Crime by category in South Africa
Browse all 14 curated crime categories from official SAPS statistics — reported counts for Apr 2025–Mar 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
Other Theft
230,437
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
-6.3% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Drug-Related Crime
224,167
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
+15.9% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Common Assault
188,945
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
-2.1% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Serious Assault (GBH)
173,458
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
-3.9% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Commercial Crime
147,149
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
+2.5% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Residential Burglary
128,490
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
-8.2% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Aggravated Robbery
121,083
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
-11.8% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Driving Under the Influence
85,849
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
+33.8% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Theft from Vehicles
72,396
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
-8.8% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Business Burglary
43,490
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
-12.2% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Rape
40,598
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
-3.3% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Vehicle Theft
29,649
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
-9.4% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Attempted Murder
28,426
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
-0.5% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Murder
23,096
cases — Apr 2025–Mar 2026
-9.1% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025Counts are raw totals reported to SAPS across all 9 provinces — Apr 2025–Mar 2026. Click any category to see per-province breakdown and multi-year trend.