Hijacking in South Africa
Carjacking is a component of aggravated robbery, one of SafeSuburb's 14 crime-type pages. This page breaks carjacking out on its own, which that category page does not.
SAPS recorded 17,464 carjacking incidents nationally in Apr 2025–Mar 2026, down 13.7% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025.
Truck hijacking (1,538 incidents) and cash-in-transit robbery (127) are recorded separately by SAPS and shown further down this page.
How SAPS counts this: carjacking is a subcategory of robbery with aggravating circumstances in SAPS statistics. The counts on this page are already included in the aggravated robbery figures shown on precinct and suburb pages across this site, so never add the two together.
Note: Raw reported counts, not adjusted for population. Areas with more residents and more vehicles will naturally record more incidents.
Is carjacking rising or falling in South Africa?
Which provinces record the most carjackings?
Bars coloured by direction vs the previous financial year: green = fewer incidents, red = more, grey = within 2%. Sorted by Apr 2025–Mar 2026 count.
| Province | Apr 2025–Mar 2026 | vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Gauteng | 9,837 | -5.3% |
| Western Cape | 2,395 | -20% |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 2,175 | -17.5% |
| Eastern Cape | 1,151 | -34.9% |
| Mpumalanga | 838 | -26% |
| North West | 576 | -11% |
| Limpopo | 293 | -31.5% |
| Free State | 170 | -7.6% |
| Northern Cape | 29 | -29.3% |
Which precincts record the most carjackings?
The 50 SAPS precincts with the most recorded carjacking incidents in Apr 2025–Mar 2026. Click a precinct for its full crime breakdown. Counts are precinct-level SAPS subcategory figures and are already part of each precinct's aggravated robbery total.
| # | Precinct | District | Province | Apr 2025–Mar 2026 | vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delft | City of Cape Town | Western Cape | 243 | -9.3% |
| 2 | Lingelethu-West | City of Cape Town | Western Cape | 239 | -1.6% |
| 3 | Mamelodi East | Tshwane | Gauteng | 228 | -1.7% |
| 4 | Alexandra | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 227 | +66.9% |
| 5 | Kempton Park | Ekurhuleni | Gauteng | 221 | +39% |
| 6 | Umlazi | eThekwini | KwaZulu-Natal | 213 | +1.4% |
| 7 | Ivory Park | Ekurhuleni | Gauteng | 201 | -29.2% |
| 8 | Pretoria West | Tshwane | Gauteng | 196 | +5.9% |
| 9 | Jeppe | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 191 | +17.9% |
| 10 | Nyanga | City of Cape Town | Western Cape | 191 | -29% |
| 11 | Lenasia | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 190 | +14.5% |
| 12 | Tembisa | Ekurhuleni | Gauteng | 180 | -5.3% |
| 13 | Harare | City of Cape Town | Western Cape | 173 | -22.4% |
| 14 | Akasia | Tshwane | Gauteng | 170 | +3% |
| 15 | Eldorado Park | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 168 | +1.2% |
| 16 | Kwazakele | Nelson Mandela Bay | Eastern Cape | 167 | -39.1% |
| 17 | Mfuleni | City of Cape Town | Western Cape | 167 | -11.6% |
| 18 | Alberton | Ekurhuleni | Gauteng | 162 | +31.7% |
| 19 | Ennerdale | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 160 | +8.1% |
| 20 | Olievenhoutbosch | Tshwane | Gauteng | 156 | +9.9% |
| 21 | Orange Farms | Sedibeng | Gauteng | 149 | -41.6% |
| 22 | Silverton | Tshwane | Gauteng | 146 | +19.7% |
| 23 | Heidelberg (Gp) | Sedibeng | Gauteng | 145 | +101.4% |
| 24 | Vosloorus | Ekurhuleni | Gauteng | 142 | -9.6% |
| 25 | Boksburg North | Ekurhuleni | Gauteng | 140 | +38.6% |
| 26 | Midrand | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 139 | -12% |
| 27 | Sandringham | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 134 | -24.3% |
| 28 | New Brighton | Nelson Mandela Bay | Eastern Cape | 131 | -26.4% |
| 29 | Protea | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 131 | +19.1% |
| 30 | Cosmo City | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 129 | +41.8% |
| 31 | Bramley | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 128 | -13.5% |
| 32 | Honeydew | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 127 | +14.4% |
| 33 | Moroka | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 127 | -17.5% |
| 34 | Khayelitsha | City of Cape Town | Western Cape | 123 | -25% |
| 35 | Germiston | Ekurhuleni | Gauteng | 122 | -29.5% |
| 36 | Jabulani | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 121 | -18.8% |
| 37 | Gugulethu | City of Cape Town | Western Cape | 119 | -19.6% |
| 38 | Rietgat | Tshwane | Gauteng | 117 | +5.4% |
| 39 | Bedfordview | Ekurhuleni | Gauteng | 113 | +7.6% |
| 40 | Bhekithemba | eThekwini | KwaZulu-Natal | 113 | -12.4% |
| 41 | Lenasia South | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 109 | -19.9% |
| 42 | Makhaza | City of Cape Town | Western Cape | 109 | -11.4% |
| 43 | Vosman | Nkangala | Mpumalanga | 109 | -17.4% |
| 44 | Soshanguve | Tshwane | Gauteng | 108 | +8% |
| 45 | Booysens | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 106 | +1% |
| 46 | Springs | Ekurhuleni | Gauteng | 105 | +29.6% |
| 47 | Cleveland | Johannesburg | Gauteng | 102 | +9.7% |
| 48 | Atteridgeville | Tshwane | Gauteng | 101 | -1.9% |
| 49 | Loate | Tshwane | Gauteng | 101 | -22.9% |
| 50 | Witbank | Nkangala | Mpumalanga | 99 | -24.4% |
Truck hijacking and cash-in-transit robbery
SAPS records these separately from carjacking, also as subcategories of robbery with aggravating circumstances. They are national counts and are likewise already included in aggravated robbery totals.
Truck hijacking
1,538 incidents in Apr 2025–Mar 2026, down 7.2% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025.
Most incidents in Apr 2025–Mar 2026: Gauteng (1,034), KwaZulu-Natal (130), Mpumalanga (126), Eastern Cape (76), North West (64).
Cash-in-transit robbery
127 incidents in Apr 2025–Mar 2026, down 9.3% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025.
Most incidents in Apr 2025–Mar 2026: Gauteng (46), KwaZulu-Natal (32), North West (12), Eastern Cape (11), Western Cape (11), Mpumalanga (8), Free State (4), Limpopo (3).