Commercial Crime in Umgungundlovu
SAPS recorded 2,363 commercial crime cases across 25 Umgungundlovu precincts in Apr 2025–Mar 2026, up 5.8% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025. That is 9% of KwaZulu-Natal's 25,251 total.
Latest quarter (Jan–Mar 2026): 594 commercial crime cases, up 4.6% 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.
Umgungundlovu commercial crime trend
Commercial Crime by precinct in Umgungundlovu
Bars coloured by direction vs the previous year: green = improved, red = worsened, grey = within ±2%. Top 15 of 25 precincts shown; full list in the table below. Sorted by Apr 2025–Mar 2026 count.
All Umgungundlovu precincts
| Precinct | Apr 2025–Mar 2026 | vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Road | 414 | +9.8% |
| Mountain Rise | 393 | +7.1% |
| Pietermaritzburg | 353 | +6% |
| Plessislaer | 277 | +9.1% |
| Howick | 253 | +7.2% |
| Town Hill | 153 | +5.5% |
| Hilton-Kzn | 112 | +10.9% |
| Prestbury | 74 | +19.4% |
| Camperdown | 65 | -15.6% |
| Nottingham Road | 38 | -13.6% |
| Taylors Halt | 32 | -5.9% |
| Mooi River | 31 | -11.4% |
| Richmond-Kzn | 28 | -37.8% |
| Mpophomeni | 23 | -30.3% |
| New Hanover | 23 | +53.3% |
| Thornville | 22 | +214.3% |
| Wartburg | 17 | +30.8% |
| Impendle | 14 | +16.7% |
| Mid Illovo | 14 | +133.3% |
| Harburg | 9 | +12.5% |
| Dalton | 6 | +100% |
| Bishopstowe | 5 | -66.7% |
| Cramond | 4 | -60% |
| Rietvlei | 2 | +100% |
| Boston | 1 | 0% |