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KwaNojoli Crime Statistics

Cookhouse Precinct |Sarah Baartman
Apr 2025–Mar 2026 · Full year SAPS Data Report error

KwaNojoli spans 2 police precincts — which one covers you?

All data below updates based on your selection. Why does this suburb have two precincts?

How much crime was reported in KwaNojoli?

The Cookhouse SAPS precinct, which covers KwaNojoli, recorded 409 crimes in Apr 2025–Mar 2026, up 8.8% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025.

Moderate volume for Eastern CapeLow nationally

Whole-precinct figures, reported crime only, raw counts. Source: SAPS quarterly crime statistics (saps.gov.za), Apr 2025–Mar 2026.

What this data can't tell you

  • Exactly where in the precinct crimes happened. SAPS reports crime per police precinct, not per suburb. These figures cover the whole Cookhouse precinct area (the precinct selected above), and every suburb in it shares them. Other suburbs: Cookhouse, Somerset East.
  • Crime that was never reported. SAPS counts crimes reported to the police. Not all crime is reported, so actual incidence is higher. Reporting rates also vary by area and crime type, so there is no reliable way to correct for it. How we handle this →
  • How crime compares per resident. These are raw counts with no population adjustment. Precincts serving more people naturally record more crimes. The trend over time, which compares this precinct against its own history, is the more reliable signal.

Crime volume

Moderate

in Eastern Cape · Low nationally

Reported crimes

409

Apr 2025–Mar 2026 · Full year

vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025

8.8%

more crimes vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025

vs its pre-COVID level

↓ 16.9%

below 2018-2019

Updated · SAPS Q4 2025-26 release

Crime in the Cookhouse precinct area (covering KwaNojoli) rose 8.8% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025.
Total crime: 17% below provincial median
Contact crime: 37% below provincial median
Property crime: 18% below provincial median

Crime by type

Change vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025 by crime category. Murder is shown separately but is included in the violent crime total.

Murder

6

↑ 100% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025

Violent crime

120

↑ 7.1% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025

Property crime

85

↑ 44.1% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025

Other (drug, commercial, theft)

204

↓ 0.5% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025

Crime breakdown

Top reported offences in 2025-2026

Top reported crime categories in Cookhouse precinct, 2025-2026
Crime categoryReported count
Drug-related crime
101
Serious assault
61
Residential burglary
40
Stock-theft
36
Common assault
34
All theft not mentioned elsewhere
28
Malicious damage
20
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
17
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Other suburbs served by Cookhouse police station

3 suburbs in this precinct share the same SAPS crime data

SAPS reports at precinct level — all suburbs below have identical crime statistics to KwaNojoli.

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