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Driving Under the Influence in Johannesburg

SAPS recorded 11,054 driving under the influence cases across 42 Johannesburg precincts in Apr 2025–Mar 2026, up 29% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025. That is 32% of Gauteng's 34,215 total.

Latest quarter (Jan–Mar 2026): 2,835 driving under the influence cases, up 21.7% vs Jan–Mar 2025.

Ranked by precinct below.

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

Johannesburg driving under the influence trend

Driving Under the Influence by precinct in Johannesburg

Bars coloured by direction vs the previous year: green = improved, red = worsened, grey = within ±2%. Top 15 of 42 precincts shown; full list in the table below. Sorted by Apr 2025–Mar 2026 count.

All Johannesburg precincts

PrecinctApr 2025–Mar 2026vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025
Johannesburg Central811+25.5%
Midrand805+12.9%
Diepkloof702+66.7%
Booysens534-1.5%
Hillbrow507+7.9%
Jeppe485+9.5%
Roodepoort449+26.1%
Linden359+43.6%
Sandton343+16.3%
Alexandra340+51.8%
Kliptown327+133.6%
Florida300+38.2%
Honeydew284+56.9%
Dobsonville279+25.7%
Sandringham275-3.2%
Eldorado Park273+61.5%
Bramley269+10.7%
Diepsloot262+58.8%
Orlando254+41.9%
Yeoville246-5%
Lenasia217+72.2%
Cleveland195+26.6%
Doornkop194+73.2%
Randburg186+27.4%
Moroka170+6.9%
Meadowlands157+12.1%
Douglasdale156+95%
Cosmo City154+41.3%
Protea150+20%
Jabulani148+19.4%
Mondeor147+20.5%
Moffatview143+43%
Ennerdale139+67.5%
Lenasia South137+77.9%
Brixton120+34.8%
Norwood117+24.5%
Parkview1060%
Naledi90+164.7%
Sophia Town90-6.2%
Rosebank58+81.3%
Fairland41+78.3%
Langlaagte35+59.1%
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