Murder in KwaZulu-Natal
SAPS recorded 4,743 murder cases across 181 KwaZulu-Natal precincts in Apr 2025–Mar 2026, down 14.8% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025.
Latest quarter (Jan–Mar 2026): 1,058 murder cases, down 11.2% vs Jan–Mar 2025.
Ranked by precinct below.
Most murder reports come from eThekwini.
Note: Raw reported counts — not adjusted for population. Precincts serving more residents will naturally report more cases.
KwaZulu-Natal murder trend
Murder 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:
Murder by precinct
| Precinct | District | Apr 2025–Mar 2026 | vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inanda | eThekwini | 240 | -18.9% |
| Umlazi | eThekwini | 167 | -25.8% |
| Kwamashu E | eThekwini | 108 | -4.4% |
| Mpumalanga (KZN) | eThekwini | 103 | -26.4% |
| Kwadukuza | Ilembe | 102 | -8.1% |
| Plessislaer | Umgungundlovu | 99 | -23.3% |
| Ntuzuma | eThekwini | 97 | -30.2% |
| Verulam | eThekwini | 94 | -26.6% |
| Mariannhill | eThekwini | 82 | -36.4% |
| Osizweni | Amajuba | 78 | +11.4% |
| Cato Manor | eThekwini | 76 | -1.3% |
| Kwamakhutha | eThekwini | 75 | +7.1% |
| Empangeni | King Cetshwayo | 74 | -6.3% |
| Msinga | Umzinyathi | 69 | -11.5% |
| Chatsworth | eThekwini | 68 | -1.4% |
| Umhlali | Ilembe | 67 | +31.4% |
| Durban Central | eThekwini | 64 | -20% |
| Esikhaleni | King Cetshwayo | 63 | -3.1% |
| Kwadabeka | eThekwini | 59 | -31.4% |
| Ladysmith | Uthukela | 58 | -12.1% |
| Folweni | eThekwini | 56 | -12.5% |
| Bhekithemba | eThekwini | 54 | -16.9% |
| Sydenham | eThekwini | 53 | +6% |
| Madadeni | Amajuba | 50 | -10.7% |
| Tongaat | eThekwini | 50 | +47.1% |
| Mountain Rise | Umgungundlovu | 49 | -38.7% |
| Melmoth | King Cetshwayo | 48 | +41.2% |
| Hillcrest | eThekwini | 47 | -36.5% |
| Kwandengezi | eThekwini | 47 | -37.3% |
| Eshowe | King Cetshwayo | 46 | -11.5% |
| Estcourt | Uthukela | 46 | +31.4% |
| Ndwedwe | Ilembe | 45 | +18.4% |
| Sundumbili | Ilembe | 43 | -2.3% |
| Hibberdene | Ugu | 40 | +11.1% |
| Kwamsane | Umkhanyakude | 40 | -2.4% |
| Greytown | Umzinyathi | 39 | +25.8% |
| Isipingo | eThekwini | 39 | -32.8% |
| Nongoma | Zululand | 38 | -26.9% |
| Umkomaas | eThekwini | 38 | +5.6% |
| Port Shepstone | Ugu | 37 | -19.6% |
| Kranskop | Umzinyathi | 36 | -16.3% |
| Taylors Halt | Umgungundlovu | 35 | -20.5% |
| Umbumbulu | eThekwini | 35 | -2.8% |
| Ezakheni | Uthukela | 34 | -55.3% |
| Harding | Ugu | 34 | -20.9% |
| Ekombe | King Cetshwayo | 33 | +73.7% |
| Highflats | Harry Gwala | 33 | -15.4% |
| Pietermaritzburg | Umgungundlovu | 33 | -32.7% |
| Pinetown | eThekwini | 33 | -26.7% |
| Mtunzini | King Cetshwayo | 32 | -8.6% |
| Nsuze | Ilembe | 32 | -8.6% |
| Nquthu | Umzinyathi | 31 | -13.9% |
| Ezinqoleni | Ugu | 30 | -21.1% |
| Nhlanhleni | Umzinyathi | 30 | -11.8% |
| Amangwe | Uthukela | 29 | -48.2% |
| Dannhauser | Amajuba | 29 | +45% |
| Ekuvukeni | Uthukela | 29 | -3.3% |
| Greenwood Park | eThekwini | 29 | -19.4% |
| Emanguzi | Umkhanyakude | 28 | +75% |
| Phoenix | eThekwini | 28 | -41.7% |
| Umzinto | Ugu | 28 | -3.4% |
| Pongola | Zululand | 27 | +3.8% |
| Alexandra Road | Umgungundlovu | 26 | -7.1% |
| Mtubatuba | Umkhanyakude | 26 | -7.1% |
| Creighton | Harry Gwala | 25 | 0% |
| Maphumulo | Ilembe | 24 | -38.5% |
| Umzimkhulu | Harry Gwala | 24 | -14.3% |
| Vryheid | Zululand | 24 | -14.3% |
| Margate | Ugu | 23 | -28.1% |
| Newcastle | Amajuba | 23 | +15% |
| Dundee | Umzinyathi | 21 | +40% |
| Inchanga | eThekwini | 21 | -25% |
| Ixopo | Harry Gwala | 21 | +5% |
| Kwambonambi | King Cetshwayo | 21 | -36.4% |
| Mehlomnyama | Ugu | 21 | +23.5% |
| Nyoni | Ilembe | 21 | +40% |
| Umsunduzi | eThekwini | 21 | 0% |
| Donnybrook | Harry Gwala | 19 | +90% |
| Ibisi | Harry Gwala | 19 | 0% |
| Montclair | eThekwini | 19 | +58.3% |
| Point | eThekwini | 19 | -5% |
| Hlabisa | Umkhanyakude | 18 | +38.5% |
| Mahlabathini | Zululand | 18 | -28% |
| Mondlo | Zululand | 18 | -41.9% |
| Sawoti | Ugu | 18 | +12.5% |
| Wentworth | eThekwini | 18 | -10% |
| Bulwer | Harry Gwala | 17 | -48.5% |
| Camperdown | Umgungundlovu | 17 | +88.9% |
| Gingindlovu | King Cetshwayo | 17 | +41.7% |
| Hammarsdale | eThekwini | 17 | -19% |
| Lamontville | eThekwini | 17 | -34.6% |
| Newlands East | eThekwini | 17 | -19% |
| Richmond-Kzn | Umgungundlovu | 17 | -54.1% |
| Upper Tugela | Uthukela | 17 | +112.5% |
| Bellair | eThekwini | 16 | +166.7% |
| Hluhluwe | Umkhanyakude | 16 | +6.7% |
| Paulpietersburg | Zululand | 16 | -33.3% |
| Richards Bay | King Cetshwayo | 16 | -48.4% |
| Ulundi | Zululand | 16 | -5.9% |
| Umbilo | eThekwini | 16 | -36% |
| Amanzimtoti | eThekwini | 15 | -34.8% |
| Babanango | Zululand | 15 | 0% |
| Kokstad | Harry Gwala | 15 | -6.2% |
| Bergville | Uthukela | 14 | -46.2% |
| Brighton Beach | eThekwini | 14 | +7.7% |
| Ingwavuma | Umkhanyakude | 14 | -12.5% |
| Intsikeni | Harry Gwala | 14 | +16.7% |
| Jozini | Umkhanyakude | 14 | +75% |
| Ntabamhlophe | Uthukela | 14 | +7.7% |
| Thornville | Umgungundlovu | 14 | +100% |
| Mayville-Kzn | eThekwini | 13 | 0% |
| Scottburgh | Ugu | 13 | +30% |
| Ematimatolo | Umzinyathi | 12 | -58.6% |
| Port Edward | Ugu | 12 | +9.1% |
| St Faiths | Ugu | 12 | +71.4% |
| Wembezi | Uthukela | 12 | +100% |
| Gamalakhe | Ugu | 11 | +37.5% |
| Hlobane | Zululand | 11 | +22.2% |
| Howick | Umgungundlovu | 11 | -45% |
| Mandeni | Ilembe | 11 | +37.5% |
| Mooi River | Umgungundlovu | 11 | -21.4% |
| Mpophomeni | Umgungundlovu | 11 | -21.4% |
| Nkandla | King Cetshwayo | 11 | -59.3% |
| Dalton | Umgungundlovu | 10 | +42.9% |
| Mid Illovo | Umgungundlovu | 10 | -16.7% |
| Muden | Umzinyathi | 10 | -16.7% |
| Bayview | eThekwini | 9 | -30.8% |
| Dududu | Ugu | 9 | 0% |
| Ndumo | Umkhanyakude | 9 | +125% |
| New Hanover | Umgungundlovu | 9 | -43.7% |
| Newark | Ilembe | 9 | -25% |
| Ntambanana | King Cetshwayo | 9 | -50% |
| Paddock | Ugu | 9 | -30.8% |
| Wartburg | Umgungundlovu | 9 | -43.7% |
| Mbongolwane | King Cetshwayo | 8 | -38.5% |
| Southport | Ugu | 8 | 0% |
| Bishopstowe | Umgungundlovu | 7 | -41.7% |
| Ceza | Zululand | 7 | +133.3% |
| Hilton-Kzn | Umgungundlovu | 7 | +133.3% |
| Impendle | Umgungundlovu | 7 | -30% |
| Mbazwana | Umkhanyakude | 7 | -36.4% |
| Ngome | Zululand | 7 | +40% |
| Helpmekaar | Umzinyathi | 6 | +20% |
| Nondweni | Umzinyathi | 6 | +200% |
| Utrecht | Amajuba | 6 | -40% |
| Berea | eThekwini | 5 | -16.7% |
| Ematsheni | Uthukela | 5 | -37.5% |
| Harburg | Umgungundlovu | 5 | 0% |
| Weenen | Uthukela | 5 | -80% |
| Besters | Uthukela | 4 | -63.6% |
| Glendale | Ilembe | 4 | -33.3% |
| Gluckstadt | Zululand | 4 | +33.3% |
| Mpungamhlophe | Zululand | 4 | -60% |
| Msinsini | Ugu | 4 | -60% |
| Nottingham Road | Umgungundlovu | 4 | +100% |
| Westville | eThekwini | 4 | +300% |
| Winterton | Uthukela | 4 | +33.3% |
| Colenso | Uthukela | 3 | -50% |
| Durban North | eThekwini | 3 | -66.7% |
| Gowan Lea | Harry Gwala | 3 | -72.7% |
| Himeville | Harry Gwala | 3 | -40% |
| Mkhuze | Umkhanyakude | 3 | +50% |
| Rietvlei | Umgungundlovu | 3 | 0% |
| Van Reenen | Uthukela | 3 | 0% |
| Wasbank | Umzinyathi | 3 | 0% |
| Evatt | Harry Gwala | 2 | 0% |
| Ezibayeni | Umkhanyakude | 2 | -33.3% |
| Louwsburg | Zululand | 2 | +100% |
| Magudu | Zululand | 2 | 0% |
| Malvern | eThekwini | 2 | -77.8% |
| Prestbury | Umgungundlovu | 2 | 0% |
| Boston | Umgungundlovu | 1 | -50% |
| Charlestown | Amajuba | 1 | -50% |
| Cramond | Umgungundlovu | 1 | -90% |
| Elandslaagte | Uthukela | 1 | 0% |
| Glencoe | Umzinyathi | 1 | -50% |
| Hattingspruit | Amajuba | 1 | -66.7% |
| Swartberg | Harry Gwala | 1 | -50% |
| Franklin | Harry Gwala | 0 | -100% |
| Ingogo | Amajuba | 0 | -100% |
| Kingsley | Amajuba | 0 | -100% |