Serious Assault (GBH) in KwaZulu-Natal
SAPS recorded 31,418 serious assault (gbh) cases across 184 KwaZulu-Natal precincts in Apr 2025–Mar 2026, down 2.2% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025.
Latest quarter (Jan–Mar 2026): 8,012 serious assault (gbh) cases, up 6.3% vs Jan–Mar 2025.
Ranked by precinct below.
Most serious assault (gbh) reports come from eThekwini.
Note: Raw reported counts — not adjusted for population. Precincts serving more residents will naturally report more cases.
KwaZulu-Natal serious assault (gbh) trend
Serious Assault (GBH) by district
Bars coloured by direction vs the previous year: green = improved, red = worsened, grey = within ±2%. Sorted by Apr 2025–Mar 2026 count.
Drill into a district:
Serious Assault (GBH) by precinct
| Precinct | District | Apr 2025–Mar 2026 | vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plessislaer | Umgungundlovu | 1,304 | +12.6% |
| Madadeni | Amajuba | 804 | +3.1% |
| Inanda | eThekwini | 791 | +2.7% |
| Kwadukuza | Ilembe | 765 | +1.6% |
| Umlazi | eThekwini | 707 | +1.6% |
| Mountain Rise | Umgungundlovu | 703 | -2.4% |
| Osizweni | Amajuba | 701 | +9.2% |
| Ntuzuma | eThekwini | 595 | -4.8% |
| Nongoma | Zululand | 575 | +1.2% |
| Ladysmith | Uthukela | 547 | -4.7% |
| Empangeni | King Cetshwayo | 540 | -9.5% |
| Pongola | Zululand | 527 | +16.6% |
| Esikhaleni | King Cetshwayo | 498 | -4.8% |
| Chatsworth | eThekwini | 457 | +2.9% |
| Dundee | Umzinyathi | 366 | -15.3% |
| Kwamashu E | eThekwini | 364 | -6.9% |
| Eshowe | King Cetshwayo | 362 | -11.7% |
| Bhekithemba | eThekwini | 356 | -5.6% |
| Cato Manor | eThekwini | 341 | -21.4% |
| Ulundi | Zululand | 338 | -16.5% |
| Mondlo | Zululand | 337 | +1.2% |
| Verulam | eThekwini | 337 | -2% |
| Vryheid | Zululand | 335 | -19.3% |
| Margate | Ugu | 331 | -10.1% |
| Port Shepstone | Ugu | 330 | -7.8% |
| Sundumbili | Ilembe | 330 | +11.5% |
| Taylors Halt | Umgungundlovu | 327 | -18.2% |
| Mtunzini | King Cetshwayo | 326 | -17.3% |
| Kwadabeka | eThekwini | 322 | 0% |
| Kokstad | Harry Gwala | 319 | -6.5% |
| Kwamsane | Umkhanyakude | 315 | -12.7% |
| Newcastle | Amajuba | 312 | -11.6% |
| Umhlali | Ilembe | 298 | -0.7% |
| Kwamakhutha | eThekwini | 294 | -3% |
| Melmoth | King Cetshwayo | 294 | -8.4% |
| Paulpietersburg | Zululand | 280 | +23.3% |
| Nquthu | Umzinyathi | 274 | +5.4% |
| Kwambonambi | King Cetshwayo | 266 | -11% |
| Pietermaritzburg | Umgungundlovu | 258 | -0.8% |
| Gamalakhe | Ugu | 252 | +15.6% |
| Phoenix | eThekwini | 249 | -2.4% |
| Mariannhill | eThekwini | 243 | +10% |
| Richards Bay | King Cetshwayo | 237 | -4.8% |
| Ezakheni | Uthukela | 233 | +2.2% |
| Tongaat | eThekwini | 233 | -6.4% |
| Ndwedwe | Ilembe | 229 | +4.6% |
| Ekuvukeni | Uthukela | 225 | +19.7% |
| Umzimkhulu | Harry Gwala | 219 | -7.2% |
| Lamontville | eThekwini | 218 | +1.4% |
| Harding | Ugu | 215 | +11.4% |
| Jozini | Umkhanyakude | 203 | -13.6% |
| Durban Central | eThekwini | 200 | -15.3% |
| Ezinqoleni | Ugu | 197 | +23.1% |
| Estcourt | Uthukela | 196 | -5.8% |
| Mpumalanga (KZN) | eThekwini | 195 | -27.5% |
| Isipingo | eThekwini | 194 | +3.2% |
| Dannhauser | Amajuba | 191 | +10.4% |
| Msinga | Umzinyathi | 187 | +65.5% |
| Sydenham | eThekwini | 184 | +23.5% |
| Gingindlovu | King Cetshwayo | 181 | -11.7% |
| Greenwood Park | eThekwini | 180 | +7.1% |
| Hibberdene | Ugu | 177 | -16.1% |
| Hluhluwe | Umkhanyakude | 175 | -15.9% |
| Hillcrest | eThekwini | 169 | -2.9% |
| Kranskop | Umzinyathi | 165 | +6.5% |
| Richmond-Kzn | Umgungundlovu | 162 | -13.8% |
| Pinetown | eThekwini | 161 | -23.3% |
| Umzinto | Ugu | 160 | +3.9% |
| Ibisi | Harry Gwala | 158 | +9.7% |
| Greytown | Umzinyathi | 156 | +10.6% |
| Ntabamhlophe | Uthukela | 155 | +17.4% |
| Nyoni | Ilembe | 155 | +29.2% |
| Impendle | Umgungundlovu | 153 | +17.7% |
| Maphumulo | Ilembe | 153 | +13.3% |
| Highflats | Harry Gwala | 149 | +12.9% |
| Alexandra Road | Umgungundlovu | 146 | -19.8% |
| Mooi River | Umgungundlovu | 146 | +2.8% |
| Mtubatuba | Umkhanyakude | 140 | -14.6% |
| Newlands East | eThekwini | 135 | -22.9% |
| Hlobane | Zululand | 134 | +2.3% |
| Ixopo | Harry Gwala | 134 | -10.7% |
| Nkandla | King Cetshwayo | 131 | -4.4% |
| Emanguzi | Umkhanyakude | 130 | -6.5% |
| Bergville | Uthukela | 125 | -3.1% |
| Ingwavuma | Umkhanyakude | 125 | +13.6% |
| Kwandengezi | eThekwini | 119 | +25.3% |
| Umkomaas | eThekwini | 117 | +15.8% |
| Howick | Umgungundlovu | 112 | +1.8% |
| St Faiths | Ugu | 110 | -5.2% |
| Bulwer | Harry Gwala | 109 | +1.9% |
| Mbongolwane | King Cetshwayo | 109 | +32.9% |
| Mahlabathini | Zululand | 104 | -21.8% |
| Point | eThekwini | 104 | +3% |
| Folweni | eThekwini | 102 | -11.3% |
| Wembezi | Uthukela | 100 | -28.1% |
| Amangwe | Uthukela | 99 | -3.9% |
| Ekombe | King Cetshwayo | 98 | +2.1% |
| Glencoe | Umzinyathi | 95 | -12% |
| Scottburgh | Ugu | 91 | +2.2% |
| Mandeni | Ilembe | 90 | -1.1% |
| Port Edward | Ugu | 90 | +8.4% |
| New Hanover | Umgungundlovu | 87 | +16% |
| Umbumbulu | eThekwini | 85 | -21.3% |
| Utrecht | Amajuba | 84 | +10.5% |
| Intsikeni | Harry Gwala | 83 | -4.6% |
| Hlabisa | Umkhanyakude | 82 | -30.5% |
| Amanzimtoti | eThekwini | 81 | -9% |
| Mpophomeni | Umgungundlovu | 81 | -10% |
| Winterton | Uthukela | 81 | -1.2% |
| Brighton Beach | eThekwini | 78 | -20.4% |
| Thornville | Umgungundlovu | 78 | -7.1% |
| Upper Tugela | Uthukela | 78 | 0% |
| Umbilo | eThekwini | 77 | -10.5% |
| Wentworth | eThekwini | 77 | -3.7% |
| Southport | Ugu | 76 | +55.1% |
| Paddock | Ugu | 74 | -26% |
| Nhlanhleni | Umzinyathi | 73 | -9.9% |
| Bayview | eThekwini | 72 | -13.3% |
| Ceza | Zululand | 71 | +20.3% |
| Inchanga | eThekwini | 71 | +7.6% |
| Mehlomnyama | Ugu | 71 | -5.3% |
| Nsuze | Ilembe | 70 | -21.3% |
| Ntambanana | King Cetshwayo | 70 | -2.8% |
| Mbazwana | Umkhanyakude | 69 | -6.8% |
| Besters | Uthukela | 68 | +3% |
| Wartburg | Umgungundlovu | 67 | +9.8% |
| Ematsheni | Uthukela | 64 | -22.9% |
| Camperdown | Umgungundlovu | 62 | +29.2% |
| Umsunduzi | eThekwini | 61 | +24.5% |
| Donnybrook | Harry Gwala | 60 | -3.2% |
| Weenen | Uthukela | 59 | +11.3% |
| Gluckstadt | Zululand | 58 | +7.4% |
| Nondweni | Umzinyathi | 57 | -8.1% |
| Mayville-Kzn | eThekwini | 56 | -20% |
| Msinsini | Ugu | 55 | -28.6% |
| Babanango | Zululand | 54 | -8.5% |
| Creighton | Harry Gwala | 54 | +5.9% |
| Prestbury | Umgungundlovu | 54 | +145.5% |
| Dududu | Ugu | 53 | -36.9% |
| Montclair | eThekwini | 53 | -40.4% |
| Newark | Ilembe | 53 | +1.9% |
| Hammarsdale | eThekwini | 50 | +6.4% |
| Mkhuze | Umkhanyakude | 50 | -13.8% |
| Ndumo | Umkhanyakude | 48 | +6.7% |
| Sawoti | Ugu | 48 | +11.6% |
| Elandslaagte | Uthukela | 44 | -44.3% |
| Himeville | Harry Gwala | 43 | +7.5% |
| Hilton-Kzn | Umgungundlovu | 40 | +81.8% |
| Mpungamhlophe | Zululand | 40 | +8.1% |
| Durban North | eThekwini | 39 | +30% |
| Glendale | Ilembe | 39 | +14.7% |
| Ngome | Zululand | 39 | -9.3% |
| Dalton | Umgungundlovu | 38 | +40.7% |
| Gowan Lea | Harry Gwala | 37 | -32.7% |
| Colenso | Uthukela | 36 | +16.1% |
| Ematimatolo | Umzinyathi | 35 | -5.4% |
| Muden | Umzinyathi | 35 | +34.6% |
| Bishopstowe | Umgungundlovu | 33 | 0% |
| Louwsburg | Zululand | 32 | +39.1% |
| Harburg | Umgungundlovu | 31 | +40.9% |
| Hattingspruit | Amajuba | 31 | +6.9% |
| Bellair | eThekwini | 29 | -34.1% |
| Ezibayeni | Umkhanyakude | 29 | -25.6% |
| Westville | eThekwini | 29 | -31% |
| Magudu | Zululand | 28 | +16.7% |
| Malvern | eThekwini | 26 | -16.1% |
| Boston | Umgungundlovu | 24 | +20% |
| Mid Illovo | Umgungundlovu | 24 | +14.3% |
| Charlestown | Amajuba | 23 | -37.8% |
| Evatt | Harry Gwala | 23 | +91.7% |
| Cramond | Umgungundlovu | 20 | -9.1% |
| Wasbank | Umzinyathi | 19 | +11.8% |
| Berea | eThekwini | 18 | +5.9% |
| Franklin | Harry Gwala | 18 | +28.6% |
| Helpmekaar | Umzinyathi | 18 | +20% |
| Swartberg | Harry Gwala | 18 | +12.5% |
| Nottingham Road | Umgungundlovu | 16 | +100% |
| Van Reenen | Uthukela | 15 | -6.2% |
| Ingogo | Amajuba | 13 | -18.7% |
| Town Hill | Umgungundlovu | 12 | +200% |
| Groenvlei | Amajuba | 11 | -31.2% |
| Normandien | Amajuba | 11 | -47.6% |
| Kingsley | Amajuba | 10 | 0% |
| Rietvlei | Umgungundlovu | 9 | -18.2% |