Free · official SAPS data · updated 29 Aug 2026 (SAPS Q1 2026-27)
How safe is
your suburb?
Crime data for every one of South Africa's 1169 police precincts. Search your suburb, or explore the map.
vs Apr–Jun 2025
Tap a province to explore · green more precincts improved, red more worsened vs Apr–Jun 2025; grey where the gap is under 5% of the province's precincts
Browse by province
Click a province to explore its districts and suburbs. Colour shows whether clearly more precincts improved or worsened in Apr–Jun 2026; grey means the two are within 5% of each other.
Western Cape
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Eastern Cape
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
North West
Free State
Northern Cape
439,017 crimes reported in Apr–Jun 2026 across all 9 SA provinces
Apr–Jun 2026: 42% of precincts improved vs Apr–Jun 2025
495 improved, 557 worsened, 117 stable
48%
worsened
42%
improved
Lowest crime volume
Apel
Limpopo
Only 203 reported crimes — lowest total among precincts with regular crime activity. Not adjusted for population size.
203 crimesBiggest improvement
Bloemspruit
Free State
Crime dropped 35.2% vs Apr–Jun 2025 — 634 reported crimes in Apr–Jun 2026.
-35.2%Biggest increase
Jeffreys Bay
Eastern Cape
Crime rose 64.1% vs Apr–Jun 2025 — 517 reported crimes in Apr–Jun 2026.
+64.1%Based on 1169 precincts across 9 provinces. All figures are raw reported crimes — not adjusted for population. Larger areas naturally have higher totals. Trend compares the same time period in both years.
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Compare a specific crime category across all 9 South African provinces — official SAPS counts, ranked highest to lowest, with multi-year trend.
Free, official crime data for South Africa
SafeSuburb makes official South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics accessible and easy to understand. Covering all 9 South African provinces — Western Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Free State, and Northern Cape. Whether you're buying a home, renting, choosing a school, or simply want to know how safe your neighbourhood is — we present the data clearly, honestly, and for free.
SAPS publishes crime data at police precinct level, not per suburb. Each precinct covers multiple suburbs, so all suburbs in the same precinct share the same crime statistics. We map over 2,600 suburbs to their 1169 police precincts across 9 provinces, covering 495 improving areas, 557 worsening areas, and data spanning over a decade.
Our data includes violent crime (murder, assault, robbery), property crime (burglary, vehicle theft), and other serious offences — with trends vs Apr–Jun 2025, historical baselines from 2019, and category breakdowns. All data is sourced directly from SAPS quarterly releases. Read our methodology · Disclaimer