or learners 49
 SELECTED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-RELATED CRIMES
July 2023 to September 2023 – by provincial breakdown and sex

inflict grievous bodily harm

Robbery with aggravating

Assault with the intent to

All theft not mentioned

Burglary at residential
Malicious damage to
Attempted murder

Common robbery
Common assault
Sexual Assault

circumstances

elsewhere

premises
property
Murder

Arson
Rape
Province

Eastern Cape 38 16 106 11 963 1 152 16 3 115 11 489 37

Free State 16 53 101 10 568 1 447 18 5 234 25 487 49
Gauteng 31 50 141 24 1 771 4 699 47 19 391 16 1 427 43
KwaZulu-Natal 46 88 205 32 1 265 2 143 32 12 253 28 817 65
Limpopo 5 14 49 11 367 681 17 0 52 17 284 5
Mpumalanga 12 6 43 8 339 523 12 1 34 11 226 19
North West 11 4 49 7 393 666 8 6 98 9 271 14
Northern Cape 11 33 31 4 182 296 10 3 76 4 121 19
Western Cape 37 47 157 53 1 247 3 968 34 15 749 27 1 330 202
Female 106 203 829 148 4 992 12 785 149 41 1 280 92 3 548 269
Male 101 108 53 12 2 103 2 790 45 23 722 56 1 904 184
RSA 207 311 882 160 7 095 15 575 194 64 2 002 148 5 452 453
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SEXUAL ASSAULT
Trend over three-months period
800
710
678
700

600 652 648

533

500
521

400

300

26
200

-12
100
-62

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 228 117 513 268 101 87 92 57 432 1 895
July 2023 to September 2023 201 110 408 347 109 96 90 63 423 1 847
Count diff -27 -7 -105 79 8 9 -2 6 -9 -48
(%) Change -11,8% -6,0% -20,5% 29,5% 7,9% 9 counts higher 2 counts lower 6 counts higher -2,1% -2,5%
% contribution to RSA 10,9% 6,0% 22,1% 18,8% 5,9% 5,2% 4,9% 3,4% 22,9%

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SEXUAL ASSAULT
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Mountain Rise Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 9 7 5 7 17 10 10 counts higher
2 1 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 5 10 3 10 16 6 6 counts higher
3 2 Umlazi eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 7 6 9 4 16 12 12 counts higher
4 2 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 19 14 13 18 13 -5 5 counts lower
5 3 Richards Bay King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 5 3 4 4 13 9 9 counts higher
6 4 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 7 11 8 4 11 7 7 counts higher
7 3 Bishop Lavis City of Cape Town District Western Cape 14 6 10 9 11 2 2 counts higher
8 5 Pinetown eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 3 7 2 3 10 7 7 counts higher
9 1 Ikageng Dr Kenneth Kaunda District North West 5 3 2 5 10 5 5 counts higher
10 4 Manenberg City of Cape Town District Western Cape 15 9 11 14 10 -4 4 counts lower
11 5 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 12 5 7 5 9 4 4 counts higher
12 6 Newcastle Amajuba District KwaZulu-Natal 3 1 5 2 9 7 7 counts higher
13 6 George Garden Route District Western Cape 7 7 3 7 9 2 2 counts higher
14 7 Lentegeur City of Cape Town District Western Cape 15 9 10 11 9 -2 2 counts lower
15 1 Ermelo Gert Sibande District Mpumalanga 5 4 2 5 9 4 4 counts higher
16 1 Edenpark Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 3 6 3 5 9 4 4 counts higher
17 8 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 21 4 10 9 8 -1 1 count lower
18 2 Temba Tshwane District Gauteng 9 12 7 11 8 -3 3 counts lower
19 7 Chatsworth eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 2 5 7 4 8 4 4 counts higher
20 1 Kimberley Frances Baard District Northern Cape 6 4 4 6 8 2 2 counts higher
21 9 Grassy Park City of Cape Town District Western Cape 10 4 4 8 8 0 0 count diff
22 3 Mondeor Johannesburg District Gauteng 4 5 7 5 8 3 3 counts higher
23 8 Ladysmith Uthukela District KwaZulu-Natal 7 6 8 5 8 3 3 counts higher
24 4 Tsakane Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 7 4 7 10 8 -2 2 counts lower
25 9 Port Shepstone Ugu District KwaZulu-Natal 3 3 2 1 8 7 7 counts higher
26 10 Hillcrest eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 5 2 1 2 8 6 6 counts higher
27 10 Lwandle City of Cape Town District Western Cape 1 6 2 5 8 3 3 counts higher
28 11 Macassar City of Cape Town District Western Cape 3 5 4 1 8 7 7 counts higher
29 5 Villieria Tshwane District Gauteng 2 5 2 6 8 2 2 counts higher
30 1 Mahwelereng Waterberg District Limpopo 3 3 1 4 8 4 4 counts higher

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 ASSAULT WITH THE INTENT TO INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM (ASSAULT GBH)
Trend over three-months period
18000
15 724
16000
13 956
14000 12 767 14 598
13 886
12000 12 617

10000

8000

6000
1 126
4000
70
2000
-150
0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 5 906 2 926 9 620 6 391 3 116 2 578 3 598 1 706 5 410 41 251
July 2023 to September 2023 5 952 2 954 9 493 7 100 3 006 2 775 3 848 1 778 5 391 42 297
Count diff 46 28 -127 709 -110 197 250 72 -19 1 046
(%) Change 0,8% 1,0% -1,3% 11,1% -3,5% 7,6% 6,9% 4,2% -0,4% 2,5%
% contribution to RSA 14,1% 7,0% 22,4% 16,8% 7,1% 6,6% 9,1% 4,2% 12,7%

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ASSAULT WITH THE INTENT TO INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM (ASSAULT GBH)
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Plessislaer Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 187 191 189 169 247 78 46,2%
2 1 Diepsloot Johannesburg District Gauteng 175 188 159 167 237 70 41,9%
3 2 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 221 238 182 249 233 -16 -6,4%
4 3 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 177 136 141 205 214 9 4,4%
5 2 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 219 165 167 166 206 40 24,1%
6 1 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 162 146 140 145 198 53 36,6%
7 4 Temba Tshwane District Gauteng 247 246 271 216 195 -21 -9,7%
8 5 Mamelodi East Tshwane District Gauteng 192 190 165 172 191 19 11,0%
9 1 Ikageng Dr Kenneth Kaunda District North West 148 151 173 195 191 -4 -2,1%
10 2 Boitekong Bojanala District North West 153 140 124 170 186 16 9,4%
11 1 Seshego Capricorn District Limpopo 169 136 133 148 184 36 24,3%
12 6 Etwatwa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 173 180 148 153 183 30 19,6%
13 7 Alexandra Johannesburg District Gauteng 164 181 189 193 177 -16 -8,3%
14 3 Mmabatho Ngaka Modiri Molema District
North West 107 95 100 139 176 37 26,6%
15 3 Madadeni Amajuba District KwaZulu-Natal 191 154 182 185 176 -9 -4,9%
16 8 Tsakane Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 144 113 152 199 172 -27 -13,6%
17 9 Eldorado Park Johannesburg District Gauteng 149 140 131 145 168 23 15,9%
18 10 Daveyton Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 142 124 109 155 164 9 5,8%
19 1 Thabong Lejweleputswa District Free State 112 69 99 114 160 46 40,4%
20 4 Jouberton Dr Kenneth Kaunda District North West 158 116 122 156 157 1 0,6%
21 2 Knysna Garden Route District Western Cape 112 115 97 111 156 45 40,5%
22 3 Oudtshoorn Garden Route District Western Cape 120 128 98 140 156 16 11,4%
23 2 Bloemspruit Mangaung District Free State 109 93 118 152 155 3 2,0%
24 1 Mthatha OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 137 128 125 117 154 37 31,6%
25 4 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 156 134 151 128 152 24 18,8%
26 5 Phokeng Bojanala District North West 61 91 62 107 152 45 42,1%
27 5 Mountain Rise Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 114 75 103 125 151 26 20,8%
28 11 Dobsonville Johannesburg District Gauteng 220 132 97 146 149 3 2,1%
29 6 Taung Dr Ruth Segomotsi MompatiNorth
District
West 108 103 106 126 148 22 17,5%
30 12 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 69 91 91 105 147 42 40,0%

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 ASSAULT GBH: CAUSATIVE FACTORS
July 2023 to September 2023

Causative factors EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

Arguments/ Misunderstanding/ Road Rage /
3 186 1 870 5 246 3 153 1 609 1 232 1 302 1 146 1 942 20 686
Provocation

Retaliation/ Revenge/ Punishment 207 14 441 506 14 150 203 107 256 1 898
Intervention in an argument 34 8 251 261 37 87 156 93 227 1 154

During commission of other crimes (not

18 2 203 94 26 71 48 21 73 552
robbery or rape)

Robbery 23 3 139 138 45 19 58 31 46 502

Vigilantism/ Mob justice 25 2 66 197 22 15 25 7 10 369
Rape-related 7 3 19 51 0 7 10 5 8 110

Law enforcement & security guards in the line

3 1 14 7 4 2 4 1 9 45
of duty (excl. police murder)

Hijacking and attempts 1 0 5 7 0 1 1 2 4 21

Taxi-related 3 5 1 3 4 3 19
Gang-related 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 13
Sample size: assault GBH = 33 274 counts 55
 ASSAULT GBH: PLACE OF
July 2023 to September 2023

Place of occurrence EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

Residences of perpetrator/victim (including residence known by
1 828 1 049 3 817 2 887 800 819 949 692 1 747 14 588
victims/ perpetrator e.g. family/friends/neighbours)
Public place e.g. street/open field/recreational
907 393 2 659 1 937 676 663 896 588 1 435 10 154
centre/park/beach/parking area/abandoned building
Liquor outlets e.g. shebeen/tavern/pub/night club/bottle store 715 309 914 438 419 383 601 210 119 4 108
Business premises (e.g. mall/restaurants/work place/office
17 13 131 220 80 64 28 11 52 616
park/entertainment centre e.g. movie theatre, gambling facility)
Spaza/Tuck shop 46 14 98 119 71 42 70 50 21 531
Educational institutions (schools, universities, college, day care
24 5 75 60 28 25 38 14 22 291
facilities)
Agricultural land/farm/plot/small holding 13 5 15 37 7 11 29 22 115 254
Mode of Transport e.g. bus/car/plane/boat/ship/taxi 11 3 56 64 57 6 9 2 39 247
Public transport premises (Bus stop/taxi rank, railway premises e.g.
5 0 38 71 18 18 16 9 11 186
track/station)
Prison/holding cells 12 1 13 9 3 10 1 6 3 58

Leisure premises e.g. hotel/guest house/bnb/motel/holiday resort 1 0 19 12 7 4 2 2 2 49

Dumping site/refuse site 2 0 5 1 0 0 3 4 1 16

Sample size: assault GBH = 33 274 counts 56
 COMMON ASSAULT
Trend over three-months period
18000
15 771 16 132
16000
13 651 15 218 15 520
14000

13 445
12000

10000

8000

6000

553 612
4000

2000
-206
0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 3 564 3 667 12 521 6 273 2 551 2 134 2 491 1 339 9 849 44 389
July 2023 to September 2023 3 588 3 731 12 616 6 576 2 627 2 029 2 816 1 401 9 964 45 348
Count diff 24 64 95 303 76 -105 325 62 115 959
(%) Change 0,7% 1,7% 0,8% 4,8% 3,0% -4,9% 13,0% 4,6% 1,2% 2,2%
% contribution to RSA 7,9% 8,2% 27,8% 14,5% 5,8% 4,5% 6,2% 3,1% 22,0%

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COMMON ASSAULT
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 398 274 289 341 400 59 17,3%
2 1 Alexandra Johannesburg District Gauteng 247 267 249 348 376 28 8,0%
3 2 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 240 257 240 342 359 17 5,0%
4 2 Temba Tshwane District Gauteng 183 187 255 341 303 -38 -11,1%
5 3 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 275 259 252 213 299 86 40,4%
6 3 Mamelodi East Tshwane District Gauteng 186 194 247 273 289 16 5,9%
7 1 Chatsworth eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 244 166 187 241 276 35 14,5%
8 2 Phoenix eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 280 170 216 244 268 24 9,8%
9 4 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 244 220 178 207 265 58 28,0%
10 3 Plessislaer Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 222 200 243 204 247 43 21,1%
11 4 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 176 206 181 271 245 -26 -9,6%
12 5 Kleinvlei City of Cape Town District Western Cape 202 175 173 206 239 33 16,0%
13 5 Kagiso West Rand District Gauteng 236 214 233 254 239 -15 -5,9%
14 6 Worcester Cape Winelands District Western Cape 265 222 240 273 238 -35 -12,8%
15 6 Eldorado Park Johannesburg District Gauteng 220 237 210 257 233 -24 -9,3%
16 7 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 123 100 97 150 222 72 48,0%
17 7 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 146 159 203 175 218 43 24,6%
18 8 Atlantis City of Cape Town District Western Cape 171 197 151 163 211 48 29,4%
19 4 Kwadukuza Ilembe District KwaZulu-Natal 173 102 159 167 206 39 23,4%
20 1 Thohoyandou Vhembe District Limpopo 69 152 157 217 203 -14 -6,5%
21 9 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 160 184 189 231 202 -29 -12,6%
22 10 Khayelitsha City of Cape Town District Western Cape 212 211 178 197 199 2 1,0%
23 8 Mamelodi Tshwane District Gauteng 87 111 142 153 199 46 30,1%
24 5 Mountain Rise Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 124 140 102 155 197 42 27,1%
25 1 Thabong Lejweleputswa District Free State 169 176 181 222 195 -27 -12,2%
26 6 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 127 145 171 190 189 -1 -0,5%
27 9 Ennerdale Johannesburg District Gauteng 118 113 118 159 185 26 16,4%
28 11 Knysna Garden Route District Western Cape 121 127 127 140 182 42 30,0%
29 10 Soshanguve Tshwane District Gauteng 117 119 133 145 178 33 22,8%
30 11 Dobsonville Johannesburg District Gauteng 255 151 151 171 178 7 4,1%

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COMMON ROBBERY
Trend over three-months period
4500 4 190 4 262
4 015
4000
4 073 4 051
3 900
3500

3000

2500

2000

1500
211
1000
115 117
500

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 750 467 4 116 1 926 818 492 632 322 2 501 12 024
July 2023 to September 2023 791 524 3 973 2 116 773 549 662 301 2 778 12 467
Count diff 41 57 -143 190 -45 57 30 -21 277 443
(%) Change 5,5% 12,2% -3,5% 9,9% -5,5% 11,6% 4,7% -6,5% 11,1% 3,7%
% contribution to RSA 6,3% 4,2% 31,9% 17,0% 6,2% 4,4% 5,3% 2,4% 22,3%

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COMMON ROBBERY
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 157 142 153 295 379 84 28,5%
2 1 Cape Town Central City of Cape Town District Western Cape 245 90 101 263 249 -14 -5,3%
3 1 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 303 183 193 244 227 -17 -7,0%
4 2 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 117 86 113 133 189 56 42,1%
5 2 Hillbrow Johannesburg District Gauteng 235 136 101 147 184 37 25,2%
6 3 Brooklyn Tshwane District Gauteng 80 98 67 173 178 5 2,9%
7 4 Pretoria Central Tshwane District Gauteng 220 108 96 128 126 -2 -1,6%
8 1 Park Road Mangaung District Free State 160 66 95 109 106 -3 -2,8%
9 5 Sunnyside Tshwane District Gauteng 121 98 82 87 105 18 20,7%
10 3 Parow City of Cape Town District Western Cape 120 42 68 93 97 4 4,3%
11 4 Goodwood City of Cape Town District Western Cape 54 33 49 60 95 35 58,3%
12 5 Stellenbosch Cape Winelands District Western Cape 56 23 29 70 91 21 30,0%
13 6 Temba Tshwane District Gauteng 48 45 50 73 90 17 23,3%
14 2 Pietermaritzburg Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 76 44 39 87 89 2 2,3%
15 6 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 143 123 78 97 83 -14 -14,4%
16 7 Elsies River City of Cape Town District Western Cape 79 35 40 42 77 35 83,3%
17 7 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 78 55 65 61 76 15 24,6%
18 1 Kimberley Frances Baard District Northern Cape 118 83 64 74 75 1 1,4%
19 8 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 57 57 69 65 73 8 12,3%
20 9 Randburg Johannesburg District Gauteng 65 67 63 66 72 6 9,1%
21 10 Brixton Johannesburg District Gauteng 74 67 71 105 70 -35 -33,3%
22 3 Umbilo eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 52 42 39 37 67 30 81,1%
23 8 Bellville City of Cape Town District Western Cape 74 50 59 62 65 3 4,8%
24 11 Sandton Johannesburg District Gauteng 64 58 70 72 65 -7 -9,7%
25 1 Potchefstroom Dr Kenneth Kaunda District North West 48 33 37 51 65 14 27,5%
26 9 Athlone City of Cape Town District Western Cape 60 40 31 48 65 17 35,4%
27 10 Philippi East City of Cape Town District Western Cape 17 23 28 18 65 47 261,1%
28 1 Mankweng Capricorn District Limpopo 69 56 49 85 62 -23 -27,1%
29 1 Humewood Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 59 36 38 71 62 -9 -12,7%
30 12 Eldorado Park Johannesburg District Gauteng 69 26 32 51 60 9 17,6%

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 ROBBERY WITH AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES
Trend over three-months period
16000

14000 13 062 13 361

12 699

12000 12 791 12 761 12 589

10000

8000

6000

4000 600
110
2000
-271
0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 3 640 1 222 13 932 6 939 2 029 2 274 1 873 397 6 106 38 412
July 2023 to September 2023 3 277 1 238 14 209 6 377 2 028 2 402 2 211 402 6 707 38 851
Count diff -363 16 277 -562 -1 128 338 5 601 439
(%) Change -10,0% 1,3% 2,0% -8,1% 0,0% 5,6% 18,0% 1,3% 9,8% 1,1%
% contribution to RSA 8,4% 3,2% 36,6% 16,4% 5,2% 6,2% 5,7% 1,0% 17,3%

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ROBBERY WITH AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 509 295 281 373 410 37 9,9%
2 1 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 405 465 367 444 403 -41 -9,2%
3 2 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 203 148 235 242 351 109 45,0%
4 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 233 184 232 345 328 -17 -4,9%
5 2 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 227 245 285 291 315 24 8,2%
6 3 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 252 171 198 266 296 30 11,3%
7 4 Khayelitsha City of Cape Town District Western Cape 385 375 274 263 277 14 5,3%
8 5 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 262 189 171 213 269 56 26,3%
9 3 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 243 149 186 232 266 34 14,7%
10 6 Philippi East City of Cape Town District Western Cape 215 237 213 249 253 4 1,6%
11 4 Akasia Tshwane District Gauteng 188 213 254 276 252 -24 -8,7%
12 5 Hillbrow Johannesburg District Gauteng 318 219 153 230 248 18 7,8%
13 6 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 187 181 168 268 247 -21 -7,8%
14 7 Loate Tshwane District Gauteng 109 167 191 237 245 8 3,4%
15 8 Booysens Johannesburg District Gauteng 195 131 156 165 244 79 47,9%
16 7 Lingelethu-West City of Cape Town District Western Cape 157 110 114 136 239 103 75,7%
17 9 Protea Johannesburg District Gauteng 100 77 81 117 237 120 102,6%
18 2 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 240 201 187 181 235 54 29,8%
19 10 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 177 206 209 242 222 -20 -8,3%
20 3 Pinetown eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 312 208 214 271 218 -53 -19,6%
21 11 Eldorado Park Johannesburg District Gauteng 140 126 152 182 216 34 18,7%
22 12 Olievenhoutbosch Tshwane District Gauteng 108 158 98 209 213 4 1,9%
23 13 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 150 92 104 140 205 65 46,4%
24 1 Witbank Nkangala District Mpumalanga 235 191 138 145 199 54 37,2%
25 4 Verulam eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 135 109 98 192 195 3 1,6%
26 8 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 181 165 187 164 194 30 18,3%
27 14 Pretoria West Tshwane District Gauteng 151 166 168 215 194 -21 -9,8%
28 9 Cape Town Central City of Cape Town District Western Cape 158 85 83 163 193 30 18,4%
29 5 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 108 185 133 183 192 9 4,9%
30 15 Orange Farms Sedibeng District Gauteng 121 128 132 155 192 37 23,9%

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SOME SUB-CATEGORIES OF ROBBERY WITH AGGRAVATING
CIRCUMSTANCES

 Carjacking
 Robbery at residential premises
 Robbery at non-residential premises
 Robbery of cash in transit
 Bank robbery
 Truck hijacking

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TRIO CRIMES
Trend over three-months period
7000
6 194
5 857
6000
5 427
5 680 5 673
5000 5 401

4000

3000

2000 184
26

1000
-514

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 1 749 496 6 427 3 377 990 1 234 824 115 2 056 17 268
July 2023 to September 2023 1 544 424 6 898 3 025 908 1 197 925 106 1 937 16 964
Count diff -205 -72 471 -352 -82 -37 101 -9 -119 -304
(%) Change -11,7% -14,5% 7,3% -10,4% -8,3% -3,0% 12,3% -7,8% -5,8% -1,8%
% contribution to RSA 9,1% 2,5% 40,7% 17,8% 5,4% 7,1% 5,5% 0,6% 11,4%

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TRIO CRIMES
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 79 108 151 135 169 34 25,2%
2 1 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 114 93 161 133 167 34 25,6%
3 2 Booysens Johannesburg District Gauteng 98 68 83 83 142 59 71,1%
4 3 Protea Johannesburg District Gauteng 30 35 42 65 134 69 106,2%
5 4 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 82 80 82 112 132 20 17,9%
6 1 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 115 106 103 85 126 41 48,2%
7 5 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 108 83 92 109 123 14 12,8%
8 2 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 101 73 74 120 121 1 0,8%
9 3 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 99 106 78 86 120 34 39,5%
10 6 Orange Farms Sedibeng District Gauteng 47 79 82 81 116 35 43,2%
11 2 Umlazi eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 97 97 98 118 112 -6 -5,1%
12 1 Witbank Nkangala District Mpumalanga 118 95 72 73 111 38 52,1%
13 4 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 169 218 149 211 110 -101 -47,9%
14 7 Olievenhoutbosch Tshwane District Gauteng 59 97 62 133 110 -23 -17,3%
15 8 Moffatview Johannesburg District Gauteng 87 87 62 73 109 36 49,3%
16 5 Philippi East City of Cape Town District Western Cape 92 103 107 117 109 -8 -6,8%
17 9 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 83 54 65 73 108 35 47,9%
18 10 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 88 59 93 104 108 4 3,8%
19 11 Akasia Tshwane District Gauteng 77 101 117 109 106 -3 -2,8%
20 3 Plessislaer Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 71 152 117 171 104 -67 -39,2%
21 1 New Brighton Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 67 68 83 68 104 36 52,9%
22 4 Pinetown eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 125 80 84 91 102 11 12,1%
23 12 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 64 115 120 91 102 11 12,1%
24 5 Esikhaleni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 34 55 47 57 102 45 78,9%
25 6 Lingelethu-West City of Cape Town District Western Cape 77 69 59 63 101 38 60,3%
26 6 Verulam eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 69 57 43 92 100 8 8,7%
27 13 Moroka Johannesburg District Gauteng 97 64 56 72 100 28 38,9%
28 7 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 46 100 75 108 99 -9 -8,3%
29 14 Mamelodi East Tshwane District Gauteng 89 89 88 89 94 5 5,6%
30 15 Lenasia Johannesburg District Gauteng 45 48 71 60 94 34 56,7%

65
CARJACKING
Trend over three-months period
2500
2 253

2 045
1 953
2000
2 011 2 033
1 863

1500

1000

90
12
500

-242

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 566 60 2 945 956 138 340 171 7 966 6 149
July 2023 to September 2023 476 58 2 984 880 131 388 194 11 887 6 009
Count diff -90 -2 39 -76 -7 48 23 4 -79 -140
(%) Change -15,9% 2 counts lower 1,3% -7,9% -5,1% 14,1% 13,5% 4 counts higher -8,2% -2,3%
% contribution to RSA 7,9% 1,0% 49,7% 14,6% 2,2% 6,5% 3,2% 0,2% 14,8%

66
CARJACKING
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 62 56 106 100 114 14 14,0%
2 2 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 131 180 98 174 82 -92 -52,9%
3 1 Protea Johannesburg District Gauteng 19 15 24 36 81 45 125,0%
4 2 Moroka Johannesburg District Gauteng 43 41 39 45 81 36 80,0%
5 3 Philippi East City of Cape Town District Western Cape 53 59 62 82 76 -6 -7,3%
6 3 Orange Farms Sedibeng District Gauteng 23 43 43 51 76 25 49,0%
7 4 Olievenhoutbosch Tshwane District Gauteng 29 50 18 73 74 1 1,4%
8 5 Bramley Johannesburg District Gauteng 30 33 39 68 66 -2 -2,9%
9 4 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 43 59 36 52 64 12 23,1%
10 6 Sandringham Johannesburg District Gauteng 43 32 50 69 62 -7 -10,1%
11 5 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 57 36 30 71 58 -13 -18,3%
12 7 Mamelodi East Tshwane District Gauteng 62 61 54 48 58 10 20,8%
13 1 Umlazi eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 35 38 43 43 58 15 34,9%
14 8 Jabulani Johannesburg District Gauteng 20 14 21 21 58 37 176,2%
15 1 New Brighton Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 23 21 29 37 58 21 56,8%
16 9 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 33 28 37 68 56 -12 -17,6%
17 6 Lingelethu-West City of Cape Town District Western Cape 41 33 27 37 56 19 51,4%
18 10 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 13 35 46 48 55 7 14,6%
19 11 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 40 22 55 57 55 -2 -3,5%
20 12 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 29 32 69 59 54 -5 -8,5%
21 1 Witbank Nkangala District Mpumalanga 28 42 24 16 52 36 225,0%
22 13 Lenasia Johannesburg District Gauteng 11 21 24 28 52 24 85,7%
23 14 Booysens Johannesburg District Gauteng 46 34 27 32 49 17 53,1%
24 2 Vosman Nkangala District Mpumalanga 53 23 23 40 49 9 22,5%
25 7 Khayelitsha City of Cape Town District Western Cape 64 63 37 35 48 13 37,1%
26 8 Samora Machel City of Cape Town District Western Cape 13 43 37 44 48 4 9,1%
27 2 Kwazakele Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 34 23 22 47 47 0 0,0%
28 2 Bhekithemba eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 7 15 18 18 47 29 161,1%
29 15 Pretoria West Tshwane District Gauteng 23 42 49 77 45 -32 -41,6%
30 16 Akasia Tshwane District Gauteng 32 43 39 57 44 -13 -22,8%

67
CARJACKING
July 2023 to September 2023 – Type of vehicles hijacked

68
ROBBERY AT RESIDENTIAL PREMISES
Trend over three-months period
2500

2 111
1 994
1 940
2000
1 980 1 932
1 913

1500

1000

198
500

14 8

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 538 171 1 906 1 513 366 401 271 36 623 5 825
July 2023 to September 2023 543 199 2 253 1 371 310 380 281 51 657 6 045
Count diff 5 28 347 -142 -56 -21 10 15 34 220
(%) Change 0,9% 16,4% 18,2% -9,4% -15,3% -5,2% 3,7% 15 counts higher 5,5% 3,8%
% contribution to RSA 9,0% 3,3% 37,3% 22,7% 5,1% 6,3% 4,6% 0,8% 10,9%

69
ROBBERY AT RESIDENTIAL PREMISES
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 22 42 61 52 91 39 39 counts higher
2 1 Plessislaer Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 18 45 73 121 80 -41 41 counts lower
3 2 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 46 45 48 41 76 35 35 counts higher
4 3 Esikhaleni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 20 43 26 45 76 31 31 counts higher
5 1 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 31 30 35 40 60 20 20 counts higher
6 2 Booysens Johannesburg District Gauteng 26 22 32 29 57 28 28 counts higher
7 3 Moffatview Johannesburg District Gauteng 28 30 21 40 57 17 17 counts higher
8 2 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 50 38 33 30 55 25 25 counts higher
9 4 Verulam eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 30 26 20 49 55 6 6 counts higher
10 4 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 41 26 28 39 52 13 13 counts higher
11 5 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 27 60 38 52 50 -2 2 counts lower
12 3 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 36 34 46 27 45 18 18 counts higher
13 5 Protea Johannesburg District Gauteng 3 11 14 20 44 24 24 counts higher
14 6 Akasia Tshwane District Gauteng 25 39 48 42 43 1 1 count higher
15 7 Daveyton Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 3 15 12 18 42 24 24 counts higher
16 1 New Brighton Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 33 41 46 24 40 16 16 counts higher
17 8 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 21 24 27 26 39 13 13 counts higher
18 6 Kwadukuza Ilembe District KwaZulu-Natal 30 51 89 64 38 -26 26 counts lower
19 4 Lingelethu-West City of Cape Town District Western Cape 27 32 26 15 38 23 23 counts higher
20 9 Sandton Johannesburg District Gauteng 33 17 35 19 36 17 17 counts higher
21 10 Honeydew Johannesburg District Gauteng 104 78 45 48 35 -13 13 counts lower
22 11 Rietgat Tshwane District Gauteng 27 25 25 32 35 3 3 counts higher
23 12 Bekkersdal West Rand District Gauteng 3 6 6 13 35 22 22 counts higher
24 13 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 22 19 11 14 34 20 20 counts higher
25 14 Benoni Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 21 25 12 24 34 10 10 counts higher
26 5 Khayelitsha City of Cape Town District Western Cape 47 65 40 34 34 0 0 count diff
27 15 Diepsloot Johannesburg District Gauteng 46 45 24 20 34 14 14 counts higher
28 7 Umlazi eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 40 47 40 59 32 -27 27 counts lower
29 6 Gugulethu City of Cape Town District Western Cape 25 34 36 22 32 10 10 counts higher
30 16 Alberton Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 6 19 6 14 32 18 18 counts higher

70
ROBBERY AT NON-RESIDENTIAL PREMISES
Trend over three-months period
2500

1 961
2000
1 727
1 606
1 675 1 701
1500
1 534

1000

-26
500 -72

-286

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 645 265 1 576 908 486 493 382 72 467 5 294
July 2023 to September 2023 525 167 1 661 774 467 429 450 44 393 4 910
Count diff -120 -98 85 -134 -19 -64 68 -28 -74 -384
(%) Change -18,6% -37,0% 5,4% -14,8% -3,9% -13,0% 17,8% 28 counts lower -15,8% -7,3%
% contribution to RSA 10,7% 3,4% 33,8% 15,8% 9,5% 8,7% 9,2% 0,9% 8,0%

71
ROBBERY AT NON-RESIDENTIAL PREMISES
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 73 45 53 64 76 12 12 counts higher
2 1 Madeira OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 38 25 44 39 62 23 23 counts higher
3 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 27 25 41 42 40 -2 2 counts lower
4 2 Kempton Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 33 31 34 35 40 5 5 counts higher
5 3 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 28 28 18 18 37 19 19 counts higher
6 1 Calcutta Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga 16 19 18 12 37 25 25 counts higher
7 4 Booysens Johannesburg District Gauteng 26 12 24 22 36 14 14 counts higher
8 1 Thohoyandou Vhembe District Limpopo 35 35 21 54 34 -20 20 counts lower
9 2 Witbank Nkangala District Mpumalanga 63 26 29 41 33 -8 8 counts lower
10 1 Rustenburg Bojanala District North West 27 20 50 33 31 -2 2 counts lower
11 2 East London Buffalo City District Eastern Cape 18 24 41 48 31 -17 17 counts lower
12 5 Diepkloof Johannesburg District Gauteng 14 8 4 16 31 15 15 counts higher
13 3 Bushbuckridge Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga 25 10 24 15 31 16 16 counts higher
14 2 Pinetown eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 51 37 31 29 30 1 1 count higher
15 6 Hillbrow Johannesburg District Gauteng 30 27 26 22 30 8 8 counts higher
16 7 Tsakane Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 15 21 9 9 29 20 20 counts higher
17 8 Vereeniging Sedibeng District Gauteng 13 11 12 13 26 13 13 counts higher
18 2 Lebowakgomo Capricorn District Limpopo 17 15 16 22 26 4 4 counts higher
19 9 Lenasia Johannesburg District Gauteng 26 12 19 20 25 5 5 counts higher
20 10 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 28 34 21 24 24 0 0 count diff
21 11 Springs Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 23 32 16 32 24 -8 8 counts lower
22 12 Rietgat Tshwane District Gauteng 20 10 18 19 24 5 5 counts higher
23 2 Jouberton Dr Kenneth Kaunda District North West 13 3 10 17 24 7 7 counts higher
24 3 Giyani Mopani District Limpopo 20 21 21 19 24 5 5 counts higher
25 3 Brighton Beach eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 13 19 10 17 23 6 6 counts higher
26 13 Eldorado Park Johannesburg District Gauteng 13 8 6 22 22 0 0 count diff
27 14 Benoni Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 22 21 20 21 22 1 1 count higher
28 15 Vanderbijlpark Sedibeng District Gauteng 13 13 18 8 22 14 14 counts higher
29 4 Umlazi eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 22 12 15 16 22 6 6 counts higher
30 5 Pietermaritzburg Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 5 2 28 43 22 -21 21 counts lower

72
ROBBERY OF CASH IN TRANSIT
Trend over three-months period
30

25
25 24

24
20

19
15
15

13
10
5

5 2
1

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 9 3 16 8 6 7 3 1 3 56
July 2023 to September 2023 16 1 22 8 4 7 4 0 2 64
Count diff 7 -2 6 0 -2 0 1 -1 -1 8
(%) Change 7 counts higher 2 counts lower 6 counts higher 0 count diff 2 counts lower 0 count diff 1 count higher 1 count lower 1 count lower 8 counts higher
% contribution to RSA 25,0% 1,6% 34,4% 12,5% 6,3% 10,9% 6,3% 0,0% 3,1%

73
ROBBERY OF CASH IN TRANSIT (CIT)
Type of cash in transit robbery – (method used)

• KwaZulu-Natal –1
• Gauteng - 1
• Gauteng -1
Merchant Branch
retail (Depot)
2 1
64
Cross AV on Method used to gain
pavement road control of AV & access to
• Gauteng – 9 assets (money)
• Eastern Cape – 4 21 40 • Eastern Cape – 12
• Limpopo – 2 Blocked AV to
• Gauteng – 10 halt (bombed) Collided/Bumped/Pushed
• Kwa-Zulu-Natal – 2 • KwaZulu-Natal – 6 1 (bombed)
• Western Cape – 2 6
• Mpumalanga – 6
• Mpumalanga -1 • North West – 4
• Free State - 1 • Limpopo – 2
From the 21 cases of Cross Pavement reported,
perpetrators threatened Security guards on 17
incidents while they fired shots at the Security
guards in 4 of those cases. Most cases occurred
after Security guards had collected money, on their Shot at AV
(bombed)
way back to the Armoured vehicle (parking area) 33
with 20 cases registered while they were robbed
at the ATM site in two (1) incidents.

* More than one method can be used in one incident.

74
 ROBBERY OF CASH IN TRANSIT
July 2023 to September 2023 – Type

14 AV on the road - (40) Cross Pavement - (21) Merchant Retail - (2) Branch (Depot) - (1)

12
12

10
10
9

6 6
6

4 4
4

2 2 2 2
2
1 1 1 1 1

0
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape

75
TRUCK HIJACKING
Trend over three-months period
250

207
194
200 185

184
169 164
150

100

25
50

-23 -21

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 42 11 335 32 12 74 24 1 30 561
July 2023 to September 2023 60 18 290 48 9 73 18 3 23 542
Count diff 18 7 -45 16 -3 -1 -6 2 -7 -19
(%) Change 18 counts higher 7 counts higher -13,4% 16 counts higher 3 counts lower 1 count lower 6 counts lower 2 counts higher 7 counts lower -3,4%
% contribution to RSA 11,1% 3,3% 53,5% 8,9% 1,7% 13,5% 3,3% 0,6% 4,2%

76
TRUCK HIJACKING
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Orange Farms Sedibeng District Gauteng 3 12 10 10 22 12 12 counts higher
2 2 Alberton Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 6 15 12 10 18 8 8 counts higher
3 1 Swartkops Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 3 9 4 5 16 11 11 counts higher
4 3 Bekkersdal West Rand District Gauteng 0 0 0 3 14 11 11 counts higher
5 4 Akasia Tshwane District Gauteng 2 2 12 12 12 0 0 count diff
6 1 Delmas Nkangala District Mpumalanga 13 9 10 21 12 -9 9 counts lower
7 2 Bushbuckridge Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga 1 0 2 7 11 4 4 counts higher
8 5 Kempton Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 13 6 9 13 10 -3 3 counts lower
9 6 Boksburg Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 1 2 4 5 9 4 4 counts higher
10 3 Middelburg MpumalangNkangala District Mpumalanga 0 2 2 1 8 7 7 counts higher
11 7 Boksburg North Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 3 2 3 14 8 -6 6 counts lower
12 8 Brakpan Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 0 8 4 4 8 4 4 counts higher
13 2 Mount Road Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 5 2 3 4 7 3 3 counts higher
14 9 Mondeor Johannesburg District Gauteng 3 5 2 1 7 6 6 counts higher
15 3 Kabega Park Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 1 1 2 1 7 6 6 counts higher
16 10 Bedfordview Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 6 5 7 10 7 -3 3 counts lower
17 11 Westonaria West Rand District Gauteng 1 5 1 10 7 -3 3 counts lower
18 12 Fochville West Rand District Gauteng 2 1 4 4 7 3 3 counts higher
19 13 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 3 3 6 5 6 1 1 count higher
20 1 Pinetown eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 1 0 2 1 6 5 5 counts higher
21 14 Vanderbijlpark Sedibeng District Gauteng 0 6 5 7 6 -1 1 count lower
22 15 Hammanskraal Tshwane District Gauteng 1 11 2 3 6 3 3 counts higher
23 16 Elsburg Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 0 2 1 3 6 3 3 counts higher
24 17 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 4 1 1 3 5 2 2 counts higher
25 18 Benoni Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 2 4 6 2 5 3 3 counts higher
26 19 Kagiso West Rand District Gauteng 3 1 1 3 5 2 2 counts higher
27 1 Brits Bojanala District North West 0 0 1 4 5 1 1 count higher
28 2 Potchefstroom Dr Kenneth Kaunda District North West 0 0 0 1 5 4 4 counts higher
29 20 Olievenhoutbosch Tshwane District Gauteng 2 4 3 6 5 -1 1 count lower
30 21 Lenasia Johannesburg District Gauteng 0 0 2 3 5 2 2 counts higher

77
KIDNAPPING
Trend over three-months period
1800

1600 1 535
1 412
1 353
1400
1 355 1 365
1200 1 308

1000

800

600
180
400
45 47
200

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 199 125 2 104 785 124 243 174 26 248 4 028
July 2023 to September 2023 250 166 2 194 860 109 244 210 44 223 4 300
Count diff 51 41 90 75 -15 1 36 18 -25 272
(%) Change 25,6% 32,8% 4,3% 9,6% -12,1% 0,4% 20,7% 18 counts higher -10,1% 6,8%
% contribution to RSA 5,8% 3,9% 51,0% 20,0% 2,5% 5,7% 4,9% 1,0% 5,2%

78
KIDNAPPING
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Protea Johannesburg District Gauteng 7 5 14 34 65 31 31 counts higher
2 2 Moroka Johannesburg District Gauteng 17 9 17 35 65 30 30 counts higher
3 3 Orange Farms Sedibeng District Gauteng 14 10 8 27 62 35 35 counts higher
4 4 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 10 9 23 27 59 32 32 counts higher
5 5 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 20 17 8 30 57 27 27 counts higher
6 6 Vosloorus Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 7 8 16 57 56 -1 1 count lower
7 7 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 4 4 21 47 45 -2 2 counts lower
8 8 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 17 13 29 52 44 -8 8 counts lower
9 1 Umlazi eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 14 12 25 29 42 13 13 counts higher
10 9 Booysens Johannesburg District Gauteng 3 4 5 26 41 15 15 counts higher
11 10 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 11 5 15 17 40 23 23 counts higher
12 11 Eldorado Park Johannesburg District Gauteng 7 10 22 32 40 8 8 counts higher
13 12 Evaton Sedibeng District Gauteng 7 6 7 32 40 8 8 counts higher
14 2 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 8 7 14 33 37 4 4 counts higher
15 13 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 12 12 35 55 36 -19 19 counts lower
16 3 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 24 16 30 33 35 2 2 counts higher
17 14 Lenasia Johannesburg District Gauteng 4 7 7 20 35 15 15 counts higher
18 15 Mondeor Johannesburg District Gauteng 1 4 12 42 34 -8 8 counts lower
19 4 Verulam eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 23 8 5 20 33 13 13 counts higher
20 5 Ntuzuma eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 14 10 7 13 33 20 20 counts higher
21 6 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 14 21 7 25 32 7 7 counts higher
22 16 Bekkersdal West Rand District Gauteng 1 4 5 24 32 8 8 counts higher
23 17 Diepkloof Johannesburg District Gauteng 2 1 4 25 31 6 6 counts higher
24 18 Westonaria West Rand District Gauteng 6 2 14 41 31 -10 10 counts lower
25 19 Lenasia South Johannesburg District Gauteng 5 3 15 37 30 -7 7 counts lower
26 20 Rietgat Tshwane District Gauteng 4 7 11 36 29 -7 7 counts lower
27 21 Jabulani Johannesburg District Gauteng 2 1 6 12 28 16 16 counts higher
28 22 Heidelberg (Gp) Sedibeng District Gauteng 0 0 18 37 28 -9 9 counts lower
29 23 Kempton Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 32 19 2 37 27 -10 10 counts lower
30 7 Chatsworth eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 4 2 8 21 27 6 6 counts higher

79
KIDNAPPING: CIRCUMSTANCES / CAUSATIVE FACTORS
July 2023 to September 2023

EC FS GP KZN LP MP NW NC WC RSA

Sample size 234 130 2064 774 100 45 35 169 182 3 733

Ransom demanded 9 1 81 20 11 0 7 1 6 136

Extortion 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Human Trafficking 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 1 2 14

80
KIDNAPPING: RANSOM RELATED
July 2023 to September 2023
60

49
50
45
42
40

30
31

20 23 23

10
26 22
11

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 2 4 39 14 5 4 0 1 8 77
July 2023 to September 2023 9 1 81 20 11 0 1 7 6 136
Count diff 7 -3 42 6 6 -4 1 6 -2 59

% contribution to RSA 6,6% 0,7% 59,6% 14,7% 8,1% 0,0% 0,7% 5,1% 4,4%

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 CONTACT-RELATED CRIME
Arson and Malicious Damage to Property. These two crimes are closely related and involve damage to or
the destruction of another person’s property (often in order to punish such a person or entity) or to
damage one’s own property for the purpose of insurance claims.

 Arson
 Malicious Damage to Property

82
 CONTACT-RELATED CRIME
Trend over three-months period
12000
10 622
10 106 10 261
10000
10 027 9 938
9 344
8000

6000

4000
595

2000
-323
-762
0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 3 462 1 779 7 555 3 807 2 115 1 567 1 859 1 097 7 153 30 394
July 2023 to September 2023 3 141 1 680 7 109 3 864 1 994 1 471 1 806 1 017 7 822 29 904
Count diff -321 -99 -446 57 -121 -96 -53 -80 669 -490
(%) Change -9,3% -5,6% -5,9% 1,5% -5,7% -6,1% -2,9% -7,3% 9,4% -1,6%
% contribution to RSA 10,5% 5,6% 23,8% 12,9% 6,7% 4,9% 6,0% 3,4% 26,2%

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CONTACT-RELATED CRIME
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 196 237 191 202 281 79 39,1%
2 2 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 244 199 236 261 268 7 2,7%
3 3 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 149 156 172 224 266 42 18,8%
4 4 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 178 281 182 209 210 1 0,5%
5 5 Bishop Lavis City of Cape Town District Western Cape 154 176 146 153 197 44 28,8%
6 6 Elsies River City of Cape Town District Western Cape 177 135 116 156 187 31 19,9%
7 7 Kleinvlei City of Cape Town District Western Cape 149 187 125 179 175 -4 -2,2%
8 1 Eldorado Park Johannesburg District Gauteng 163 119 191 161 174 13 8,1%
9 8 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 156 181 138 152 173 21 13,8%
10 9 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 119 157 105 132 172 40 30,3%
11 10 Worcester Cape Winelands District Western Cape 145 159 147 187 159 -28 -15,0%
12 11 Table View City of Cape Town District Western Cape 38 41 46 52 152 100 192,3%
13 12 Lentegeur City of Cape Town District Western Cape 106 92 95 117 152 35 29,9%
14 1 Plessislaer Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 119 147 163 120 151 31 25,8%
15 2 Alexandra Johannesburg District Gauteng 113 123 157 136 151 15 11,0%
16 13 Athlone City of Cape Town District Western Cape 117 114 89 104 143 39 37,5%
17 14 Samora Machel City of Cape Town District Western Cape 53 61 60 79 138 59 74,7%
18 3 Mamelodi East Tshwane District Gauteng 145 117 134 133 135 2 1,5%
19 15 Grassy Park City of Cape Town District Western Cape 106 92 109 120 135 15 12,5%
20 16 Atlantis City of Cape Town District Western Cape 139 129 108 118 135 17 14,4%
21 17 Wellington Cape Winelands District Western Cape 72 76 80 100 134 34 34,0%
22 18 Manenberg City of Cape Town District Western Cape 156 104 139 117 132 15 12,8%
23 19 Knysna Garden Route District Western Cape 75 71 89 96 131 35 36,5%
24 20 Paarl East Cape Winelands District Western Cape 159 122 115 134 131 -3 -2,2%
25 4 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 132 129 112 130 130 0 0,0%
26 21 Gugulethu City of Cape Town District Western Cape 108 97 112 135 128 -7 -5,2%
27 22 Khayelitsha City of Cape Town District Western Cape 130 230 101 106 127 21 19,8%
28 23 Philippi East City of Cape Town District Western Cape 95 66 67 89 126 37 41,6%
29 2 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 128 94 129 100 125 25 25,0%
30 24 Philippi City of Cape Town District Western Cape 98 87 85 94 125 31 33,0%

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ARSON
Trend over three-months period
400
371
342 344
350
341
300 318 321

250

200

150

100
-3

-24
50
-50
0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 168 36 135 206 108 75 82 46 201 1 057
July 2023 to September 2023 156 59 99 192 113 66 68 47 180 980
Count diff -12 23 -36 -14 5 -9 -14 1 -21 -77
(%) Change -7,1% 23 counts higher 36 counts lower -6,8% 4,6% 9 counts lower 14 counts lower 1 count higher -10,4% -7,3%
% contribution to RSA 15,9% 6,0% 10,1% 19,6% 11,5% 6,7% 6,9% 4,8% 18,4%

85
ARSON
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Thohoyandou Vhembe District Limpopo 5 7 4 9 13 4 4 counts higher
2 1 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 8 8 2 8 12 4 4 counts higher
3 1 Libode OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 3 2 3 3 11 8 8 counts higher
4 2 Khayelitsha City of Cape Town District Western Cape 2 5 2 2 8 6 6 counts higher
5 1 Bloemspruit Mangaung District Free State 2 5 4 3 8 5 5 counts higher
6 3 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 4 3 5 10 7 -3 3 counts lower
7 1 Umlazi eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 9 5 7 8 7 -1 1 count lower
8 2 Osizweni Amajuba District KwaZulu-Natal 2 0 0 1 7 6 6 counts higher
9 1 Jouberton Dr Kenneth Kaunda District North West 3 5 2 5 7 2 2 counts higher
10 1 Delmas Nkangala District Mpumalanga 1 5 3 3 7 4 4 counts higher
11 4 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 4 5 3 8 6 -2 2 counts lower
12 3 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 2 6 10 5 6 1 1 count higher
13 4 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 4 9 7 4 6 2 2 counts higher
14 2 Seshego Capricorn District Limpopo 4 6 2 6 6 0 0 count diff
15 2 Thabong Lejweleputswa District Free State 2 3 5 1 6 5 5 counts higher
16 5 Lingelethu-West City of Cape Town District Western Cape 4 2 6 3 6 3 3 counts higher
17 5 Nongoma Zululand District KwaZulu-Natal 4 1 2 6 6 0 0 count diff
18 6 Ceres Cape Winelands District Western Cape 3 6 0 2 6 4 4 counts higher
19 3 Tubatse Sekhukhune District Limpopo 2 0 5 3 6 3 3 counts higher
20 2 Tsolo OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 2 3 3 4 6 2 2 counts higher
21 3 Port St Johns OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 0 2 3 5 6 1 1 count higher
22 6 Lamontville eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 1 3 2 1 6 5 5 counts higher
23 7 Stellenbosch Cape Winelands District Western Cape 2 0 2 4 5 1 1 count higher
24 1 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 3 3 3 3 5 2 2 counts higher
25 2 Vosman Nkangala District Mpumalanga 2 1 4 4 5 1 1 count higher
26 8 Gugulethu City of Cape Town District Western Cape 3 1 2 5 5 0 0 count diff
27 1 Galeshewe Frances Baard District Northern Cape 0 5 3 5 5 0 0 count diff
28 2 Roodepan Frances Baard District Northern Cape 1 3 5 5 5 0 0 count diff
29 4 Mount Frere Alfred Nzo District Eastern Cape 6 1 4 2 5 3 3 counts higher
30 9 Kwanonqaba Garden Route District Western Cape 2 2 2 1 5 4 4 counts higher

86
 MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
Trend over three-months period
12000

10 281
9 764 9 890
10000
9 683 9 617
9 026
8000

6000

4000
598

2000
-273
-738
0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 3 294 1 743 7 420 3 601 2 007 1 492 1 777 1 051 6 952 29 337
July 2023 to September 2023 2 985 1 621 7 010 3 672 1 881 1 405 1 738 970 7 642 28 924
Count diff -309 -122 -410 71 -126 -87 -39 -81 690 -413
(%) Change -9,4% -7,0% -5,5% 2,0% -6,3% -5,8% -2,2% -7,7% 9,9% -1,4%
% contribution to RSA 10,3% 5,6% 24,2% 12,7% 6,5% 4,9% 6,0% 3,4% 26,4%

87
MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 184 232 184 196 277 81 41,3%
2 2 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 240 194 233 253 262 9 3,6%
3 3 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 145 153 167 214 259 45 21,0%
4 4 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 176 277 174 198 208 10 5,1%
5 5 Bishop Lavis City of Cape Town District Western Cape 154 174 144 150 194 44 29,3%
6 6 Elsies River City of Cape Town District Western Cape 175 134 112 152 187 35 23,0%
7 1 Eldorado Park Johannesburg District Gauteng 162 119 188 161 174 13 8,1%
8 7 Kleinvlei City of Cape Town District Western Cape 145 182 121 176 172 -4 -2,3%
9 8 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 154 180 134 147 171 24 16,3%
10 9 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 111 149 103 124 160 36 29,0%
11 10 Worcester Cape Winelands District Western Cape 143 157 144 179 157 -22 -12,3%
12 11 Table View City of Cape Town District Western Cape 38 38 45 52 151 99 190,4%
13 2 Alexandra Johannesburg District Gauteng 111 120 150 133 150 17 12,8%
14 1 Plessislaer Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 115 144 158 114 148 34 29,8%
15 12 Lentegeur City of Cape Town District Western Cape 103 91 92 112 148 36 32,1%
16 13 Athlone City of Cape Town District Western Cape 116 110 87 102 143 41 40,2%
17 14 Samora Machel City of Cape Town District Western Cape 52 55 56 76 137 61 80,3%
18 15 Grassy Park City of Cape Town District Western Cape 104 89 108 120 134 14 11,7%
19 16 Atlantis City of Cape Town District Western Cape 137 128 106 118 134 16 13,6%
20 3 Mamelodi East Tshwane District Gauteng 139 113 133 130 132 2 1,5%
21 4 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 129 124 109 128 130 2 1,6%
22 17 Paarl East Cape Winelands District Western Cape 156 115 111 131 130 -1 -0,8%
23 18 Wellington Cape Winelands District Western Cape 71 75 78 95 130 35 36,8%
24 19 Manenberg City of Cape Town District Western Cape 153 103 137 116 130 14 12,1%
25 20 Knysna Garden Route District Western Cape 70 68 86 91 127 36 39,6%
26 21 Philippi East City of Cape Town District Western Cape 90 62 66 87 125 38 43,7%
27 22 Philippi City of Cape Town District Western Cape 97 85 85 93 125 32 34,4%
28 23 Gugulethu City of Cape Town District Western Cape 105 96 110 130 123 -7 -5,4%
29 5 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 135 107 94 139 119 -20 -14,4%
30 2 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 124 85 122 96 119 23 24,0%

88
 PROPERTY-RELATED CRIME
Property-Related Crime refers to crimes during which tangible property of an individual or institution is
taken by criminal elements without permission, and in the absence of the owner/custodian of such
property. This type of crime includes burglary at both residential and
non-residential premises, theft of motor vehicles and motorcycles, theft out of or from motor vehicles and
stock-theft.

 Burglary at Residential Premises

 Burglary at Non-Residential Premises
 Theft of Motor Vehicle and Motor Cycle
 Theft out of or from Motor Vehicle
 Stock Theft

89
 PROPERTY-RELATED CRIME
Trend over three-months period
35000 32 691
31 757 31 769

30000 31 543
30 195 30 559

25000

20000

15000

10000

5000
-1 148 -1 210
-1 562

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 11 365 6 241 23 930 15 095 6 145 6 594 6 528 3 093 17 226 96 217
July 2023 to September 2023 10 616 5 781 22 649 14 667 5 778 6 202 6 069 2 825 17 710 92 297
Count diff -749 -460 -1 281 -428 -367 -392 -459 -268 484 -3 920
(%) Change -6,6% -7,4% -5,4% -2,8% -6,0% -5,9% -7,0% -8,7% 2,8% -4,1%
% contribution to RSA 11,5% 6,3% 24,5% 15,9% 6,3% 6,7% 6,6% 3,1% 19,2%

90
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIME
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Cape Town Central City of Cape Town District Western Cape 1 120 592 548 905 1 024 119 13,1%
2 2 Stellenbosch Cape Winelands District Western Cape 620 334 474 566 646 80 14,1%
3 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 699 585 690 527 580 53 10,1%
4 1 Brooklyn Tshwane District Gauteng 807 625 565 491 580 89 18,1%
5 1 Park Road Mangaung District Free State 771 465 442 576 559 -17 -3,0%
6 3 Bellville City of Cape Town District Western Cape 629 445 385 418 556 138 33,0%
7 2 Honeydew Johannesburg District Gauteng 829 485 460 614 543 -71 -11,6%
8 1 Rustenburg Bojanala District North West 630 577 521 682 489 -193 -28,3%
9 3 Kempton Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 480 398 413 358 480 122 34,1%
10 4 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 486 374 350 462 462 0 0,0%
11 1 East London Buffalo City District Eastern Cape 473 363 309 484 446 -38 -7,9%
12 1 Witbank Nkangala District Mpumalanga 749 471 432 485 443 -42 -8,7%
13 2 Nelspruit Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga 574 615 323 505 427 -78 -15,4%
14 5 Wierdabrug Tshwane District Gauteng 684 488 460 389 422 33 8,5%
15 6 Krugersdorp West Rand District Gauteng 465 338 312 457 418 -39 -8,5%
16 1 Polokwane Capricorn District Limpopo 473 291 325 396 415 19 4,8%
17 2 Humewood Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 551 405 289 392 415 23 5,9%
18 4 Paarl Cape Winelands District Western Cape 401 386 329 296 409 113 38,2%
19 3 Middelburg MpumalangNkangala District Mpumalanga 510 494 435 407 408 1 0,2%
20 7 Sunnyside Tshwane District Gauteng 565 423 440 408 404 -4 -1,0%
21 8 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 489 312 269 403 395 -8 -2,0%
22 5 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 520 314 299 367 393 26 7,1%
23 9 Lyttelton Tshwane District Gauteng 602 397 411 401 388 -13 -3,2%
24 3 Cambridge Buffalo City District Eastern Cape 376 275 334 376 382 6 1,6%
25 2 Umbilo eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 527 451 395 429 380 -49 -11,4%
26 10 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 561 325 363 407 378 -29 -7,1%
27 2 Welkom Lejweleputswa District Free State 378 276 316 280 370 90 32,1%
28 11 Pretoria Central Tshwane District Gauteng 495 297 402 366 366 0 0,0%
29 6 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 438 365 317 357 363 6 1,7%
30 1 Kimberley Frances Baard District Northern Cape 420 331 291 358 360 2 0,6%

91
 BURGLARY AT RESIDENTIAL PREMISES
Trend over three-months period
16000

13 858
14000 13 354 13 338

12000 13 039
12 503 12 609

10000

8000

6000

4000

2000
-729
-851 -819
0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 4 831 2 902 9 073 6 351 2 858 3 028 2 839 1 590 7 078 40 550
July 2023 to September 2023 4 589 2 547 8 158 6 384 2 571 2 780 2 637 1 396 7 089 38 151
Count diff -242 -355 -915 33 -287 -248 -202 -194 11 -2 399
(%) Change -5,0% -12,2% -10,1% 0,5% -10,0% -8,2% -7,1% -12,2% 0,2% -5,9%
% contribution to RSA 12,0% 6,7% 21,4% 16,7% 6,7% 7,3% 6,9% 3,7% 18,6%

92
BURGLARY AT RESIDENTIAL PREMISES
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Mankweng Capricorn District Limpopo 242 178 194 220 215 -5 -2,3%
2 1 Cambridge Buffalo City District Eastern Cape 143 109 148 177 210 33 18,6%
3 1 Plessislaer Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 224 178 172 207 208 1 0,5%
4 1 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 198 182 159 175 202 27 15,4%
5 2 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 263 159 153 168 183 15 8,9%
6 1 Mmabatho Ngaka Modiri Molema District
North West 139 72 120 130 179 49 37,7%
7 1 Witbank Nkangala District Mpumalanga 306 186 168 205 174 -31 -15,1%
8 1 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 172 111 123 163 171 8 4,9%
9 1 Park Road Mangaung District Free State 289 192 217 231 168 -63 -27,3%
10 2 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 200 125 156 148 164 16 10,8%
11 2 Rustenburg Bojanala District North West 242 186 149 171 162 -9 -5,3%
12 2 Temba Tshwane District Gauteng 175 135 128 183 160 -23 -12,6%
13 3 Wierdabrug Tshwane District Gauteng 189 165 158 157 158 1 0,6%
14 2 Welkom Lejweleputswa District Free State 127 120 160 112 157 45 40,2%
15 3 Mountain Rise Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 147 128 86 123 155 32 26,0%
16 3 Ikageng Dr Kenneth Kaunda District North West 144 145 173 143 152 9 6,3%
17 4 Krugersdorp West Rand District Gauteng 158 115 122 160 151 -9 -5,6%
18 2 Walmer Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 184 133 105 193 150 -43 -22,3%
19 3 Worcester Cape Winelands District Western Cape 149 168 137 151 147 -4 -2,6%
20 4 Chatsworth eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 150 95 102 111 147 36 32,4%
21 2 Nelspruit Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga 228 214 136 133 143 10 7,5%
22 3 Middelburg MpumalangNkangala District Mpumalanga 200 126 198 162 143 -19 -11,7%
23 5 Akasia Tshwane District Gauteng 201 145 135 128 141 13 10,2%
24 4 Klerksdorp Dr Kenneth Kaunda District North West 127 111 126 123 141 18 14,6%
25 4 Bellville City of Cape Town District Western Cape 163 97 118 92 140 48 52,2%
26 5 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 159 139 101 117 139 22 18,8%
27 6 Alexandra Road Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 178 138 130 156 138 -18 -11,5%
28 1 Kimberley Frances Baard District Northern Cape 157 117 117 122 137 15 12,3%
29 6 Tsakane Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 146 115 107 137 136 -1 -0,7%
30 5 Cape Town Central City of Cape Town District Western Cape 108 78 74 102 135 33 32,4%

93
BURGLARY AT NON-RESIDENTIAL PREMISES
Trend over three-months period
6000
5 344
5 216
5 036
5000
5 039 4 968
4 768
4000

3000

2000

1000
-177
-268
-376
0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 2 052 1 224 3 335 2 197 1 447 1 219 1 235 670 2 217 15 596
July 2023 to September 2023 1 778 1 115 3 035 2 066 1 466 1 202 1 221 586 2 306 14 775
Count diff -274 -109 -300 -131 19 -17 -14 -84 89 -821
(%) Change -13,4% -8,9% -9,0% -6,0% 1,3% -1,4% -1,1% -12,5% 4,0% -5,3%
% contribution to RSA 12,0% 7,5% 20,5% 14,0% 9,9% 8,1% 8,3% 4,0% 15,6%

94
BURGLARY AT NON-RESIDENTIAL PREMISES
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 East London Buffalo City District Eastern Cape 63 81 43 167 134 -33 -19,8%
2 1 Nelspruit Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga 63 96 50 124 110 -14 -11,3%
3 1 Polokwane Capricorn District Limpopo 72 73 76 78 101 23 29,5%
4 1 Paarl Cape Winelands District Western Cape 98 82 80 76 95 19 25,0%
5 1 Park Road Mangaung District Free State 140 106 64 90 92 2 2,2%
6 2 Welkom Lejweleputswa District Free State 83 66 55 62 89 27 43,5%
7 2 Thohoyandou Vhembe District Limpopo 74 60 68 107 86 -21 -19,6%
8 2 Middelburg MpumalangNkangala District Mpumalanga 62 75 76 54 81 27 50,0%
9 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 112 102 355 83 80 -3 -3,6%
10 1 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 76 51 76 94 80 -14 -14,9%
11 1 Klerksdorp Dr Kenneth Kaunda District North West 52 48 62 75 73 -2 -2,7%
12 2 Worcester Cape Winelands District Western Cape 70 86 65 93 71 -22 -23,7%
13 3 Stellenbosch Cape Winelands District Western Cape 80 74 72 40 70 30 75,0%
14 2 Rustenburg Bojanala District North West 92 123 120 173 70 -103 -59,5%
15 4 Wellington Cape Winelands District Western Cape 44 83 46 43 69 26 60,5%
16 1 Kimberley Frances Baard District Northern Cape 50 56 54 72 68 -4 -5,6%
17 3 Witbank Nkangala District Mpumalanga 84 78 51 48 68 20 41,7%
18 5 George Garden Route District Western Cape 83 85 56 70 68 -2 -2,9%
19 3 Kroonstad Fezile Dabi District Free State 31 35 29 45 67 22 48,9%
20 2 Kempton Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 66 72 47 61 66 5 8,2%
21 3 Brooklyn Tshwane District Gauteng 80 50 45 64 64 0 0,0%
22 6 Bellville City of Cape Town District Western Cape 71 60 46 44 62 18 40,9%
23 3 Mahikeng Ngaka Modiri Molema District
North West 75 67 73 60 62 2 3,3%
24 4 Springs Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 64 55 45 75 61 -14 -18,7%
25 5 Benoni Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 74 54 70 45 61 16 35,6%
26 2 Mount Road Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 61 72 66 77 61 -16 -20,8%
27 2 Pinetown eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 114 76 458 60 60 0 0,0%
28 4 Lichtenburg Ngaka Modiri Molema District
North West 29 25 31 38 59 21 55,3%
29 3 Empangeni King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 60 42 301 59 57 -2 -3,4%
30 6 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 57 25 39 39 57 18 46,2%

95
 BURGLARY AT RELIGIOUS, LIQUOR OUTLETS AND EDUCATIONAL PREMISES
July 2023 to September 2023

500
Educational premises (2 492)
450
445 Liquor premises (387)
Religious premises (749)
400 392
367
351
350

300
269

250
218
206
200
175
163
150 139

100 89
76 81
66 64 70 65
60
43 48 43 49
50 33 40 37
23
16

0
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape

Sample size: burglary at non-residential premises = 13 052 96

THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE
Trend over three-months period
4000

3 404 3 394
3500
3 167

3000 3 253
3 166 3 139

2500

2000

1500

28
1000

500 -141
-238
0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 467 206 5 210 1 641 230 374 494 46 1 269 9 937
July 2023 to September 2023 402 193 5 106 1 624 164 390 349 35 1 323 9 586
Count diff -65 -13 -104 -17 -66 16 -145 -11 54 -351
(%) Change -13,9% -6,3% -2,0% -1,0% -28,7% 4,3% -29,4% 11 counts lower 4,3% -3,5%
% contribution to RSA 4,2% 2,0% 53,3% 16,9% 1,7% 4,1% 3,6% 0,4% 13,8%

97
THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Brooklyn Tshwane District Gauteng 251 273 224 179 232 53 29,6%
2 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 173 175 101 132 179 47 35,6%
3 2 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 139 140 100 142 149 7 4,9%
4 3 Krugersdorp West Rand District Gauteng 145 108 75 157 147 -10 -6,4%
5 4 Honeydew Johannesburg District Gauteng 145 134 118 215 139 -76 -35,3%
6 5 Boksburg North Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 85 103 96 112 127 15 13,4%
7 6 Sinoville Tshwane District Gauteng 72 116 69 109 120 11 10,1%
8 7 Wierdabrug Tshwane District Gauteng 205 159 148 82 111 29 35,4%
9 8 Garsfontein Tshwane District Gauteng 89 98 70 91 111 20 22,0%
10 2 Chatsworth eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 76 88 49 85 106 21 24,7%
11 9 Benoni Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 90 98 67 111 106 -5 -4,5%
12 10 Kempton Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 103 70 64 74 105 31 41,9%
13 11 Florida Johannesburg District Gauteng 102 107 110 87 102 15 17,2%
14 3 Umbilo eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 124 77 88 108 99 -9 -8,3%
15 4 Berea eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 142 118 69 133 99 -34 -25,6%
16 5 Phoenix eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 51 85 30 45 98 53 117,8%
17 12 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 90 73 58 102 90 -12 -11,8%
18 13 Springs Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 72 102 48 53 90 37 69,8%
19 14 Sunnyside Tshwane District Gauteng 140 108 93 127 85 -42 -33,1%
20 15 Lyttelton Tshwane District Gauteng 135 96 82 82 85 3 3,7%
21 1 Rustenburg Bojanala District North West 79 38 65 112 78 -34 -30,4%
22 16 Alberton Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 111 89 56 80 74 -6 -7,5%
23 17 Vanderbijlpark Sedibeng District Gauteng 95 49 60 51 73 22 43,1%
24 18 Villieria Tshwane District Gauteng 60 80 89 70 73 3 4,3%
25 1 Witbank Nkangala District Mpumalanga 103 42 63 59 71 12 20,3%
26 19 Booysens Johannesburg District Gauteng 89 80 77 82 71 -11 -13,4%
27 20 Mondeor Johannesburg District Gauteng 73 43 38 48 70 22 45,8%
28 21 Pretoria West Tshwane District Gauteng 86 71 75 63 70 7 11,1%
29 22 Germiston Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 66 50 34 54 68 14 25,9%
30 23 Pretoria North Tshwane District Gauteng 98 83 107 90 66 -24 -26,7%

98
THEFT OUT OF OR FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
Trend over three-months period
9000

7 771 7 618
8000 7 470
7 723 7 599
7000 7 461

6000

5000

4000

3000

2000 48
19

1000
-9

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 2 308 1 057 6 027 3 170 869 1 188 1 165 541 6 467 22 792
July 2023 to September 2023 2 168 1 125 6 108 2 997 852 1 153 1 069 587 6 791 22 850
Count diff -140 68 81 -173 -17 -35 -96 46 324 58
(%) Change -6,1% 6,4% 1,3% -5,5% -2,0% -2,9% -8,2% 8,5% 5,0% 0,3%
% contribution to RSA 9,5% 4,9% 26,7% 13,1% 3,7% 5,0% 4,7% 2,6% 29,7%

99
THEFT OUT OF OR FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Cape Town Central City of Cape Town District Western Cape 867 410 402 724 805 81 11,2%
2 2 Stellenbosch Cape Winelands District Western Cape 361 142 259 391 400 9 2,3%
3 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 387 290 214 297 305 8 2,7%
4 3 Bellville City of Cape Town District Western Cape 333 238 188 231 304 73 31,6%
5 1 Humewood Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 362 244 186 272 277 5 1,8%
6 4 Sea Point City of Cape Town District Western Cape 232 167 128 254 268 14 5,5%
7 1 Park Road Mangaung District Free State 285 134 135 213 267 54 25,4%
8 1 Pretoria Central Tshwane District Gauteng 316 159 231 242 261 19 7,9%
9 2 Sunnyside Tshwane District Gauteng 343 237 287 228 245 17 7,5%
10 3 Honeydew Johannesburg District Gauteng 328 151 122 151 230 79 52,3%
11 4 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 303 175 125 186 206 20 10,8%
12 5 Kempton Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 199 171 220 146 204 58 39,7%
13 5 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 226 150 135 162 199 37 22,8%
14 6 Paarl Cape Winelands District Western Cape 189 154 150 129 197 68 52,7%
15 2 East London Buffalo City District Eastern Cape 188 150 140 224 189 -35 -15,6%
16 1 Polokwane Capricorn District Limpopo 184 110 111 150 181 31 20,7%
17 1 Rustenburg Bojanala District North West 206 219 182 221 173 -48 -21,7%
18 6 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 305 119 147 160 172 12 7,5%
19 7 Brooklyn Tshwane District Gauteng 259 174 185 123 171 48 39,0%
20 7 Wynberg City of Cape Town District Western Cape 166 237 95 123 157 34 27,6%
21 3 Mount Road Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 185 183 135 169 155 -14 -8,3%
22 2 Umbilo eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 209 147 133 207 155 -52 -25,1%
23 1 Nelspruit Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga 244 269 124 212 150 -62 -29,2%
24 1 Kimberley Frances Baard District Northern Cape 197 137 108 140 142 2 1,4%
25 8 Claremont City of Cape Town District Western Cape 172 182 112 164 142 -22 -13,4%
26 3 Pinetown eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 196 175 144 134 134 0 0,0%
27 9 Parow City of Cape Town District Western Cape 227 135 98 151 134 -17 -11,3%
28 4 Richards Bay King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 76 75 71 171 133 -38 -22,2%
29 10 Athlone City of Cape Town District Western Cape 117 66 88 88 131 43 48,9%
30 11 Worcester Cape Winelands District Western Cape 190 151 118 126 130 4 3,2%

100
STOCK-THEFT
Trend over three-months period
3000

2 493 2 500
2500 2 349
2 441
2 297
2000 2 197

1500

1000

-59
500
-152
-196

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 1 707 852 285 1 736 741 785 795 246 195 7 342
July 2023 to September 2023 1 679 801 242 1 596 725 677 793 221 201 6 935
Count diff -28 -51 -43 -140 -16 -108 -2 -25 6 -407
(%) Change -1,6% -6,0% -15,1% -8,1% -2,2% -13,8% -0,3% -10,2% 3,1% -5,5%
% contribution to RSA 24,2% 11,6% 3,5% 23,0% 10,5% 9,8% 11,4% 3,2% 2,9%

101
STOCK-THEFT
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Tsolo OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 60 45 57 81 103 22 27,2%
2 2 Mount Frere Alfred Nzo District Eastern Cape 46 89 70 58 95 37 63,8%
3 3 Qumbu OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 62 70 58 93 82 -11 -11,8%
4 4 Mthatha OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 52 72 53 59 81 22 37,3%
5 1 Taung Dr Ruth Segomotsi MompatiNorth
District
West 33 37 44 41 66 25 61,0%
6 1 Taylors Halt Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 61 58 48 46 66 20 43,5%
7 2 Impendle Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 47 39 35 51 61 10 19,6%
8 5 Bityi OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 53 78 46 40 56 16 40,0%
9 6 Libode OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 22 24 26 24 49 25 104,2%
10 7 Sulenkama OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 82 74 89 62 49 -13 -21,0%
11 3 Utrecht Amajuba District KwaZulu-Natal 56 62 50 69 44 -25 -36,2%
12 1 Dennilton Sekhukhune District Limpopo 27 26 25 28 43 15 53,6%
13 1 Siyabuswa Nkangala District Mpumalanga 55 20 47 27 42 15 55,6%
14 4 Intsikeni Harry Gwala District KwaZulu-Natal 26 25 46 33 41 8 24,2%
15 5 Ezakheni Uthukela District KwaZulu-Natal 24 29 18 20 39 19 95,0%
16 2 Nebo Sekhukhune District Limpopo 9 6 8 31 39 8 25,8%
17 6 Kwadukuza Ilembe District KwaZulu-Natal 6 15 3 8 38 30 375,0%
18 3 Lebowakgomo Capricorn District Limpopo 26 24 13 43 38 -5 -11,6%
19 1 Harrismith Thabo Mofutsanyana DistrictFree State 44 23 34 29 38 9 31,0%
20 2 Mmabatho Ngaka Modiri Molema District
North West 21 24 24 38 37 -1 -2,6%
21 7 Ntabamhlophe Uthukela District KwaZulu-Natal 42 37 38 31 37 6 19,4%
22 8 Hlobane Zululand District KwaZulu-Natal 26 28 34 31 37 6 19,4%
23 3 Pudimoe Dr Ruth Segomotsi MompatiNorth
District
West 8 9 23 26 35 9 34,6%
24 9 Bulwer Harry Gwala District KwaZulu-Natal 38 37 39 29 35 6 20,7%
25 2 Selosesha Mangaung District Free State 44 32 52 30 34 4 13,3%
26 8 Alice Amathole District Eastern Cape 43 20 12 26 33 7 26,9%
27 10 Estcourt Uthukela District KwaZulu-Natal 42 44 44 45 32 -13 -28,9%
28 9 Maclear Joe Gqabi District Eastern Cape 21 20 27 30 32 2 6,7%
29 11 Ladysmith Uthukela District KwaZulu-Natal 33 49 28 28 31 3 10,7%
30 10 Whittlesea Chris Hani District Eastern Cape 16 7 14 12 31 19 158,3%

102
 STOCK-THEFT
July 2023 to September 2023 – Type of stock stolen

25 000

19 820
20 000

15 147 14 820
15 000

10 000

5 756
5 000

546 476 201 101 62

0
Sheep stolen Cattle stolen Goats stolen Poultry stolen Game stolen Pigs stolen Donkeys/Mules Horses stolen Ostriches
stolen stolen

_ 103
 OTHER SERIOUS CRIME
Includes all serious crimes not mentioned in the above categories

 All Theft not mentioned elsewhere

 Commercial Crime
 Shoplifting

104
 OTHER SERIOUS CRIME
Trend over three-months period
45000

38 744
40000 37 718 37 672

35000 37 991 37 228

36 306

30000

25000

20000

15000
753
10000

-444
5000
-1 412
0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 10 356 6 249 33 935 16 152 6 751 5 935 6 105 3 053 24 845 113 381
July 2023 to September 2023 9 965 5 832 32 732 17 045 7 399 5 896 6 147 2 890 24 372 112 278
Count diff -391 -417 -1 203 893 648 -39 42 -163 -473 -1 103
(%) Change -3,8% -6,7% -3,5% 5,5% 9,6% -0,7% 0,7% -5,3% -1,9% -1,0%
% contribution to RSA 8,9% 5,2% 29,2% 15,2% 6,6% 5,3% 5,5% 2,6% 21,7%

105
OTHER SERIOUS CRIME
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Cape Town Central City of Cape Town District Western Cape 1 245 599 719 1 281 1 494 213 16,6%
2 1 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 800 690 676 882 933 51 5,8%
3 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 819 698 601 719 811 92 12,8%
4 2 Phoenix eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 526 456 525 687 795 108 15,7%
5 2 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 975 540 594 702 775 73 10,4%
6 2 Sandton Johannesburg District Gauteng 812 623 578 734 728 -6 -0,8%
7 1 Park Road Mangaung District Free State 988 784 853 915 695 -220 -24,0%
8 1 Polokwane Capricorn District Limpopo 699 543 531 618 682 64 10,4%
9 3 Honeydew Johannesburg District Gauteng 790 754 662 920 677 -243 -26,4%
10 4 Brooklyn Tshwane District Gauteng 666 541 555 737 668 -69 -9,4%
11 3 Stellenbosch Cape Winelands District Western Cape 637 447 449 599 661 62 10,4%
12 5 Lyttelton Tshwane District Gauteng 546 409 434 587 656 69 11,8%
13 1 Rustenburg Bojanala District North West 630 570 626 708 652 -56 -7,9%
14 3 Pinetown eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 643 554 425 617 633 16 2,6%
15 4 Table View City of Cape Town District Western Cape 549 456 402 569 624 55 9,7%
16 6 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 920 639 643 647 576 -71 -11,0%
17 7 Kempton Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 527 492 431 591 575 -16 -2,7%
18 5 Bellville City of Cape Town District Western Cape 584 556 484 507 573 66 13,0%
19 6 Grassy Park City of Cape Town District Western Cape 501 427 576 565 570 5 0,9%
20 1 Kimberley Frances Baard District Northern Cape 601 478 458 599 565 -34 -5,7%
21 8 Pretoria Central Tshwane District Gauteng 849 558 529 632 550 -82 -13,0%
22 7 Milnerton City of Cape Town District Western Cape 629 507 381 559 547 -12 -2,1%
23 4 Chatsworth eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 414 327 356 447 527 80 17,9%
24 9 Douglasdale Johannesburg District Gauteng 486 443 463 577 510 -67 -11,6%
25 10 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 405 386 342 500 508 8 1,6%
26 1 Mount Road Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 538 444 432 522 505 -17 -3,3%
27 5 Durban North eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 414 337 313 408 503 95 23,3%
28 11 Benoni Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 470 372 450 514 495 -19 -3,7%
29 2 East London Buffalo City District Eastern Cape 617 396 448 475 483 8 1,7%
30 6 Pietermaritzburg Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 507 447 325 404 481 77 19,1%

106
 ALL THEFT NOT MENTIONED ELSEWHERE
Trend over three-months period
25000 23 388 23 621 23 567

23 358
21 993 22 281
20000

15000

10000

5000 -263

-1 395 -1 286
0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 6 666 4 398 19 468 9 326 4 382 3 528 4 258 2 169 16 381 70 576
July 2023 to September 2023 5 939 4 100 18 028 9 912 4 781 3 356 4 029 2 015 15 472 67 632
Count diff -727 -298 -1 440 586 399 -172 -229 -154 -909 -2 944
(%) Change -10,9% -6,8% -7,4% 6,3% 9,1% -4,9% -5,4% -7,1% -5,5% -4,2%
% contribution to RSA 8,8% 6,1% 26,7% 14,7% 7,1% 5,0% 6,0% 3,0% 22,9%

107
ALL THEFT NOT MENTIONED ELSEWHERE
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Cape Town Central City of Cape Town District Western Cape 836 375 440 888 1 043 155 17,5%
2 1 Phoenix eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 336 247 301 439 560 121 27,6%
3 2 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 738 435 478 539 556 17 3,2%
4 1 Park Road Mangaung District Free State 484 327 419 574 434 -140 -24,4%
5 3 Stellenbosch Cape Winelands District Western Cape 457 305 315 373 433 60 16,1%
6 4 Grassy Park City of Cape Town District Western Cape 399 290 486 418 431 13 3,1%
7 1 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 409 281 310 418 390 -28 -6,7%
8 1 Seshego Capricorn District Limpopo 139 113 123 136 380 244 179,4%
9 2 Mankweng Capricorn District Limpopo 263 179 151 153 365 212 138,6%
10 2 Brooklyn Tshwane District Gauteng 443 252 297 420 343 -77 -18,3%
11 3 Honeydew Johannesburg District Gauteng 472 399 326 530 342 -188 -35,5%
12 2 Chatsworth eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 244 187 202 258 335 77 29,8%
13 1 Kimberley Frances Baard District Northern Cape 397 328 289 381 328 -53 -13,9%
14 3 Pinetown eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 338 266 208 315 317 2 0,6%
15 5 Milnerton City of Cape Town District Western Cape 332 254 194 311 312 1 0,3%
16 6 Table View City of Cape Town District Western Cape 333 225 209 275 310 35 12,7%
17 1 Mount Road Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 332 245 225 332 306 -26 -7,8%
18 4 Temba Tshwane District Gauteng 216 178 266 235 303 68 28,9%
19 5 Pretoria Central Tshwane District Gauteng 641 332 377 318 300 -18 -5,7%
20 1 Rustenburg Bojanala District North West 339 255 302 362 298 -64 -17,7%
21 7 Bellville City of Cape Town District Western Cape 315 271 255 284 297 13 4,6%
22 4 Mountain Rise Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 165 123 142 239 296 57 23,8%
23 8 Paarl Cape Winelands District Western Cape 210 262 295 321 296 -25 -7,8%
24 5 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 399 347 263 302 291 -11 -3,6%
25 6 Lyttelton Tshwane District Gauteng 280 176 193 263 290 27 10,3%
26 9 Worcester Cape Winelands District Western Cape 327 268 239 331 287 -44 -13,3%
27 7 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 231 210 170 273 286 13 4,8%
28 8 Vanderbijlpark Sedibeng District Gauteng 300 193 267 237 285 48 20,3%
29 9 Sandton Johannesburg District Gauteng 476 248 217 293 279 -14 -4,8%
30 3 Polokwane Capricorn District Limpopo 400 267 255 301 276 -25 -8,3%

108
 COMMERCIAL CRIME
Trend over three-months period
12000
10 608
10 213
9 830
10000
9 809 9 978
9 708

8000

6000

4000
630 505
2000
-21

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 2 745 1 140 10 244 4 801 1 483 1 626 1 318 498 5 661 29 516
July 2023 to September 2023 2 853 1 065 10 320 4 898 1 733 1 703 1 665 490 5 903 30 630
Count diff 108 -75 76 97 250 77 347 -8 242 1 114
(%) Change 3,9% -6,6% 0,7% 2,0% 16,9% 4,7% 26,3% -1,6% 4,3% 3,8%
% contribution to RSA 9,3% 3,5% 33,7% 16,0% 5,7% 5,6% 5,4% 1,6% 19,3%

109
COMMERCIAL CRIME
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 288 289 274 367 456 89 24,3%
2 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 219 190 261 289 368 79 27,3%
3 2 Sandton Johannesburg District Gauteng 272 273 293 387 349 -38 -9,8%
4 3 Lyttelton Tshwane District Gauteng 204 183 198 284 310 26 9,2%
5 1 Rustenburg Bojanala District North West 194 171 228 254 290 36 14,2%
6 1 Polokwane Capricorn District Limpopo 148 155 151 202 278 76 37,6%
7 1 Cape Town Central City of Cape Town District Western Cape 262 126 192 269 274 5 1,9%
8 4 Brooklyn Tshwane District Gauteng 174 165 181 242 270 28 11,6%
9 5 Honeydew Johannesburg District Gauteng 211 245 254 299 269 -30 -10,0%
10 2 Pinetown eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 221 227 192 243 267 24 9,9%
11 6 Kempton Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 173 200 201 267 263 -4 -1,5%
12 2 Table View City of Cape Town District Western Cape 97 127 134 215 228 13 6,0%
13 7 Douglasdale Johannesburg District Gauteng 170 188 207 269 228 -41 -15,2%
14 3 Bellville City of Cape Town District Western Cape 141 140 155 174 218 44 25,3%
15 3 Durban North eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 128 109 101 173 211 38 22,0%
16 8 Wierdabrug Tshwane District Gauteng 130 164 185 221 208 -13 -5,9%
17 9 Benoni Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 123 102 163 187 206 19 10,2%
18 10 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 328 279 270 247 199 -48 -19,4%
19 1 Nelspruit Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga 180 124 151 186 199 13 7,0%
20 4 Somerset West City of Cape Town District Western Cape 79 88 101 149 199 50 33,6%
21 2 Bloemhof Dr Ruth Segomotsi MompatiNorth
District
West 5 5 2 3 199 196 6533,3%
22 11 Garsfontein Tshwane District Gauteng 96 111 139 195 198 3 1,5%
23 2 Witbank Nkangala District Mpumalanga 170 139 182 162 194 32 19,8%
24 12 Boksburg North Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 144 130 175 165 193 28 17,0%
25 4 Newcastle Amajuba District KwaZulu-Natal 138 119 162 210 187 -23 -11,0%
26 13 Randburg Johannesburg District Gauteng 145 132 159 146 183 37 25,3%
27 14 Sinoville Tshwane District Gauteng 97 107 145 199 181 -18 -9,0%
28 15 Springs Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 115 111 105 150 168 18 12,0%
29 3 Potchefstroom Dr Kenneth Kaunda District North West 160 492 132 153 166 13 8,5%
30 5 Stellenbosch Cape Winelands District Western Cape 124 103 100 177 165 -12 -6,8%

110
SHOPLIFTING
Trend over three-months period
6000

5000 4 778 4 734

4 504

4 500 4 392 4 397

4000

3000

2000

386 337
1000
4

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 945 711 4 223 2 025 886 781 529 386 2 803 13 289
July 2023 to September 2023 1 173 667 4 384 2 235 885 837 453 385 2 997 14 016
Count diff 228 -44 161 210 -1 56 -76 -1 194 727
(%) Change 24,1% -6,2% 3,8% 10,4% -0,1% 7,2% -14,4% -0,3% 6,9% 5,5%
% contribution to RSA 8,4% 4,8% 31,3% 15,9% 6,3% 6,0% 3,2% 2,7% 21,4%

111
SHOPLIFTING
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Cape Town Central City of Cape Town District Western Cape 147 98 87 124 177 53 42,7%
2 1 Park Road Mangaung District Free State 215 225 173 146 172 26 17,8%
3 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 201 161 77 128 152 24 18,8%
4 2 Pietermaritzburg Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 155 114 59 84 142 58 69,0%
5 1 Evaton Sedibeng District Gauteng 105 59 37 95 138 43 45,3%
6 1 Polokwane Capricorn District Limpopo 151 121 125 115 128 13 11,3%
7 2 Pretoria Central Tshwane District Gauteng 32 26 20 134 125 -9 -6,7%
8 3 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 163 136 118 103 114 11 10,7%
9 4 Jabulani Johannesburg District Gauteng 71 53 24 96 112 16 16,7%
10 2 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 175 60 45 63 105 42 66,7%
11 3 Oudtshoorn Garden Route District Western Cape 62 61 39 97 104 7 7,2%
12 3 Phoenix eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 87 96 98 101 100 -1 -1,0%
13 5 Sandton Johannesburg District Gauteng 64 102 68 54 100 46 85,2%
14 4 Chatsworth eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 91 77 60 74 99 25 33,8%
15 5 Durban North eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 97 106 91 94 95 1 1,1%
16 4 Paarl Cape Winelands District Western Cape 129 102 64 75 92 17 22,7%
17 1 Kimberley Frances Baard District Northern Cape 102 66 62 75 90 15 20,0%
18 5 George Garden Route District Western Cape 72 66 54 59 89 30 50,8%
19 6 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 103 120 92 97 87 -10 -10,3%
20 1 Mount Road Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 110 108 94 74 87 13 17,6%
21 6 Amanzimtoti eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 54 85 67 81 87 6 7,4%
22 6 Table View City of Cape Town District Western Cape 119 104 59 79 86 7 8,9%
23 7 Alberton Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 80 108 71 83 86 3 3,6%
24 8 Kliptown Johannesburg District Gauteng 104 80 70 104 83 -21 -20,2%
25 2 Upington ZF Mgcawu District Northern Cape 48 99 63 61 83 22 36,1%
26 9 Mondeor Johannesburg District Gauteng 70 114 82 65 82 17 26,2%
27 2 East London Buffalo City District Eastern Cape 113 63 52 92 81 -11 -12,0%
28 10 Mamelodi Tshwane District Gauteng 68 49 39 68 81 13 19,1%
29 11 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 58 30 36 70 80 10 14,3%
30 7 Milnerton City of Cape Town District Western Cape 137 118 72 74 80 6 8,1%

112
 CRIME DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION
Crime detected as a result of police action is usually not reported to the police, largely dependent on the
deployment of law enforcement personnel and employment of intelligence. The crime is usually recorded
after the apprehension of suspects in connection with following offences:

 Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition,

 Drug-related crimes,
 Driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, and
 Sexual offences detected as a result of police action.

113
 CRIME DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION
Trend over three-months period
25000

21 270 20 834 21 149

20000

18 608 18 835 18 475

15000

10000

2 662 2 674
1 999
5000

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 4 094 2 209 14 423 8 414 3 225 1 761 2 323 694 18 775 55 918
July 2023 to September 2023 4 043 2 973 16 550 9 903 4 199 1 952 3 028 948 19 657 63 253
Count diff -51 764 2 127 1 489 974 191 705 254 882 7 335
(%) Change -1,2% 34,6% 14,7% 17,7% 30,2% 10,8% 30,3% 36,6% 4,7% 13,1%
% contribution to RSA 6,4% 4,7% 26,2% 15,7% 6,6% 3,1% 4,8% 1,5% 31,1%

114
CRIME DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION
TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 1 072 1 191 1 194 1 268 1 239 -29 -2,3%
2 2 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 954 264 453 803 897 94 11,7%
3 3 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 503 358 546 700 804 104 14,9%
4 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 1 491 905 579 579 658 79 13,6%
5 4 Lentegeur City of Cape Town District Western Cape 547 375 511 628 649 21 3,3%
6 1 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 574 201 230 546 563 17 3,1%
7 5 Atlantis City of Cape Town District Western Cape 449 330 528 479 559 80 16,7%
8 6 Manenberg City of Cape Town District Western Cape 330 191 376 545 537 -8 -1,5%
9 7 Steenberg City of Cape Town District Western Cape 477 341 271 356 526 170 47,8%
10 8 Kleinvlei City of Cape Town District Western Cape 391 369 377 557 496 -61 -11,0%
11 2 Madadeni Amajuba District KwaZulu-Natal 205 51 36 162 490 328 202,5%
12 9 Bishop Lavis City of Cape Town District Western Cape 665 265 216 373 487 114 30,6%
13 10 Worcester Cape Winelands District Western Cape 336 252 231 340 473 133 39,1%
14 2 Krugersdorp West Rand District Gauteng 173 164 250 304 400 96 31,6%
15 11 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 425 171 254 336 397 61 18,2%
16 12 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 215 147 239 357 395 38 10,6%
17 3 Germiston Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 454 309 372 334 378 44 13,2%
18 13 Strand City of Cape Town District Western Cape 147 62 139 330 372 42 12,7%
19 14 Grassy Park City of Cape Town District Western Cape 368 243 175 377 371 -6 -1,6%
20 3 Margate Ugu District KwaZulu-Natal 299 118 209 401 367 -34 -8,5%
21 15 Cape Town Central City of Cape Town District Western Cape 551 366 397 395 346 -49 -12,4%
22 16 Philippi City of Cape Town District Western Cape 254 143 299 310 342 32 10,3%
23 4 Sophia Town Johannesburg District Gauteng 207 165 338 436 338 -98 -22,5%
24 17 Khayelitsha City of Cape Town District Western Cape 267 105 150 252 329 77 30,6%
25 4 Phoenix eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 603 449 146 253 327 74 29,2%
26 5 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 348 316 168 215 318 103 47,9%
27 6 Vosloorus Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 209 137 129 294 313 19 6,5%
28 18 Parow City of Cape Town District Western Cape 295 185 209 403 307 -96 -23,8%
29 5 Plessislaer Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 237 230 216 282 304 22 7,8%
30 19 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 311 148 173 242 300 58 24,0%

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Trend over three-months period
1600
1 435
1 376
1400
1 400 1 236
1 352
1200
1 232

1000

800

600

400
-4

200
-24
-35
0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 523 130 1 132 1 015 188 202 157 19 681 4 047
July 2023 to September 2023 411 161 1 134 931 197 204 242 14 690 3 984
Count diff -112 31 2 -84 9 2 85 -5 9 -63
(%) Change -21,4% 23,8% 0,2% -8,3% 4,8% 1,0% 54,1% 5 counts lower 1,3% -1,6%
% contribution to RSA 10,3% 4,0% 28,5% 23,4% 4,9% 5,1% 6,1% 0,4% 17,3%

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TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 53 45 24 39 62 23 23 counts higher
2 2 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 66 47 80 60 49 -11 11 counts lower
3 1 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 39 12 22 31 47 16 16 counts higher
4 3 Bishop Lavis City of Cape Town District Western Cape 24 29 14 24 45 21 21 counts higher
5 4 Manenberg City of Cape Town District Western Cape 35 35 38 34 41 7 7 counts higher
6 2 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 49 30 34 46 39 -7 7 counts lower
7 3 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 13 16 16 20 35 15 15 counts higher
8 1 Nhlanhleni Umzinyathi District KwaZulu-Natal 5 29 4 5 34 29 29 counts higher
9 1 Brits Bojanala District North West 1 21 6 19 31 12 12 counts higher
10 5 Philippi City of Cape Town District Western Cape 32 14 15 28 31 3 3 counts higher
11 4 Hillbrow Johannesburg District Gauteng 29 25 24 19 30 11 11 counts higher
12 1 Mthatha OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 25 16 55 32 29 -3 3 counts lower
13 6 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 13 8 11 25 27 2 2 counts higher
14 7 Samora Machel City of Cape Town District Western Cape 1 10 28 10 27 17 17 counts higher
15 2 Jouberton Dr Kenneth Kaunda District North West 8 3 4 6 26 20 20 counts higher
16 5 Temba Tshwane District Gauteng 9 5 7 15 25 10 10 counts higher
17 8 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 32 22 35 29 25 -4 4 counts lower
18 6 Germiston Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 23 24 39 35 25 -10 10 counts lower
19 2 Plessislaer Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 26 21 21 33 24 -9 9 counts lower
20 7 Eldorado Park Johannesburg District Gauteng 15 9 7 20 24 4 4 counts higher
21 3 Ezakheni Uthukela District KwaZulu-Natal 17 15 11 14 24 10 10 counts higher
22 9 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 20 13 29 11 23 12 12 counts higher
23 8 Ennerdale Johannesburg District Gauteng 16 4 15 10 23 13 13 counts higher
24 4 Eshowe King Cetshwayo District KwaZulu-Natal 4 3 14 14 23 9 9 counts higher
25 2 Gelvandale Nelson Mandela District Eastern Cape 23 8 5 23 23 0 0 count diff
26 5 Amangwe Uthukela District KwaZulu-Natal 20 8 21 42 23 -19 19 counts lower
27 6 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 18 34 28 22 22 0 0 count diff
28 10 Gugulethu City of Cape Town District Western Cape 25 9 22 31 22 -9 9 counts lower
29 9 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 16 14 5 13 21 8 8 counts higher
30 10 Evaton Sedibeng District Gauteng 7 11 21 6 21 15 15 counts higher

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Trend over three-months period
16000
14 208 14 296 14 057
14000
13 670
13 205
12000
12 081
10000

8000

6000

4000 2 127

626 852
2000

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 2 847 1 326 7 898 5 995 1 879 1 267 1 281 609 15 854 38 956
July 2023 to September 2023 2 531 1 625 9 192 6 325 2 310 1 270 1 635 827 16 846 42 561
Count diff -316 299 1 294 330 431 3 354 218 992 3 605
(%) Change -11,1% 22,5% 16,4% 5,5% 22,9% 0,2% 27,6% 35,8% 6,3% 9,3%
% contribution to RSA 5,9% 3,8% 21,6% 14,9% 5,4% 3,0% 3,8% 1,9% 39,6%

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TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Mitchells Plain City of Cape Town District Western Cape 952 1 136 1 148 1 196 1 152 -44 -3,7%
2 2 Kraaifontein City of Cape Town District Western Cape 810 204 398 726 829 103 14,2%
3 3 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 375 297 443 599 678 79 13,2%
4 4 Lentegeur City of Cape Town District Western Cape 441 333 482 583 601 18 3,1%
5 5 Atlantis City of Cape Town District Western Cape 386 307 492 444 531 87 19,6%
6 6 Steenberg City of Cape Town District Western Cape 423 303 259 332 501 169 50,9%
7 7 Manenberg City of Cape Town District Western Cape 234 149 326 475 474 -1 -0,2%
8 8 Kleinvlei City of Cape Town District Western Cape 353 329 355 481 451 -30 -6,2%
9 9 Worcester Cape Winelands District Western Cape 260 232 212 298 442 144 48,3%
10 10 Bishop Lavis City of Cape Town District Western Cape 614 232 197 330 424 94 28,5%
11 1 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 578 736 386 381 404 23 6,0%
12 11 Grassy Park City of Cape Town District Western Cape 320 216 147 343 351 8 2,3%
13 12 Strand City of Cape Town District Western Cape 92 49 96 308 347 39 12,7%
14 13 Nyanga City of Cape Town District Western Cape 330 141 204 298 336 38 12,8%
15 1 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 330 131 165 302 314 12 4,0%
16 14 Khayelitsha City of Cape Town District Western Cape 160 75 106 229 311 82 35,8%
17 15 Mfuleni City of Cape Town District Western Cape 91 119 186 305 308 3 1,0%
18 2 Sophia Town Johannesburg District Gauteng 161 144 321 340 306 -34 -10,0%
19 16 Cape Town Central City of Cape Town District Western Cape 470 356 378 362 302 -60 -16,6%
20 17 Philippi City of Cape Town District Western Cape 189 127 278 272 291 19 7,0%
21 2 Plessislaer Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 190 200 195 240 268 28 11,7%
22 18 Oudtshoorn Garden Route District Western Cape 380 133 128 264 262 -2 -0,8%
23 19 Parow City of Cape Town District Western Cape 248 174 191 339 259 -80 -23,6%
24 20 Hermanus Overberg District Western Cape 128 152 219 275 257 -18 -6,5%
25 3 Phoenix eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 527 419 128 222 254 32 14,4%
26 21 Gugulethu City of Cape Town District Western Cape 437 74 186 183 247 64 35,0%
27 4 Inanda eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 138 136 127 167 241 74 44,3%
28 22 Harare City of Cape Town District Western Cape 197 121 139 184 231 47 25,5%
29 5 Chatsworth eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 112 173 123 205 215 10 4,9%
30 23 George Garden Route District Western Cape 133 22 58 124 215 91 73,4%

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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS
Trend over three-months period
6000

5 016
4 849
5000
4 262

4000 4 431

3000 3 360
2 970

2000
1 656
1 292
1000
418

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 723 528 5 144 756 373 290 653 66 2 228 10 761
July 2023 to September 2023 1 098 836 5 889 2 029 768 477 811 107 2 112 14 127
Count diff 375 308 745 1 273 395 187 158 41 -116 3 366
(%) Change 51,9% 58,3% 14,5% 168,4% 105,9% 64,5% 24,2% 62,1% -5,2% 31,3%
% contribution to RSA 7,8% 5,9% 41,7% 14,4% 5,4% 3,4% 5,7% 0,8% 15,0%

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TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Madadeni Amajuba District KwaZulu-Natal 116 13 20 26 327 301 1157,7%
2 1 Midrand Johannesburg District Gauteng 128 38 80 148 217 69 46,6%
3 2 Germiston Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 307 171 175 125 159 34 27,2%
4 3 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 178 21 31 154 155 1 0,6%
5 4 Diepkloof Johannesburg District Gauteng 212 11 18 45 146 101 224,4%
6 5 Krugersdorp West Rand District Gauteng 55 52 66 74 137 63 85,1%
7 6 Booysens Johannesburg District Gauteng 119 7 33 77 137 60 77,9%
8 7 Vosloorus Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 150 91 66 132 137 5 3,8%
9 8 Sunnyside Tshwane District Gauteng 98 41 70 97 131 34 35,1%
10 9 Hillbrow Johannesburg District Gauteng 101 20 27 149 127 -22 -14,8%
11 10 Tembisa Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 229 245 76 110 123 13 11,8%
12 11 Kagiso West Rand District Gauteng 124 109 81 92 119 27 29,3%
13 2 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 796 29 17 35 100 65 185,7%
14 12 Dobsonville Johannesburg District Gauteng 180 6 12 70 94 24 34,3%
15 13 Norkempark Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 69 88 83 60 94 34 56,7%
16 3 Newcastle Amajuba District KwaZulu-Natal 92 36 51 22 88 66 300,0%
17 14 Jeppe Johannesburg District Gauteng 70 12 20 100 86 -14 -14,0%
18 4 Umlazi eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 292 16 6 4 86 82 2050,0%
19 15 Katlehong Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 169 180 86 108 83 -25 -23,1%
20 16 Randburg Johannesburg District Gauteng 135 8 14 102 82 -20 -19,6%
21 1 Delft City of Cape Town District Western Cape 62 14 23 40 77 37 92,5%
22 17 Ivory Park Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 155 97 52 84 77 -7 -8,3%
23 18 Yeoville Johannesburg District Gauteng 52 9 12 99 76 -23 -23,2%
24 19 Carletonville West Rand District Gauteng 159 44 51 47 75 28 59,6%
25 20 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 180 7 24 50 74 24 48,0%
26 2 Knysna Garden Route District Western Cape 86 17 22 46 71 25 54,3%
27 21 Westonaria West Rand District Gauteng 73 16 20 36 71 35 97,2%
28 1 Letlhabile Bojanala District North West 17 4 37 43 70 27 62,8%
29 3 Bellville City of Cape Town District Western Cape 32 17 16 68 69 1 1,5%
30 22 Heidelberg (Gp) Sedibeng District Gauteng 30 7 15 43 67 24 55,8%

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SEXUAL OFFENCES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION
Trend over three-months period
1000

861 876
900 844

800

700 760
720
600 674

500

400

300 170
141
116
200

100

0
July August September
July 2022 to September 2022 July 2023 to September 2023

Republic Of
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
South Africa
July 2022 to September 2022 1 225 249 648 785 2 232 0 12 2 154
July 2023 to September 2023 3 351 335 618 924 1 340 0 9 2 581
Count diff 2 126 86 -30 139 -1 108 0 -3 427
(%) Change 2 counts higher 56,0% 34,5% -4,6% 17,7% 1 count lower 46,6% 0 count diff 3 counts lower 19,8%
% contribution to RSA 0,1% 13,6% 13,0% 23,9% 35,8% 0,0% 13,2% 0,0% 0,3%

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TOP 30 stations
RSA Prov July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Station District Province Count Diff (%) Change
Position Position September September September September September
RSA PHO Sta Dis Prov P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Dif Cha
1 1 Margate Ugu District KwaZulu-Natal 201 22 108 239 168 -71 -29,7%
2 2 Durban Central eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 100 135 162 152 143 -9 -5,9%
3 3 Umbilo eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 77 112 33 94 133 39 41,5%
4 1 Northam Waterberg District Limpopo 61 95 102 60 82 22 36,7%
5 1 Kopanong Mangaung District Free State 3 6 45 59 76 17 28,8%
6 1 Tlhabane Bojanala District North West 15 12 33 48 64 16 33,3%
7 1 Krugersdorp West Rand District Gauteng 24 10 28 60 61 1 1,7%
8 2 JHB Central Johannesburg District Gauteng 17 19 0 44 55 11 25,0%
9 2 Malamulele Vhembe District Limpopo 55 29 42 59 51 -8 -13,6%
10 3 Phalaborwa Mopani District Limpopo 20 38 42 46 48 2 4,3%
11 2 Harrismith Thabo Mofutsanyana DistrictFree State 5 6 1 21 44 23 109,5%
12 3 Park Road Mangaung District Free State 28 24 37 47 40 -7 -14,9%
13 4 Giyani Mopani District Limpopo 16 21 22 32 40 8 25,0%
14 5 Pienaarsrivier Waterberg District Limpopo 9 20 25 34 37 3 8,8%
15 4 Pietermaritzburg Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 57 17 6 14 35 21 150,0%
16 6 Bela-Bela Waterberg District Limpopo 7 12 16 29 35 6 20,7%
17 7 Modimolle Waterberg District Limpopo 6 18 18 22 34 12 54,5%
18 3 The Barrage Sedibeng District Gauteng 5 10 15 26 34 8 30,8%
19 4 Sunnyside Tshwane District Gauteng 7 2 2 14 31 17 121,4%
20 2 Letlhabile Bojanala District North West 23 0 21 26 31 5 19,2%
21 8 Tzaneen Mopani District Limpopo 10 16 18 26 30 4 15,4%
22 5 Port Shepstone Ugu District KwaZulu-Natal 384 11 17 47 29 -18 -38,3%
23 5 De Deur Sedibeng District Gauteng 22 10 12 18 29 11 61,1%
24 4 Bethlehem Thabo Mofutsanyana DistrictFree State 58 20 7 20 29 9 45,0%
25 9 Maake Mopani District Limpopo 3 6 9 14 28 14 100,0%
26 10 Namakgale Mopani District Limpopo 14 16 18 22 28 6 27,3%
27 11 Hoedspruit Mopani District Limpopo 6 16 21 26 28 2 7,7%
28 3 Brits Bojanala District North West 34 0 5 19 27 8 42,1%
29 12 Musina Vhembe District Limpopo 36 30 33 36 26 -10 -27,8%
30 4 Moeka Vuma Bojanala District North West 0 0 0 14 26 12 85,7%

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July 2023 to September 2023
400
PEACEFUL (1 406) UNREST (598)
346 351
350

300

250

200

149 150 155

150
126
110
100 91 88
68 70 65
52 58 50
50 39
21 15
0

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PROVINCIAL OVERVIEW TABLES

 National overview with provincial summary

 Eastern Cape
 Free State
 Gauteng
 KwaZulu Natal
 Limpopo
 Mpumalanga
 North West
 Northern Cape
 Western Cape

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Crime situation - summary

KwaZulu-Natal

Northern Cape

Western Cape
Mpumalanga
Eastern Cape
July 2022 July 2023

North West
Free State

Limpopo
Gauteng
to to
CRIME CATEGORY Count Diff (%) Change
September September
2022 2023

CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)

Murder 7 004 6 945 -59 -0,8% 1 312 264 1 625 1 603 237 360 285 95 1 164
Sexual offences 13 283 13 090 -193 -1,5% 1 968 883 2 620 2 582 1 153 793 981 402 1 708
Attempted murder 6 155 6 911 756 12,3% 636 390 1 715 1 676 310 401 257 432 1 094
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 41 251 42 297 1 046 2,5% 5 952 2 954 9 493 7 100 3 006 2 775 3 848 1 778 5 391
Common assault 44 389 45 348 959 2,2% 3 588 3 731 12 616 6 576 2 627 2 029 2 816 1 401 9 964
Common robbery 12 024 12 467 443 3,7% 791 524 3 973 2 116 773 549 662 301 2 778
Robbery with aggravating circumstances 38 412 38 851 439 1,1% 3 277 1 238 14 209 6 377 2 028 2 402 2 211 402 6 707
Contact crime (Crimes against the person) 162 518 165 909 3 391 2,1% 17 524 9 984 46 251 28 030 10 134 9 309 11 060 4 811 28 806
SEXUAL OFFENCES - BREAKDOWN
Rape 10 590 10 516 -74 -0,7% 1 655 716 2 096 2 127 979 671 828 284 1 160
Sexual assault 1 895 1 847 -48 -2,5% 201 110 408 347 109 96 90 63 423
Attempted sexual offences 536 559 23 4,3% 92 40 82 93 52 21 53 47 79
Contact sexual offences 262 168 -94 -35,9% 20 17 34 15 13 5 10 8 46
SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Carjacking 6 149 6 009 -140 -2,3% 476 58 2 984 880 131 388 194 11 887
Robbery at residential premises 5 825 6 045 220 3,8% 543 199 2 253 1 371 310 380 281 51 657
Robbery at non-residential premises 5 294 4 910 -384 -7,3% 525 167 1 661 774 467 429 450 44 393
TRIO Crime 17 268 16 964 -304 -1,8% 1 544 424 6 898 3 025 908 1 197 925 106 1 937
Robbery of cash in transit 56 64 8 8 counts higher 16 1 22 8 4 7 4 0 2
Bank robbery 3 0 -3 3 counts lower 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Truck hijacking 561 542 -19 -3,4% 60 18 290 48 9 73 18 3 23

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Crime situation - summary…continue

KwaZulu-Natal

Northern Cape

Western Cape
Mpumalanga
Eastern Cape
July 2022 July 2023

North West
Free State

Limpopo
Gauteng
to to
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES Count Diff (%) Change
September September
2022 2023

CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES
Arson 1 057 980 -77 -7,3% 156 59 99 192 113 66 68 47 180
Malicious damage to property 29 337 28 924 -413 -1,4% 2 985 1 621 7 010 3 672 1 881 1 405 1 738 970 7 642
Contact-related crime 30 394 29 904 -490 -1,6% 3 141 1 680 7 109 3 864 1 994 1 471 1 806 1 017 7 822
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES
Burglary at non-residential premises 15 596 14 775 -821 -5,3% 1 778 1 115 3 035 2 066 1 466 1 202 1 221 586 2 306
Burglary at residential premises 40 550 38 151 -2 399 -5,9% 4 589 2 547 8 158 6 384 2 571 2 780 2 637 1 396 7 089
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 9 937 9 586 -351 -3,5% 402 193 5 106 1 624 164 390 349 35 1 323
Theft out of or from motor vehicle 22 792 22 850 58 0,3% 2 168 1 125 6 108 2 997 852 1 153 1 069 587 6 791
Stock-theft 7 342 6 935 -407 -5,5% 1 679 801 242 1 596 725 677 793 221 201
Property-related crime 96 217 92 297 -3 920 -4,1% 10 616 5 781 22 649 14 667 5 778 6 202 6 069 2 825 17 710
OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES
All theft not mentioned elsewhere 70 576 67 632 -2 944 -4,2% 5 939 4 100 18 028 9 912 4 781 3 356 4 029 2 015 15 472
Commercial crime 29 516 30 630 1 114 3,8% 2 853 1 065 10 320 4 898 1 733 1 703 1 665 490 5 903
Shoplifting 13 289 14 016 727 5,5% 1 173 667 4 384 2 235 885 837 453 385 2 997
Other serious crime 113 381 112 278 -1 103 -1,0% 9 965 5 832 32 732 17 045 7 399 5 896 6 147 2 890 24 372
17 Community reported serious crime 402 510 400 388 -2 122 -0,5% 41 246 23 277 108 741 63 606 25 305 22 878 25 082 11 543 78 710

CRIMES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 4 047 3 984 -63 -1,6% 411 161 1 134 931 197 204 242 14 690
Drug-related crime 38 956 42 561 3 605 9,3% 2 531 1 625 9 192 6 325 2 310 1 270 1 635 827 16 846
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 10 761 14 127 3 366 31,3% 1 098 836 5 889 2 029 768 477 811 107 2 112
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action 2 154 2 581 427 19,8% 3 351 335 618 924 1 340 0 9
Crime detected as a result of police action 55 918 63 253 7 335 13,1% 4 043 2 973 16 550 9 903 4 199 1 952 3 028 948 19 657
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Summary per Province…continue
17 Community Reported Crime

Theft out off or from M/V

Robbery at non-residential
Theft of motor vehicles

CDPA - Sexual offences

Driving under influence
Robbery at residential
Robbery aggravating
Attempted murder

Burglary residential

Drug related Crime

Common robbery

Commercial crime
Burglary business
Common assault

Illegal possession
Sexual offences
Assault GBH

Other theft
Stock theft

Shoplifting

Carjacking
Decreased
Increased

Stabilized

premises
premises
Murder

Arson

MI2P
Province

No Station Inc Sta Dec

1 Western Cape 13 0 4 Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Dec
2 KwaZulu-Natal 10 0 7 Dec Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Dec Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Dec Dec Inc Inc Dec
3 Free State 9 0 8 Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Dec Dec Inc Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc
4 Mpumalanga 9 0 8 Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Dec Dec Inc Dec Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Dec
5 North West 8 0 9 Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc
6 Gauteng 7 0 10 Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc
7 Northern Cape 7 0 10 Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Dec Dec Dec Inc Dec Dec Dec Dec Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Sta
8 Limpopo 7 0 10 Dec Inc Dec Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Dec Dec Dec Inc Inc Dec Dec Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc
9 Eastern Cape 5 0 12 Dec Dec Inc Inc Dec Inc Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Inc Inc Dec Inc Dec Dec Dec Inc Inc

Republic Of South Africa 8 0 9 Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Dec Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc

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Summary 30 stations…continue
17 Community Reported Crime

Theft out off or from M/V

Theft of motor vehicles

Driving under influence

CDPA - Sexual offences

Robbery aggravating
Attempted murder

Burglary residential

Drug related Crime

Common robbery

Commercial crime
Burglary business
Common assault

Illegal possession
Robbery at residential
Sexual offences

residential premises
Assault GBH

Robbery at non-
Stock theft

Other theft

Shoplifting
Decreased
Increased

Stabilized

Murder

Carjacking

premises
MI2P
Arson
Station District Province

No Station Clus Inc Sta Dec

1 Katlehong North Ekurhuleni District Gauteng 14 1 2 Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Sta Sta
2 Langa City of Cape Town District Western Cape 14 1 2 Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Sta Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Dec Dec Dec Inc Dec
3 Tshilwavhusiku Vhembe District Limpopo 14 1 2 Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Dec Dec Sta Inc Inc Inc
4 Kuilsrivier City of Cape Town District Western Cape 14 0 3 Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc
5 Hout Bay City of Cape Town District Western Cape 13 3 1 Inc Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Dec Dec Sta
6 Meyerton Sedibeng District Gauteng 13 1 3 Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Sta Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Sta Dec Inc Inc Sta
7 Roodepoort Johannesburg District Gauteng 13 0 4 Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Sta Sta Inc Inc Sta
8 Mmabatho Ngaka Modiri Molema District North West 13 0 4 Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Dec Dec Inc Dec Inc Inc Sta
9 Boipatong Sedibeng District Gauteng 12 4 1 Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Sta Inc Sta Inc Inc Sta Sta Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Sta
10 Marquard Thabo Mofutsanyana District Free State 12 4 1 Sta Inc Inc Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Dec Inc Inc Inc Sta Sta Sta Sta Inc Inc Sta Inc
11 Bothasig City of Cape Town District Western Cape 12 4 1 Sta Inc Sta Inc Dec Inc Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Sta Dec Sta Dec Dec Inc Sta
12 Nongoma Zululand District KwaZulu-Natal 12 3 2 Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Inc Sta Inc Sta Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta
13 Southport Ugu District KwaZulu-Natal 12 3 2 Inc Dec Sta Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Dec Inc Sta Sta Dec Sta Sta
14 Ilinge Chris Hani District Eastern Cape 12 3 2 Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Sta Sta Inc Sta Sta Sta Inc Inc Sta
15 Elsies River City of Cape Town District Western Cape 12 2 3 Dec Dec Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Sta Inc Sta Sta
16 Mmametlake Nkangala District Mpumalanga 12 2 3 Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Sta Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Dec Dec Sta
17 Hammanskraal Tshwane District Gauteng 12 2 3 Sta Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Dec Sta Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Sta Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta
18 Hilton-Kzn Umgungundlovu District KwaZulu-Natal 12 2 3 Sta Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Sta Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Sta Inc Dec Inc Sta Dec Sta
19 Komatipoort Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga 12 2 3 Sta Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Sta Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Sta Inc Inc Sta Sta
20 Barkly East Joe Gqabi District Eastern Cape 12 2 3 Inc Sta Inc Inc Dec Inc Dec Sta Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Sta Sta Sta Dec Sta Sta
21 Durban North eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 12 2 3 Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Sta Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Sta Sta Inc Inc Sta
22 Tongaat eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal 12 1 4 Dec Dec Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc
23 Atlantis City of Cape Town District Western Cape 12 1 4 Sta Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Dec Sta
24 Port St Johns OR Tambo District Eastern Cape 12 1 4 Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Sta Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Dec Inc Dec Sta Sta
25 Stellenbosch Cape Winelands District Western Cape 12 1 4 Sta Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Dec Dec Inc Dec Sta
26 Makwane Thabo Mofutsanyana District Free State 12 1 4 Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Inc Dec Inc Inc Dec Sta
27 Senekal Thabo Mofutsanyana District Free State 12 1 4 Sta Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Dec Sta Dec Sta Inc Dec Inc Sta
28 Margate Ugu District KwaZulu-Natal 12 0 5 Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec
29 Mpungamhlophe Zululand District KwaZulu-Natal 11 3 3 Inc Dec Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Sta Dec Dec Inc Inc Sta Sta Inc Inc Sta Dec Inc Sta
30 Naledi Johannesburg District Gauteng 11 3 3 Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Dec Sta Inc Inc Sta Dec Inc Sta Inc Inc Inc Inc Inc Dec Sta Inc Inc Sta
129
EASTERN CAPE
Crime situation
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
CRIME CATEGORY Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)
Murder 967 917 1 000 1 313 1 312 -1 -0,1%
Sexual offences 2 289 1 762 1 829 2 030 1 968 -62 -3,1%
Attempted murder 621 543 494 642 636 -6 -0,9%
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 5 691 4 935 5 047 5 906 5 952 46 0,8%
Common assault 2 948 2 812 3 076 3 564 3 588 24 0,7%
Common robbery 918 734 688 750 791 41 5,5%
Robbery with aggravating circumstances 3 635 3 278 3 042 3 640 3 277 -363 -10,0%
Contact crime (Crimes against the person) 17 069 14 981 15 176 17 845 17 524 -321 -1,8%
SEXUAL OFFENCES - BREAKDOWN
Rape 1 931 1 425 1 533 1 666 1 655 -11 -0,7%
Sexual assault 227 229 193 228 201 -27 -11,8%
Attempted sexual offences 97 76 75 106 92 -14 14 counts lower
Contact sexual offences 34 32 28 30 20 -10 10 counts lower
SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Carjacking 306 298 334 566 476 -90 -15,9%
Robbery at residential premises 538 609 508 538 543 5 0,9%
Robbery at non-residential premises 631 553 656 645 525 -120 -18,6%
TRIO Crime 1 475 1 460 1 498 1 749 1 544 -205 -11,7%
Robbery of cash in transit 5 6 13 9 16 7 7 counts higher
Bank robbery 0 0 1 1 0 -1 1 count lower
Truck hijacking 24 40 35 42 60 18 18 counts higher

130
EASTERN CAPE
Crime situation…continue
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Contact-related crime Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES
Arson 196 183 174 168 156 -12 -7,1%
Malicious damage to property 3 047 2 928 2 892 3 294 2 985 -309 -9,4%
Contact-related crime 3 243 3 111 3 066 3 462 3 141 -321 -9,3%
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES
Burglary at non-residential premises 1 821 1 957 1 583 2 052 1 778 -274 -13,4%
Burglary at residential premises 5 784 4 867 4 352 4 831 4 589 -242 -5,0%
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 580 468 465 467 402 -65 -13,9%
Theft out of or from motor vehicle 2 879 2 315 1 949 2 308 2 168 -140 -6,1%
Stock-theft 1 870 1 841 1 531 1 707 1 679 -28 -1,6%
Property-related crime 12 934 11 448 9 880 11 365 10 616 -749 -6,6%
OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES
All theft not mentioned elsewhere 6 172 5 511 5 684 6 666 5 939 -727 -10,9%
Commercial crime 2 089 2 252 2 696 2 745 2 853 108 3,9%
Shoplifting 1 245 905 807 945 1 173 228 24,1%
Other serious crime 9 506 8 668 9 187 10 356 9 965 -391 -3,8%
17 Community reported serious crime 42 752 38 208 37 309 43 028 41 246 -1 782 -4,1%

CRIMES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 572 541 482 523 411 -112 -21,4%
Drug-related crime 3 622 2 581 2 212 2 847 2 531 -316 -11,1%
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 1 394 469 874 723 1 098 375 51,9%
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action 9 5 5 1 3 2 2 counts higher
Crime detected as a result of police action 5 597 3 596 3 573 4 094 4 043 -51 -1,2%

131
FREE STATE
Crime situation
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
CRIME CATEGORY Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)
Murder 244 192 254 234 264 30 12,8%
Sexual offences 1 080 724 797 850 883 33 3,9%
Attempted murder 200 177 199 304 390 86 28,3%
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 2 585 2 259 2 344 2 926 2 954 28 1,0%
Common assault 3 057 2 835 3 052 3 667 3 731 64 1,7%
Common robbery 524 352 423 467 524 57 12,2%
Robbery with aggravating circumstances 1 318 1 147 1 067 1 222 1 238 16 1,3%
Contact crime (Crimes against the person) 9 008 7 686 8 136 9 670 9 984 314 3,2%
SEXUAL OFFENCES - BREAKDOWN
Rape 851 543 607 683 716 33 4,8%
Sexual assault 149 131 134 117 110 -7 -6,0%
Attempted sexual offences 49 34 31 28 40 12 12 counts higher
Contact sexual offences 31 16 25 22 17 -5 5 counts lower
SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Carjacking 68 72 63 60 58 -2 2 counts lower
Robbery at residential premises 179 192 198 171 199 28 16,4%
Robbery at non-residential premises 243 250 205 265 167 -98 -37,0%
TRIO Crime 490 514 466 496 424 -72 -14,5%
Robbery of cash in transit 3 1 3 3 1 -2 2 counts lower
Bank robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 count diff
Truck hijacking 9 13 18 11 18 7 7 counts higher

132
FREE STATE
Crime situation…continue
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Contact-related crime Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES
Arson 42 34 35 36 59 23 23 counts higher
Malicious damage to property 1 351 1 469 1 606 1 743 1 621 -122 -7,0%
Contact-related crime 1 393 1 503 1 641 1 779 1 680 -99 -5,6%
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES
Burglary at non-residential premises 1 330 1 182 1 038 1 224 1 115 -109 -8,9%
Burglary at residential premises 3 089 2 531 2 617 2 902 2 547 -355 -12,2%
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 385 219 189 206 193 -13 -6,3%
Theft out of or from motor vehicle 1 199 833 833 1 057 1 125 68 6,4%
Stock-theft 1 031 876 847 852 801 -51 -6,0%
Property-related crime 7 034 5 641 5 524 6 241 5 781 -460 -7,4%
OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES
All theft not mentioned elsewhere 3 587 3 127 3 754 4 398 4 100 -298 -6,8%
Commercial crime 1 250 1 043 1 225 1 140 1 065 -75 -6,6%
Shoplifting 746 662 562 711 667 -44 -6,2%
Other serious crime 5 583 4 832 5 541 6 249 5 832 -417 -6,7%
17 Community reported serious crime 23 018 19 662 20 842 23 939 23 277 -662 -2,8%

CRIMES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 129 81 119 130 161 31 23,8%
Drug-related crime 1 039 787 942 1 326 1 625 299 22,5%
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 884 383 495 528 836 308 58,3%
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action 145 81 113 225 351 126 56,0%
Crime detected as a result of police action 2 197 1 332 1 669 2 209 2 973 764 34,6%

133
GAUTENG
Crime situation
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
CRIME CATEGORY Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)
Murder 1 214 1 091 1 320 1 579 1 625 46 2,9%
Sexual offences 2 811 2 467 2 649 2 870 2 620 -250 -8,7%
Attempted murder 1 206 1 180 1 228 1 575 1 715 140 8,9%
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 9 208 8 247 8 459 9 620 9 493 -127 -1,3%
Common assault 11 128 10 608 10 536 12 521 12 616 95 0,8%
Common robbery 4 573 3 507 3 268 4 116 3 973 -143 -3,5%
Robbery with aggravating circumstances 13 866 12 029 11 726 13 932 14 209 277 2,0%
Contact crime (Crimes against the person) 44 006 39 129 39 186 46 213 46 251 38 0,1%
SEXUAL OFFENCES - BREAKDOWN
Rape 2 219 1 893 2 054 2 263 2 096 -167 -7,4%
Sexual assault 455 449 490 513 408 -105 -20,5%
Attempted sexual offences 65 61 49 53 82 29 29 counts higher
Contact sexual offences 72 64 56 41 34 -7 7 counts lower
SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Carjacking 2 320 2 435 2 518 2 945 2 984 39 1,3%
Robbery at residential premises 1 903 1 942 1 829 1 906 2 253 347 18,2%
Robbery at non-residential premises 1 790 1 552 1 573 1 576 1 661 85 5,4%
TRIO Crime 6 013 5 929 5 920 6 427 6 898 471 7,3%
Robbery of cash in transit 13 27 12 16 22 6 6 counts higher
Bank robbery 0 1 0 2 0 -2 2 counts lower
Truck hijacking 163 248 253 335 290 -45 -13,4%

134
GAUTENG
Crime situation…continue
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Contact-related crime Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES
Arson 143 152 160 135 99 -36 36 counts lower
Malicious damage to property 7 275 6 272 6 780 7 420 7 010 -410 -5,5%
Contact-related crime 7 418 6 424 6 940 7 555 7 109 -446 -5,9%
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES
Burglary at non-residential premises 3 599 3 358 3 407 3 335 3 035 -300 -9,0%
Burglary at residential premises 11 349 7 981 7 681 9 073 8 158 -915 -10,1%
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 6 174 5 298 4 395 5 210 5 106 -104 -2,0%
Theft out of or from motor vehicle 9 630 6 379 5 671 6 027 6 108 81 1,3%
Stock-theft 273 254 208 285 242 -43 -15,1%
Property-related crime 31 025 23 270 21 362 23 930 22 649 -1 281 -5,4%
OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES
All theft not mentioned elsewhere 20 993 16 033 16 267 19 468 18 028 -1 440 -7,4%
Commercial crime 7 361 7 569 8 317 10 244 10 320 76 0,7%
Shoplifting 4 431 4 392 3 227 4 223 4 384 161 3,8%
Other serious crime 32 785 27 994 27 811 33 935 32 732 -1 203 -3,5%
17 Community reported serious crime 115 234 96 817 95 299 111 633 108 741 -2 892 -2,6%

CRIMES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 1 126 1 022 871 1 132 1 134 2 0,2%
Drug-related crime 12 169 6 039 6 179 7 898 9 192 1 294 16,4%
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 9 397 3 644 2 912 5 144 5 889 745 14,5%
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action 208 120 150 249 335 86 34,5%
Crime detected as a result of police action 22 900 10 825 10 112 14 423 16 550 2 127 14,7%

135
KWAZULU NATAL
Crime situation
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
CRIME CATEGORY Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)
Murder 1 228 1 208 1 744 1 857 1 603 -254 -13,7%
Sexual offences 2 427 2 029 2 238 2 458 2 582 124 5,0%
Attempted murder 1 058 1 160 1 488 1 614 1 676 62 3,8%
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 6 421 5 722 6 030 6 391 7 100 709 11,1%
Common assault 5 837 5 164 5 346 6 273 6 576 303 4,8%
Common robbery 1 774 1 411 1 440 1 926 2 116 190 9,9%
Robbery with aggravating circumstances 5 913 5 583 5 301 6 939 6 377 -562 -8,1%
Contact crime (Crimes against the person) 24 658 22 277 23 587 27 458 28 030 572 2,1%
SEXUAL OFFENCES - BREAKDOWN
Rape 2 016 1 625 1 860 2 045 2 127 82 4,0%
Sexual assault 329 297 292 268 347 79 29,5%
Attempted sexual offences 54 51 51 100 93 -7 7 counts lower
Contact sexual offences 28 56 35 45 15 -30 30 counts lower
SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Carjacking 810 733 754 956 880 -76 -7,9%
Robbery at residential premises 1 152 1 314 1 242 1 513 1 371 -142 -9,4%
Robbery at non-residential premises 808 864 732 908 774 -134 -14,8%
TRIO Crime 2 770 2 911 2 728 3 377 3 025 -352 -10,4%
Robbery of cash in transit 4 10 7 8 8 0 0 count diff
Bank robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 count diff
Truck hijacking 21 19 18 32 48 16 16 counts higher

136
KWAZULU NATAL
Crime situation…continue
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Contact-related crime Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES
Arson 235 187 486 206 192 -14 -6,8%
Malicious damage to property 3 342 3 362 4 778 3 601 3 672 71 2,0%
Contact-related crime 3 577 3 549 5 264 3 807 3 864 57 1,5%
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES
Burglary at non-residential premises 2 745 2 472 6 363 2 197 2 066 -131 -6,0%
Burglary at residential premises 8 360 6 763 5 606 6 351 6 384 33 0,5%
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 1 994 1 813 1 532 1 641 1 624 -17 -1,0%
Theft out of or from motor vehicle 3 691 2 891 2 284 3 170 2 997 -173 -5,5%
Stock-theft 1 808 1 783 1 654 1 736 1 596 -140 -8,1%
Property-related crime 18 598 15 722 17 439 15 095 14 667 -428 -2,8%
OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES
All theft not mentioned elsewhere 9 835 8 230 8 195 9 326 9 912 586 6,3%
Commercial crime 3 571 3 656 3 738 4 801 4 898 97 2,0%
Shoplifting 2 508 2 116 1 467 2 025 2 235 210 10,4%
Other serious crime 15 914 14 002 13 400 16 152 17 045 893 5,5%
17 Community reported serious crime 62 747 55 550 59 690 62 512 63 606 1 094 1,8%

CRIMES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 1 078 873 810 1 015 931 -84 -8,3%
Drug-related crime 7 610 5 103 4 222 5 995 6 325 330 5,5%
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 6 429 994 643 756 2 029 1 273 168,4%
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action 1 088 391 394 648 618 -30 -4,6%
Crime detected as a result of police action 16 205 7 361 6 069 8 414 9 903 1 489 17,7%

137
LIMPOPO
Crime situation
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
CRIME CATEGORY Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)
Murder 218 186 229 267 237 -30 -11,2%
Sexual offences 1 030 934 1 004 1 134 1 153 19 1,7%
Attempted murder 204 199 256 260 310 50 19,2%
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 2 754 2 472 2 556 3 116 3 006 -110 -3,5%
Common assault 1 792 1 927 2 107 2 551 2 627 76 3,0%
Common robbery 725 550 584 818 773 -45 -5,5%
Robbery with aggravating circumstances 1 856 1 608 1 529 2 029 2 028 -1 0,0%
Contact crime (Crimes against the person) 8 579 7 876 8 265 10 175 10 134 -41 -0,4%
SEXUAL OFFENCES - BREAKDOWN
Rape 894 798 834 963 979 16 1,7%
Sexual assault 73 81 108 101 109 8 7,9%
Attempted sexual offences 51 41 54 53 52 -1 1 count lower
Contact sexual offences 12 14 8 17 13 -4 4 counts lower
SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Carjacking 113 115 159 138 131 -7 -5,1%
Robbery at residential premises 295 296 242 366 310 -56 -15,3%
Robbery at non-residential premises 510 440 433 486 467 -19 -3,9%
TRIO Crime 918 851 834 990 908 -82 -8,3%
Robbery of cash in transit 4 4 6 6 4 -2 2 counts lower
Bank robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 count diff
Truck hijacking 9 4 4 12 9 -3 3 counts lower

138
LIMPOPO
Crime situation…continue
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Contact-related crime Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES
Arson 106 78 77 108 113 5 4,6%
Malicious damage to property 1 645 1 825 1 796 2 007 1 881 -126 -6,3%
Contact-related crime 1 751 1 903 1 873 2 115 1 994 -121 -5,7%
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES
Burglary at non-residential premises 1 574 1 341 1 353 1 447 1 466 19 1,3%
Burglary at residential premises 3 617 2 740 2 778 2 858 2 571 -287 -10,0%
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 203 173 200 230 164 -66 -28,7%
Theft out of or from motor vehicle 1 049 781 748 869 852 -17 -2,0%
Stock-theft 650 530 567 741 725 -16 -2,2%
Property-related crime 7 093 5 565 5 646 6 145 5 778 -367 -6,0%
OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES
All theft not mentioned elsewhere 3 926 3 542 3 626 4 382 4 781 399 9,1%
Commercial crime 1 054 1 150 1 272 1 483 1 733 250 16,9%
Shoplifting 984 784 790 886 885 -1 -0,1%
Other serious crime 5 964 5 476 5 688 6 751 7 399 648 9,6%
17 Community reported serious crime 23 387 20 820 21 472 25 186 25 305 119 0,5%

CRIMES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 200 171 88 188 197 9 4,8%
Drug-related crime 1 501 1 787 1 476 1 879 2 310 431 22,9%
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 2 068 762 559 373 768 395 105,9%
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action 865 898 732 785 924 139 17,7%
Crime detected as a result of police action 4 634 3 618 2 855 3 225 4 199 974 30,2%

139
MPUMALANGA
Crime situation
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
CRIME CATEGORY Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)
Murder 264 239 276 337 360 23 6,8%
Sexual offences 909 734 796 792 793 1 0,1%
Attempted murder 276 295 267 348 401 53 15,2%
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 2 684 2 437 2 360 2 578 2 775 197 7,6%
Common assault 1 979 1 999 1 845 2 134 2 029 -105 -4,9%
Common robbery 694 507 465 492 549 57 11,6%
Robbery with aggravating circumstances 1 916 1 803 2 000 2 274 2 402 128 5,6%
Contact crime (Crimes against the person) 8 722 8 014 8 009 8 955 9 309 354 4,0%
SEXUAL OFFENCES - BREAKDOWN
Rape 780 627 691 668 671 3 0,4%
Sexual assault 92 74 71 87 96 9 9 counts higher
Attempted sexual offences 24 20 18 23 21 -2 2 counts lower
Contact sexual offences 13 13 16 14 5 -9 9 counts lower
SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Carjacking 247 228 321 340 388 48 14,1%
Robbery at residential premises 291 344 365 401 380 -21 -5,2%
Robbery at non-residential premises 448 405 450 493 429 -64 -13,0%
TRIO Crime 986 977 1 136 1 234 1 197 -37 -3,0%
Robbery of cash in transit 4 7 5 7 7 0 0 count diff
Bank robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 count diff
Truck hijacking 42 35 50 74 73 -1 1 count lower

140
MPUMALANGA
Crime situation…continue
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Contact-related crime Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES
Arson 68 62 80 75 66 -9 9 counts lower
Malicious damage to property 1 491 1 492 1 432 1 492 1 405 -87 -5,8%
Contact-related crime 1 559 1 554 1 512 1 567 1 471 -96 -6,1%
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES
Burglary at non-residential premises 1 272 1 248 1 136 1 219 1 202 -17 -1,4%
Burglary at residential premises 3 781 3 072 2 711 3 028 2 780 -248 -8,2%
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 630 457 389 374 390 16 4,3%
Theft out of or from motor vehicle 1 545 1 366 986 1 188 1 153 -35 -2,9%
Stock-theft 838 743 717 785 677 -108 -13,8%
Property-related crime 8 066 6 886 5 939 6 594 6 202 -392 -5,9%
OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES
All theft not mentioned elsewhere 3 977 3 551 3 415 3 528 3 356 -172 -4,9%
Commercial crime 1 327 1 255 1 456 1 626 1 703 77 4,7%
Shoplifting 893 796 646 781 837 56 7,2%
Other serious crime 6 197 5 602 5 517 5 935 5 896 -39 -0,7%
17 Community reported serious crime 24 544 22 056 20 977 23 051 22 878 -173 -0,8%

CRIMES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 376 115 144 202 204 2 1,0%
Drug-related crime 1 986 980 1 189 1 267 1 270 3 0,2%
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 1 321 339 431 290 477 187 64,5%
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action 3 6 2 2 1 -1 1 count lower
Crime detected as a result of police action 3 686 1 440 1 766 1 761 1 952 191 10,8%

141
NORTH WEST
Crime situation
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
CRIME CATEGORY Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)
Murder 218 197 248 264 285 21 8,0%
Sexual offences 950 791 924 962 981 19 2,0%
Attempted murder 192 178 173 252 257 5 2,0%
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 3 085 2 711 2 776 3 598 3 848 250 6,9%
Common assault 2 101 1 977 2 093 2 491 2 816 325 13,0%
Common robbery 648 561 559 632 662 30 4,7%
Robbery with aggravating circumstances 1 694 1 481 1 566 1 873 2 211 338 18,0%
Contact crime (Crimes against the person) 8 888 7 896 8 339 10 072 11 060 988 9,8%
SEXUAL OFFENCES - BREAKDOWN
Rape 786 657 777 810 828 18 2,2%
Sexual assault 81 76 85 92 90 -2 2 counts lower
Attempted sexual offences 63 43 38 45 53 8 8 counts higher
Contact sexual offences 20 15 24 15 10 -5 5 counts lower
SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Carjacking 142 80 126 171 194 23 13,5%
Robbery at residential premises 232 268 243 271 281 10 3,7%
Robbery at non-residential premises 345 339 358 382 450 68 17,8%
TRIO Crime 719 687 727 824 925 101 12,3%
Robbery of cash in transit 3 2 3 3 4 1 1 count higher
Bank robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 count diff
Truck hijacking 8 4 14 24 18 -6 6 counts lower

142
NORTH WEST
Crime situation…continue
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Contact-related crime Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES
Arson 55 78 74 82 68 -14 14 counts lower
Malicious damage to property 1 457 1 565 1 508 1 777 1 738 -39 -2,2%
Contact-related crime 1 512 1 643 1 582 1 859 1 806 -53 -2,9%
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES
Burglary at non-residential premises 1 204 1 159 1 165 1 235 1 221 -14 -1,1%
Burglary at residential premises 3 240 2 699 2 696 2 839 2 637 -202 -7,1%
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 557 384 395 494 349 -145 -29,4%
Theft out of or from motor vehicle 1 372 1 316 1 100 1 165 1 069 -96 -8,2%
Stock-theft 842 714 754 795 793 -2 -0,3%
Property-related crime 7 215 6 272 6 110 6 528 6 069 -459 -7,0%
OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES
All theft not mentioned elsewhere 3 920 3 277 3 445 4 258 4 029 -229 -5,4%
Commercial crime 1 058 1 306 1 194 1 318 1 665 347 26,3%
Shoplifting 502 532 443 529 453 -76 -14,4%
Other serious crime 5 480 5 115 5 082 6 105 6 147 42 0,7%
17 Community reported serious crime 23 095 20 926 21 113 24 564 25 082 518 2,1%

CRIMES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 163 144 128 157 242 85 54,1%
Drug-related crime 2 025 599 919 1 281 1 635 354 27,6%
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 907 299 493 653 811 158 24,2%
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action 172 21 111 232 340 108 46,6%
Crime detected as a result of police action 3 267 1 063 1 651 2 323 3 028 705 30,3%

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Crime situation
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
CRIME CATEGORY Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)
Murder 71 64 81 103 95 -8 8 counts lower
Sexual offences 357 318 259 372 402 30 8,1%
Attempted murder 93 112 124 242 432 190 78,5%
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 1 787 1 461 1 553 1 706 1 778 72 4,2%
Common assault 992 1 031 1 167 1 339 1 401 62 4,6%
Common robbery 387 317 227 322 301 -21 -6,5%
Robbery with aggravating circumstances 394 395 334 397 402 5 1,3%
Contact crime (Crimes against the person) 4 081 3 698 3 745 4 481 4 811 330 7,4%
SEXUAL OFFENCES - BREAKDOWN
Rape 252 218 191 259 284 25 9,7%
Sexual assault 52 50 40 57 63 6 6 counts higher
Attempted sexual offences 47 38 17 43 47 4 4 counts higher
Contact sexual offences 6 12 11 13 8 -5 5 counts lower
SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Carjacking 9 4 1 7 11 4 4 counts higher
Robbery at residential premises 24 43 39 36 51 15 15 counts higher
Robbery at non-residential premises 47 81 56 72 44 -28 28 counts lower
TRIO Crime 80 128 96 115 106 -9 -7,8%
Robbery of cash in transit 0 0 0 1 0 -1 1 count lower
Bank robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 count diff
Truck hijacking 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 counts higher

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Crime situation…continue
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Contact-related crime Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES
Arson 32 38 45 46 47 1 1 count higher
Malicious damage to property 700 746 798 1 051 970 -81 -7,7%
Contact-related crime 732 784 843 1 097 1 017 -80 -7,3%
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES
Burglary at non-residential premises 482 586 601 670 586 -84 -12,5%
Burglary at residential premises 1 426 1 404 1 217 1 590 1 396 -194 -12,2%
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 59 39 43 46 35 -11 11 counts lower
Theft out of or from motor vehicle 690 600 542 541 587 46 8,5%
Stock-theft 279 327 208 246 221 -25 -10,2%
Property-related crime 2 936 2 956 2 611 3 093 2 825 -268 -8,7%
OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES
All theft not mentioned elsewhere 1 861 1 649 1 744 2 169 2 015 -154 -7,1%
Commercial crime 301 313 466 498 490 -8 -1,6%
Shoplifting 358 346 269 386 385 -1 -0,3%
Other serious crime 2 520 2 308 2 479 3 053 2 890 -163 -5,3%
17 Community reported serious crime 10 269 9 746 9 678 11 724 11 543 -181 -1,5%

CRIMES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 17 15 10 19 14 -5 5 counts lower
Drug-related crime 614 462 478 609 827 218 35,8%
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 134 93 97 66 107 41 62,1%
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 count diff
Crime detected as a result of police action 765 570 586 694 948 254 36,6%

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Crime situation
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
CRIME CATEGORY Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)
Murder 1 022 1 013 1 011 1 050 1 164 114 10,9%
Sexual offences 1 877 1 664 1 468 1 815 1 708 -107 -5,9%
Attempted murder 1 006 1 097 928 918 1 094 176 19,2%
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 5 592 4 646 4 500 5 410 5 391 -19 -0,4%
Common assault 9 159 8 498 7 915 9 849 9 964 115 1,2%
Common robbery 2 958 1 925 1 965 2 501 2 778 277 11,1%
Robbery with aggravating circumstances 7 025 5 421 4 915 6 106 6 707 601 9,8%
Contact crime (Crimes against the person) 28 639 24 264 22 702 27 649 28 806 1 157 4,2%
SEXUAL OFFENCES - BREAKDOWN
Rape 1 256 1 136 1 009 1 233 1 160 -73 -5,9%
Sexual assault 506 371 340 432 423 -9 -2,1%
Attempted sexual offences 48 87 67 85 79 -6 6 counts lower
Contact sexual offences 67 70 52 65 46 -19 19 counts lower
SOME SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Carjacking 867 838 697 966 887 -79 -8,2%
Robbery at residential premises 694 752 706 623 657 34 5,5%
Robbery at non-residential premises 572 453 404 467 393 -74 -15,8%
TRIO Crime 2 133 2 043 1 807 2 056 1 937 -119 -5,8%
Robbery of cash in transit 4 7 3 3 2 -1 1 count lower
Bank robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 count diff
Truck hijacking 36 48 18 30 23 -7 7 counts lower

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Crime situation…continue
July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 to July 2023 to
Contact-related crime Count Diff (%) Change
September 2019 September 2020 September 2021 September 2022 September 2023
CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES
Arson 180 174 153 201 180 -21 -10,4%
Malicious damage to property 6 677 6 346 6 114 6 952 7 642 690 9,9%
Contact-related crime 6 857 6 520 6 267 7 153 7 822 669 9,4%
PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES
Burglary at non-residential premises 2 865 2 578 2 130 2 217 2 306 89 4,0%
Burglary at residential premises 9 284 7 247 6 291 7 078 7 089 11 0,2%
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle 1 671 1 295 1 113 1 269 1 323 54 4,3%
Theft out of or from motor vehicle 8 531 6 365 5 354 6 467 6 791 324 5,0%
Stock-theft 287 271 177 195 201 6 3,1%
Property-related crime 22 638 17 756 15 065 17 226 17 710 484 2,8%
OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES
All theft not mentioned elsewhere 17 091 13 234 13 541 16 381 15 472 -909 -5,5%
Commercial crime 3 507 3 443 4 249 5 661 5 903 242 4,3%
Shoplifting 3 525 3 275 2 315 2 803 2 997 194 6,9%
Other serious crime 24 123 19 952 20 105 24 845 24 372 -473 -1,9%
17 Community reported serious crime 82 257 68 492 64 139 76 873 78 710 1 837 2,4%

CRIMES DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition 824 669 703 681 690 9 1,3%
Drug-related crime 15 116 10 756 12 607 15 854 16 846 992 6,3%
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs 3 545 845 1 145 2 228 2 112 -116 -5,2%
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action 43 46 14 12 9 -3 3 counts lower
Crime detected as a result of police action 19 528 12 316 14 469 18 775 19 657 882 4,7%

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1. Contact crime
2. Contact-related crime
3. Property-related crime
4. Other serious crime
5. Crime dependent on police action for detection

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1. CONTACT CRIME (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)

1.1. MURDER refers to the unlawful and intentional killing of another human being.
1.2. ATTEMPTED MURDER refers to the commission of an unlawful act with the intention of killing another human
being, but which does not result in the death of that human being.
1.3. SEXUAL OFFENCES*
1.3.1 RAPE
Section 3 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act
No.32 of 2007) defines rape as follows: Rape is the unlawful and intentional sexual penetration of a
person without his or her consent.
1.3.2 COMPELLED RAPE
Section 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No.
32 of 2007) defines compelled rape as follows: A person who unlawfully and intentionally compels
another person, without his or her consent, to commit an act of sexual penetration of a third person,
without the consent of the third person, is guilty of the offence of compelled rape.

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1.3.3 SEXUAL ASSAULT

Section 5 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act,2007 (Act No.
32 of 2007) defines sexual assault as follows:
A person who unlawfully and intentionally –
(a) sexually violates a person, without his or her consent; or
(b) inspires the belief in a person that he or she will be sexually violated, is guilty of the offence of
sexual assault.
1.3.4 COMPELLED SEXUAL ASSAULT
Section 6 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No.
32 of 2007) defines the crime as follows: A person who unlawfully and intentionally compels another
person, without his or her consent, to commit an act of sexual violation of a third person, without
the consent of the third person, is guilty of the offence of compelled sexual assault.

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1.3.5 ACTS OF CONSENSUAL SEXUAL PENETRATION WITH CERTAIN CHILDREN (STATUTORY RAPE)
Section 15 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act,2007 (Act No.
32 of 2007) defines the crime as follows: A person who commits an act of sexual penetration with a
child is, despite the consent of the child to the commission of such an act, guilty of the offence of
having committed an act of consensual sexual penetration with a child.

1.3.6 ACTS OF CONSENSUAL SEXUAL VIOLATION WITH CERTAIN CHILDREN (STATUTORY SEXUAL ASSAULT)
Section 16 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No.
32 of 2007) defines the crime as follows: A person who commits an act of sexual violation of a child
is, despite the consent of the child to the commission of such an act, guilty of the offence of having
committed an act of consensual sexual violation with a child.
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1.4. ASSAULTS
1.4.1 ASSAULT WITH THE INTENT TO CAUSE GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM is the unlawful and intentional direct
or indirect application of force to the body of another person with the intention of causing grievous
bodily harm to that person.
1.4.2 COMMON ASSAULT is the unlawful and intentional -
(a) direct or indirect application of force to the body of another person, or
(b) threat of application of immediate personal violence to another, in circumstances in which the
threatened person is prevailed upon to believe that the person who is threatening him or her has the
intention and power to carry out his threat.
1.5. ROBBERIES
1.5.1 ORDINARY ROBBERY (ALSO KNOWN AS COMMON ROBBERY) is the unlawful and intentional forceful
removal and appropriation of movable tangible property belonging to another.
1.5.2 ROBBERY WITH AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES is the unlawful and intentional forceful removal and
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1.5.3 SUBCATEGORIES OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY FORMING PART OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY

1.5.3.1 ROBBERY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE (EXCLUDING TRUCKS), ALSO KNOWN AS “CARJACKING” is the
unlawful and intentional forceful removal and appropriation of a motor vehicle (excluding a truck)
belonging to another.
1.5.3.2 ROBBERY OF TRUCK, ALSO KNOWN AS “TRUCK HIJACKING” is the unlawful and intentional forceful
removal and appropriation of a truck (excluding a light delivery vehicle) belonging to another.
1.5.3.3 CASH IN TRANSIT (CIT) ROBBERY is the unlawful and intentional forceful removal and appropriation
of money or containers for the conveyance of money belonging to another, while such money or
containers for the conveyance of money are being transported by a security company on behalf of
the owner thereof.
1.5.3.4 BANK ROBBERY is the unlawful and intentional forceful removal and appropriation of money which
belongs to a bank from the bank during the office hours of that bank.
1.5.3.5 ROBBERY AT RESIDENTIAL PREMISES (ALSO KNOWN AS “HOUSE ROBBERY”) is the unlawful and
intentional forceful removal and appropriation of property from residential premises of another
person.
1.5.3.6 ROBBERY AT NON-RESIDENTIAL PREMISES (ALSO KNOWN AS “BUSINESS ROBBERY”) is the unlawful
and intentional forceful removal and appropriation of property from the business of another
person.
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1.6. KIDNAPPING consists of the unlawful intentional deprivation of a person of his freedom of movement or, if such a
person is a child, the unlawful intentional deprivation of a parent of control over the child.

2. CONTACT-RELATED CRIME
2.1 ARSON is the unlawful and intentional setting of fire to immovable property belonging to another (or to one’s own
immovable insured property, in order to claim the value of the property from the insurer).
2.2 MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY refers to the unlawful and intentional damaging of property belonging to other
(or one’s own insured property, with the intention to claim the value of the property from the insurer).

3. PROPERTY-RELATED CRIME
3.1 HOUSEBREAKING (ALSO KNOWN AS BURGLARY) – OTHER PREMISES THAN RESIDENTIAL PREMISES is committed by
a person who unlawfully and intentionally breaks into a building or similar structure which is not used for human
habitation and does not form part of residential premises, then enters or penetrates it with part of his or her body or with
an instrument with which he or she intends to control something on the premises, with the intention to commit a crime on
the premises.
3.2 HOUSEBREAKING (ALSO KNOWN AS BURGLARY) – RESIDENTIAL PREMISES is committed by a person who unlawfully
and intentionally breaks into a building or similar structure used for human habitation, then enters or penetrates it with
part of his or her body or with an instrument with which he or she intends to control something on the premises, with the
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3.2 HOUSEBREAKING (ALSO KNOWN AS BURGLARY) – RESIDENTIAL PREMISES is committed by a person who
unlawfully and intentionally breaks into a building or similar structure used for human habitation, then enters or
penetrates it with part of his or her body or with an instrument with which he or she intends to control something
on the premises, with the intention to commit a crime on the premises.
3.3 THEFT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE OR MOTORCYCLE refers to the stealing of a motor vehicle or motorcycle belonging
to another person.
3.4 THEFT OUT OF OR FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE
3.4.1 THEFT FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE refers to the unlawful and intentional removal of parts, accessories or
equipment that form part of a motor vehicle, from such vehicle, with the intention of permanently
depriving the owner thereof of control over such parts, accessories or equipment taken from the
vehicle.
3.4.2 THEFT OUT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE refers to the unlawful and intentional removal of articles in or on the
vehicle from the vehicle, with the intention of permanently depriving the owner thereof of control over
such articles taken out of the vehicle.
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4. OTHER SERIOUS CRIME

4.1 ALL THEFT NOT MENTIONED ELSEWHERE (ALSO KNOWN AS ORDINARY OR OTHER THEFT)
Theft refers to the unlawful and intentional appropriation of another’s movable tangible property which is
available in commerce, or of such property belonging to the perpetrator himself or herself but in respect of
which somebody else has a particular right of possession.
4.2 COMMERCIAL CRIME
4.2.1 FRAUD (INCLUDING ATTEMPTED FRAUD) is the unlawful, intentional distortion of the truth which is
calculated to prejudice another.
4.2.2 FORGERY is the unlawful, intentional falsification of a document or written instrument, calculated to
cause prejudice.
4.2.3 UTTERING is the unlawful offering, passing-off or communication of a forged document, with the
intention to defraud, and which causes prejudice or potential prejudice to another.
4.3 SHOPLIFTING
Shoplifting refers to stealing from a self-service shop, during the shopping hours of that shop, an article which
is offered for sale by that shop.

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5. CRIME DETECTED AS A RESULT OF POLICE ACTION

5.1 ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM
Section 3 of the Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000), read with section 120(1) of the said act,
provides as follows:
Any person who is unlawfully in possession of a firearm and who is not the holder of a licence, permit or
authorisation to possess the firearm, is guilty of an offence.
5.2 ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION
Section 90 read with section 120(10)(b) of the Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000) provides as
follows
Any person who is unlawfully in possession of ammunition while he or she does not –
(a) hold a licence in respect of a firearm capable of discharging that ammunition;
(b) hold a permit to possess ammunition;
(c) hold a dealer’s licence, manufacturer’s licence, gunsmith’s licence, import, export or in transit permit or
transporter’s permit issued in terms of this Act; or
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5.3 UNLAWFUL USE OR POSSESSION OF DRUGS

Section 4 of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992 (Act No. 140 of 1992) provides as follows:\
Any person who uses or has in his possession –
(a) any dependence-producing substance; or
(b) any dangerous dependence-producing substance or any undesirable dependence producing substance, is guilty
of an offence.
5.4 UNLAWFUL DEALING IN DRUGS
Section 5 of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992 (Act No. 140 of 1992) provides as follows:
Any person who deals in –
(a) any dependence-producing substance; or
(b) any dangerous dependence-producing substance or any undesirable dependence producing substance, is
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5.5 DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS

Section 65(1) of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996) provides as follows:
A person who, on a public road –
(a) drives a vehicle; or
(b) occupies the driver’s seat of a motor vehicle the engine of which is running, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or
a drug having a narcotic effect, is guilty of an offence.
Section 65(5) of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996) provides as follows:
A person who, on a public road –
(a) drives a vehicle; or
(b) occupies the driver’s seat of a motor vehicle the engine of which is running, while the concentration of alcohol in any
specimen of blood taken from any part of his body is not less than 0,05 gram per 100 millilitres, or in the case of a professional
driver referred to in section 32, not less than 0,02 gram per 100 millilitres, is guilty of an offence.
Section 65(6) of the National Road Traffic (Act 93 of 1996) provides as follows:
A person who, on a public road -
(a) drives a vehicle; or
(b) occupies the driver’s seat of a motor vehicle the engine of which is running, while the concentration of alcohol in any
specimen of breath exhaled by such person is not less than 0, 24 milligrams per 1 000 millilitres, or in the case of a professional
driver referred to in section 32, not less than 0.10 milligrams per 1000 millilitres, is guilty of an offence.
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