Crime by category in South Africa
Browse all 14 curated crime categories from official SAPS statistics — reported counts for Apr–Jun 2026, broken down by province.
Raw reported counts from SAPS. Not adjusted for population — larger provinces will naturally report more cases.
Note: These are raw reported counts as published by SAPS. Crime volumes reflect both actual incidents and policing activity, and are not adjusted for population size.
All crime categories
Drug-Related Crime
57,676
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
+11.5% vs Apr–Jun 2025Other Theft
55,595
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
-0.9% vs Apr–Jun 2025Common Assault
42,471
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
+2% vs Apr–Jun 2025Serious Assault (GBH)
38,572
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
+2.4% vs Apr–Jun 2025Commercial Crime
36,022
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
+0.1% vs Apr–Jun 2025Residential Burglary
29,722
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
-7.3% vs Apr–Jun 2025Aggravated Robbery
26,839
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
-14.7% vs Apr–Jun 2025Driving Under the Influence
21,364
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
+6.5% vs Apr–Jun 2025Theft from Vehicles
17,969
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
+0.1% vs Apr–Jun 2025Business Burglary
10,717
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
-1.5% vs Apr–Jun 2025Rape
9,195
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
-0.4% vs Apr–Jun 2025Vehicle Theft
6,988
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
-7.1% vs Apr–Jun 2025Attempted Murder
6,958
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
+8.7% vs Apr–Jun 2025Murder
5,424
cases — Apr–Jun 2026
-6% vs Apr–Jun 2025Counts are raw totals reported to SAPS across all 9 provinces — Apr–Jun 2026. Click any category to see per-province breakdown and multi-year trend.
Deep dives
Latest crime statistics
National, province and district figures from the most recent SAPS quarterly release
Hijacking
Carjacking by province and precinct, plus truck hijacking and cash-in-transit robbery
Kidnapping
National trend, province counts and the precincts with the most recorded cases
Residential robbery
House robbery by province and precinct, distinguished from residential burglary
Murder rate
Murders per 100,000 people by province, from Census 2022 population estimates