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Theft from Vehicles in Johannesburg

SAPS recorded 7,897 theft from vehicles cases across 42 Johannesburg precincts in Apr 2025–Mar 2026, down 4.3% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025. That is 38% of Gauteng's 20,524 total.

Latest quarter (Jan–Mar 2026): 1,917 theft from vehicles cases, roughly unchanged 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 theft from vehicles trend

Theft from Vehicles 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
Midrand816+17.1%
Honeydew593+4.2%
Sandton468-12.2%
Johannesburg Central411-24%
Roodepoort366-11.2%
Douglasdale330+13%
Florida289-7.4%
Randburg288+5.1%
Parkview268+20.2%
Hillbrow262-31.8%
Brixton235+14.6%
Booysens214-11.6%
Mondeor204-20.6%
Linden200-12.7%
Moroka190+11.1%
Protea186-7.5%
Jeppe176-15.8%
Sophia Town173+35.2%
Diepsloot169+111.3%
Norwood149-0.7%
Moffatview148+0.7%
Diepkloof147-36.9%
Fairland122+24.5%
Eldorado Park121+21%
Orlando121+21%
Dobsonville106+6%
Bramley100-23.1%
Meadowlands97+26%
Cleveland91-18%
Yeoville91-20.2%
Sandringham88-19.3%
Alexandra85-26.1%
Jabulani82-21.2%
Cosmo City80+19.4%
Kliptown75-3.8%
Lenasia68-21.8%
Langlaagte57-12.3%
Rosebank53-45.9%
Naledi49-12.5%
Ennerdale47-20.3%
Doornkop43-20.4%
Lenasia South39-7.1%