Residential Burglary in KwaZulu-Natal
SAPS recorded 22,799 residential burglary cases across 184 KwaZulu-Natal precincts in Apr 2025–Mar 2026, down 8.7% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025.
Latest quarter (Jan–Mar 2026): 5,985 residential burglary cases, down 9.2% vs Jan–Mar 2025.
Ranked by precinct below.
Most residential burglary reports come from eThekwini.
Note: Raw reported counts — not adjusted for population. Precincts serving more residents will naturally report more cases.
KwaZulu-Natal residential burglary trend
Residential Burglary 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:
Residential Burglary by precinct
| Precinct | District | Apr 2025–Mar 2026 | vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plessislaer | Umgungundlovu | 856 | +8.8% |
| Inanda | eThekwini | 672 | -5.9% |
| Empangeni | King Cetshwayo | 634 | +22.6% |
| Mountain Rise | Umgungundlovu | 568 | -2.6% |
| Kwadukuza | Ilembe | 547 | -15.8% |
| Margate | Ugu | 490 | +14.5% |
| Alexandra Road | Umgungundlovu | 470 | -22.7% |
| Port Shepstone | Ugu | 460 | +11.4% |
| Pinetown | eThekwini | 439 | -9.3% |
| Verulam | eThekwini | 422 | -8.5% |
| Chatsworth | eThekwini | 395 | -17.5% |
| Richards Bay | King Cetshwayo | 392 | -23.9% |
| Osizweni | Amajuba | 383 | +16.8% |
| Ladysmith | Uthukela | 367 | -8.5% |
| Phoenix | eThekwini | 367 | -25.7% |
| Gamalakhe | Ugu | 344 | +22% |
| Umkomaas | eThekwini | 335 | -14.5% |
| Kwamakhutha | eThekwini | 316 | +1% |
| Newcastle | Amajuba | 307 | -5.8% |
| Ntuzuma | eThekwini | 302 | -3.2% |
| Umlazi | eThekwini | 302 | -23% |
| Kokstad | Harry Gwala | 299 | -27.1% |
| Madadeni | Amajuba | 287 | -13.8% |
| Vryheid | Zululand | 264 | -7.7% |
| Eshowe | King Cetshwayo | 259 | +11.6% |
| Esikhaleni | King Cetshwayo | 257 | -26.4% |
| Kwadabeka | eThekwini | 246 | +4.7% |
| Taylors Halt | Umgungundlovu | 241 | -6.6% |
| Hillcrest | eThekwini | 236 | -28.9% |
| Hibberdene | Ugu | 232 | -12.1% |
| Mtunzini | King Cetshwayo | 225 | +14.2% |
| Tongaat | eThekwini | 219 | -8.7% |
| Greenwood Park | eThekwini | 211 | -24.4% |
| Sydenham | eThekwini | 211 | -4.1% |
| Nongoma | Zululand | 208 | +30% |
| Bellair | eThekwini | 202 | +41.3% |
| Umhlali | Ilembe | 202 | -10.6% |
| Amanzimtoti | eThekwini | 197 | -35.4% |
| Mondlo | Zululand | 187 | -9.2% |
| Kwamsane | Umkhanyakude | 182 | +5.8% |
| Pongola | Zululand | 180 | -11.3% |
| Sundumbili | Ilembe | 179 | -5.8% |
| Scottburgh | Ugu | 178 | -10.1% |
| Dundee | Umzinyathi | 175 | -23.9% |
| Port Edward | Ugu | 172 | +15.4% |
| Westville | eThekwini | 172 | -2.8% |
| Bhekithemba | eThekwini | 166 | -22.1% |
| Mpumalanga (KZN) | eThekwini | 166 | -12.2% |
| Kwamashu E | eThekwini | 157 | -37.7% |
| Mariannhill | eThekwini | 157 | -24.2% |
| Dannhauser | Amajuba | 151 | -3.2% |
| Thornville | Umgungundlovu | 150 | +42.9% |
| Ulundi | Zululand | 143 | -29.9% |
| Kwambonambi | King Cetshwayo | 140 | +4.5% |
| Southport | Ugu | 139 | -18.2% |
| Wentworth | eThekwini | 133 | +8.1% |
| Howick | Umgungundlovu | 132 | +2.3% |
| Newlands East | eThekwini | 127 | -35.2% |
| Paulpietersburg | Zululand | 127 | -19.1% |
| Kwandengezi | eThekwini | 126 | +5% |
| Town Hill | Umgungundlovu | 125 | +21.4% |
| Cato Manor | eThekwini | 124 | -2.4% |
| Durban North | eThekwini | 124 | -22.5% |
| Ndwedwe | Ilembe | 122 | +0.8% |
| Umbilo | eThekwini | 122 | -41.6% |
| Ezakheni | Uthukela | 118 | -7.8% |
| Isipingo | eThekwini | 117 | +20.6% |
| Montclair | eThekwini | 117 | -44.3% |
| Bayview | eThekwini | 110 | -34.5% |
| Ezinqoleni | Ugu | 110 | +50.7% |
| Mtubatuba | Umkhanyakude | 110 | +34.1% |
| Brighton Beach | eThekwini | 108 | -28% |
| Malvern | eThekwini | 108 | -12.9% |
| Prestbury | Umgungundlovu | 104 | -35% |
| Berea | eThekwini | 101 | -5.6% |
| Harding | Ugu | 101 | +3.1% |
| Folweni | eThekwini | 100 | +4.2% |
| Estcourt | Uthukela | 98 | -21% |
| Mandeni | Ilembe | 93 | +19.2% |
| Mpophomeni | Umgungundlovu | 92 | +4.5% |
| Umzimkhulu | Harry Gwala | 91 | -12.5% |
| Umzinto | Ugu | 88 | -15.4% |
| Greytown | Umzinyathi | 87 | -6.5% |
| Paddock | Ugu | 85 | -3.4% |
| Jozini | Umkhanyakude | 83 | -4.6% |
| Gingindlovu | King Cetshwayo | 81 | -39.1% |
| Umbumbulu | eThekwini | 80 | -27.9% |
| Hlobane | Zululand | 79 | 0% |
| Nquthu | Umzinyathi | 77 | +4.1% |
| Hilton-Kzn | Umgungundlovu | 76 | +7% |
| Nyoni | Ilembe | 76 | +1.3% |
| Ekuvukeni | Uthukela | 75 | -15.7% |
| Pietermaritzburg | Umgungundlovu | 75 | 0% |
| Melmoth | King Cetshwayo | 73 | -14.1% |
| Glencoe | Umzinyathi | 72 | -23.4% |
| Msinga | Umzinyathi | 72 | 0% |
| Mayville-Kzn | eThekwini | 71 | -22.8% |
| Impendle | Umgungundlovu | 68 | -8.1% |
| Winterton | Uthukela | 67 | +48.9% |
| Lamontville | eThekwini | 63 | -1.6% |
| Richmond-Kzn | Umgungundlovu | 61 | -19.7% |
| Highflats | Harry Gwala | 60 | -17.8% |
| Ixopo | Harry Gwala | 60 | -43.9% |
| New Hanover | Umgungundlovu | 58 | -4.9% |
| Maphumulo | Ilembe | 56 | -50% |
| Bulwer | Harry Gwala | 55 | +17% |
| Camperdown | Umgungundlovu | 55 | -3.5% |
| Ibisi | Harry Gwala | 55 | 0% |
| Bergville | Uthukela | 53 | -13.1% |
| Utrecht | Amajuba | 53 | -1.9% |
| Nkandla | King Cetshwayo | 52 | -1.9% |
| Ntabamhlophe | Uthukela | 51 | -8.9% |
| Mooi River | Umgungundlovu | 50 | -13.8% |
| Wembezi | Uthukela | 50 | -19.4% |
| Nottingham Road | Umgungundlovu | 49 | +19.5% |
| Amangwe | Uthukela | 48 | -9.4% |
| Emanguzi | Umkhanyakude | 47 | -40.5% |
| Durban Central | eThekwini | 46 | -2.1% |
| St Faiths | Ugu | 45 | -19.6% |
| Hluhluwe | Umkhanyakude | 40 | -24.5% |
| Ematsheni | Uthukela | 39 | -27.8% |
| Inchanga | eThekwini | 39 | -13.3% |
| Ingwavuma | Umkhanyakude | 39 | -13.3% |
| Umsunduzi | eThekwini | 39 | +21.9% |
| Nsuze | Ilembe | 38 | +11.8% |
| Kranskop | Umzinyathi | 36 | -2.7% |
| Mbazwana | Umkhanyakude | 35 | +52.2% |
| Dududu | Ugu | 33 | +13.8% |
| Hlabisa | Umkhanyakude | 33 | -8.3% |
| Newark | Ilembe | 32 | +18.5% |
| Wartburg | Umgungundlovu | 32 | +3.2% |
| Bishopstowe | Umgungundlovu | 31 | -27.9% |
| Mehlomnyama | Ugu | 30 | +42.9% |
| Hammarsdale | eThekwini | 29 | +52.6% |
| Mkhuze | Umkhanyakude | 28 | +40% |
| Msinsini | Ugu | 28 | +7.7% |
| Colenso | Uthukela | 27 | +80% |
| Elandslaagte | Uthukela | 27 | +3.8% |
| Ndumo | Umkhanyakude | 26 | -23.5% |
| Himeville | Harry Gwala | 25 | +25% |
| Upper Tugela | Uthukela | 25 | +4.2% |
| Besters | Uthukela | 23 | -39.5% |
| Cramond | Umgungundlovu | 23 | -32.4% |
| Intsikeni | Harry Gwala | 23 | -14.8% |
| Mbongolwane | King Cetshwayo | 23 | +27.8% |
| Sawoti | Ugu | 23 | -11.5% |
| Creighton | Harry Gwala | 22 | +4.8% |
| Mid Illovo | Umgungundlovu | 22 | +214.3% |
| Donnybrook | Harry Gwala | 19 | +26.7% |
| Harburg | Umgungundlovu | 18 | -5.3% |
| Mahlabathini | Zululand | 18 | -28% |
| Dalton | Umgungundlovu | 17 | -22.7% |
| Ekombe | King Cetshwayo | 17 | 0% |
| Babanango | Zululand | 16 | 0% |
| Ezibayeni | Umkhanyakude | 15 | +200% |
| Gluckstadt | Zululand | 15 | -34.8% |
| Hattingspruit | Amajuba | 15 | +87.5% |
| Weenen | Uthukela | 15 | -28.6% |
| Ingogo | Amajuba | 14 | 0% |
| Nondweni | Umzinyathi | 14 | -17.6% |
| Point | eThekwini | 14 | -36.4% |
| Ceza | Zululand | 13 | -31.6% |
| Nhlanhleni | Umzinyathi | 13 | +44.4% |
| Glendale | Ilembe | 12 | -7.7% |
| Charlestown | Amajuba | 11 | -60.7% |
| Gowan Lea | Harry Gwala | 11 | -31.2% |
| Helpmekaar | Umzinyathi | 11 | +57.1% |
| Normandien | Amajuba | 11 | +37.5% |
| Ematimatolo | Umzinyathi | 10 | -56.5% |
| Louwsburg | Zululand | 10 | -37.5% |
| Boston | Umgungundlovu | 8 | -57.9% |
| Van Reenen | Uthukela | 8 | +300% |
| Wasbank | Umzinyathi | 8 | +100% |
| Kingsley | Amajuba | 6 | +100% |
| Mpungamhlophe | Zululand | 6 | -14.3% |
| Ntambanana | King Cetshwayo | 6 | -57.1% |
| Evatt | Harry Gwala | 5 | +66.7% |
| Muden | Umzinyathi | 5 | -44.4% |
| Ngome | Zululand | 5 | -61.5% |
| Franklin | Harry Gwala | 3 | -66.7% |
| Groenvlei | Amajuba | 3 | +50% |
| Magudu | Zululand | 3 | -66.7% |
| Swartberg | Harry Gwala | 3 | -62.5% |
| Rietvlei | Umgungundlovu | 1 | -75% |