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Common Assault in the Free State

SAPS definition: “Common Assault is the unlawful and intentional – a) Direct and 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 has the intention and power to carry out his threat.” — SAPS Crime Definitions (2012), as published by the Institute for Security Studies.

SAPS recorded 3,113 common assault cases across 110 Free State precincts in Apr–Jun 2026, up 2.2% vs Apr–Jun 2025.

Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): 3,113 common assault cases, up 2.2% vs Apr–Jun 2025.

Ranked by precinct below.

Most common assault reports come from Mangaung.

Note: Raw reported counts — not adjusted for population. Precincts serving more residents will naturally report more cases.

Is common assault rising or falling in Free State?

Dashed: Apr–Jun 2026 only (1 of 4 quarters published) — a partial year, not comparable with the full years before it.

Which Free State districts report the most common assault?

Bars coloured by direction vs the previous year: teal = fewer, orange = more, grey = within ±2%. Sorted by Apr–Jun 2026 count.

Drill into a district:

Which Free State precincts report the most common assault?

PrecinctDistrictApr–Jun 2026vs Apr–Jun 2025
KagisanongMangaung139+2.2%
BoithusoMangaung133+6.4%
OdendaalsrusLejweleputswa129+13.2%
Park RoadMangaung127-9.3%
MaokengFezile Dabi107-13%
ThabongLejweleputswa106-35.8%
BotshabeloMangaung101+20.2%
BloemspruitMangaung100-34.6%
ZamdelaFezile Dabi91-1.1%
WelkomLejweleputswa86+10.3%
SonskynMangaung810 → 81
BothavilleLejweleputswa67+9.8%
SeloseshaMangaung65-23.5%
MangaungMangaung62+1.6%
KroonstadFezile Dabi5645 → 56
MelodingLejweleputswa5243 → 52
SasolburgFezile Dabi5026 → 50
HeidedalMangaung49-14%
WesselsbronLejweleputswa4831 → 48
PhuthaditjhabaThabo Mofutsanyana47-35.6%
BultfonteinLejweleputswa4622 → 46
HennenmanLejweleputswa46-8%
TheunissenLejweleputswa4542 → 45
KopanongMangaung4340 → 43
Sunrise ViewLejweleputswa430 → 43
ViljoenskroonFezile Dabi4336 → 43
BronvilleLejweleputswa4143 → 41
TumaholeFezile Dabi4148 → 41
MafubeFezile Dabi4043 → 40
DeneysvilleFezile Dabi3534 → 35
HarrismithThabo Mofutsanyana34-38.2%
HeilbronFezile Dabi3428 → 34
TsekiThabo Mofutsanyana3128 → 31
BohlokongThabo Mofutsanyana3034 → 30
ZastronXhariep3012 → 30
AllanridgeLejweleputswa2921 → 29
BathoMangaung2618 → 26
VentersburgLejweleputswa2521 → 25
BoshofLejweleputswa2414 → 24
NavalsigMangaung2413 → 24
FicksburgThabo Mofutsanyana2245 → 22
HoopstadLejweleputswa2248 → 22
ReitzThabo Mofutsanyana2211 → 22
BethlehemThabo Mofutsanyana2126 → 21
VredefortFezile Dabi2116 → 21
BainsvleiMangaung2018 → 20
LadybrandThabo Mofutsanyana2036 → 20
NamahadiThabo Mofutsanyana2025 → 20
VirginiaLejweleputswa2018 → 20
VredeThabo Mofutsanyana2022 → 20
BrandfortLejweleputswa1927 → 19
EdenburgXhariep1910 → 19
Thaba-NchuMangaung1917 → 19
WardenThabo Mofutsanyana1919 → 19
WinburgLejweleputswa1913 → 19
DewetsdorpMangaung1815 → 18
HertzogvilleLejweleputswa1828 → 18
KoppiesFezile Dabi1818 → 18
LindleyThabo Mofutsanyana1815 → 18
MakwaneThabo Mofutsanyana1836 → 18
PetrusburgXhariep1611 → 16
SteynsrusFezile Dabi161 → 16
FouriesburgThabo Mofutsanyana157 → 15
SenekalThabo Mofutsanyana1411 → 14
TweelingFezile Dabi137 → 13
EdenvilleFezile Dabi1210 → 12
OranjevilleFezile Dabi1211 → 12
ParysFezile Dabi1214 → 12
KoffiefonteinXhariep113 → 11
RouxvilleXhariep117 → 11
BayswaterMangaung107 → 10
PhilippolisXhariep1010 → 10
Petrus SteynThabo Mofutsanyana98 → 9
VilliersFezile Dabi915 → 9
DealesvilleLejweleputswa84 → 8
Paul RouxThabo Mofutsanyana810 → 8
SmithfieldXhariep813 → 8
TsesengThabo Mofutsanyana812 → 8
TweespruitThabo Mofutsanyana87 → 8
MarquardThabo Mofutsanyana76 → 7
TrompsburgXhariep79 → 7
VerkeerdevleiLejweleputswa75 → 7
WepenerMangaung75 → 7
KestellThabo Mofutsanyana64 → 6
ReddersburgXhariep68 → 6
BethulieXhariep54 → 5
ExcelsiorThabo Mofutsanyana52 → 5
RosendalThabo Mofutsanyana53 → 5
ViljoensdrifFezile Dabi51 → 5
ArlingtonThabo Mofutsanyana41 → 4
CorneliaFezile Dabi42 → 4
JacobsdalXhariep45 → 4
SoutpanMangaung46 → 4
ClarensThabo Mofutsanyana39 → 3
GlenMangaung35 → 3
JagersfonteinXhariep32 → 3
MemelThabo Mofutsanyana34 → 3
SpringfonteinXhariep33 → 3
ClocolanThabo Mofutsanyana28 → 2
FauresmithXhariep210 → 2
HobhouseThabo Mofutsanyana24 → 2
Van StadensrusMangaung21 → 2
GoedemoedXhariep10 → 1
LuckhoffXhariep14 → 1
RoadsideThabo Mofutsanyana10 → 1
TierpoortMangaung14 → 1
VerkykerskopThabo Mofutsanyana12 → 1
HeuningspruitFezile Dabi01 → 0
SteunmekaarXhariep01 → 0
VierfonteinFezile Dabi03 → 0
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