City of Cape Town Crime Statistics
City of Cape Town has 63 SAPS precincts covering 331 suburbs. In Apr–Jun 2026 they recorded 61,188 reported crimes, including 15,967 contact (violent) and 7,096 property crimes; the largest categories were Drug-related crime (17,239), All theft not mentioned elsewhere (7,484), Common assault (5,664). 27 precincts had more than 2% fewer crimes than in Apr–Jun 2025; 29 had more than 2% more. SAPS publishes counts per precinct, not a crime rate per resident, and larger precincts serve more residents. Source: SAPS quarterly release.
Per resident: across the 63 precincts, SAPS recorded 254,259 crimes in 2025/26, about 5,325 per 100,000 residents. This is our calculation, not a SAPS figure: it divides the SAPS counts by the precincts' Census 2022 population (4,775,139), which we hold only for City of Cape Town precincts.
Violent crimes
15,967
Apr–Jun 2026
Property crimes
7,096
Apr–Jun 2026
Improving
27
precincts with more than 2% fewer crimes vs Apr–Jun 2025
Worsening
29
precincts with more than 2% more crimes vs Apr–Jun 2025
Updated · SAPS Q1 2026-27 release
Crime by category in City of Cape Town
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Ranked among precincts with at least 50 crimes a year earlier, leaving out stations next to one that opened in the last two years (their change may be a boundary change).
How much crime is reported in each City of Cape Town precinct?
Total reported crimes (Apr–Jun 2026). Colour shows trend vs Apr–Jun 2025.
| Precinct | Reported count | Change vs Apr–Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Town Central | 4,380 | ↑ 10.3% |
| Mitchells Plain | 3,506 | ↑ 3.4% |
| Delft | 2,930 | ↑ 10.2% |
| Mfuleni | 2,169 | ↓ 2.6% |
| Kraaifontein | 2,101 | ↓ 3.6% |
| Kleinvlei | 1,763 | ↑ 4.8% |
| Nyanga | 1,719 | ↓ 4% |
| Atlantis | 1,668 | ↑ 11.3% |
| Khayelitsha | 1,547 | → 1.6% |
| Bellville | 1,540 | ↑ 13.2% |
| Bishop Lavis | 1,527 | ↑ 11% |
| Lentegeur | 1,500 | ↓ 5.1% |
| Grassy Park | 1,410 | → 0.5% |
| Gugulethu | 1,376 | ↑ 5.2% |
| Milnerton | 1,356 | ↓ 7.4% |
| Table View | 1,292 | ↑ 5.7% |
| Elsies River | 1,281 | ↑ 9.8% |
| Kuilsrivier | 1,182 | ↓ 7.2% |
| Manenberg | 1,178 | ↓ 10% |
| Athlone | 1,161 | ↑ 6.6% |
| Strand | 1,146 | ↑ 4.3% |
| Parow | 1,077 | ↓ 2.6% |
| Philippi | 956 | ↑ 4.4% |
| Lingelethu-West | 952 | ↑ 7.1% |
| Harare | 937 | ↓ 2.3% |
| Durbanville | 929 | ↑ 6.9% |
| Philippi East | 923 | ↑ 11.9% |
| Woodstock | 910 | ↑ 13.8% |
| Sea Point | 886 | ↑ 10.5% |
| Somerset West | 886 | ↓ 11.7% |
| Goodwood | 885 | → 0.7% |
| Wynberg | 879 | ↑ 4.6% |
| Steenberg | 868 | ↓ 8% |
| Ravensmead | 834 | ↓ 13.8% |
| Muizenberg | 738 | → 1.2% |
| Macassar | 732 | ↑ 23% |
| Makhaza | 731 | ↓ 3.8% |
| Brackenfell | 683 | ↑ 5.2% |
| Claremont | 657 | ↓ 2.5% |
| Langa | 640 | ↓ 3.2% |
| Lwandle | 587 | ↓ 16.3% |
| Belhar | 550 | ↓ 4.3% |
| Maitland | 508 | ↑ 9% |
| Dieprivier | 472 | ↓ 8% |
| Lansdowne | 455 | ↑ 4.6% |
| Hout Bay | 438 | ↓ 5.6% |
| Samora Machel | 436 | ↓ 18% |
| Kensington | 431 | ↑ 14.6% |
| Bellville South | 398 | ↑ 5% |
| Kirstenhof | 372 | ↓ 12.9% |
| Rondebosch | 303 | ↑ 10.2% |
| Fish Hoek | 292 | ↓ 5.8% |
| Bothasig | 285 | ↓ 12.6% |
| Pinelands | 283 | ↓ 15% |
| Gordons Bay | 262 | ↑ 3.6% |
| Ocean View | 262 | → 1.1% |
| Mowbray | 226 | ↑ 8.1% |
| Strandfontein | 188 | ↓ 10.9% |
| Table Bay Harbour | 146 | → 0% |
| Philadelphia | 129 | → 1.6% |
| Camps Bay | 114 | ↑ 2.7% |
| Melkbosstrand | 112 | ↓ 10.4% |
| Simon's Town | 104 | ↓ 9.6% |
Bar = reported crimes · ↓ fewer · ↑ more · → about the same (compared with Apr–Jun 2025)
All SAPS precincts in City of Cape Town
| Athlone | 1,161 | ↑ 6.6% |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantis | 1,668 | ↑ 11.3% |
| Belhar | 550 | ↓ 4.3% |
| Bellville | 1,540 | ↑ 13.2% |
| Bellville South | 398 | ↑ 5% |
| Bishop Lavis | 1,527 | ↑ 11% |
| Bothasig | 285 | ↓ 12.6% |
| Brackenfell | 683 | ↑ 5.2% |
| Camps Bay | 114 | ↑ 2.7% |
| Cape Town Central | 4,380 | ↑ 10.3% |
| Claremont | 657 | ↓ 2.5% |
| Delft | 2,930 | ↑ 10.2% |
| Dieprivier | 472 | ↓ 8% |
| Durbanville | 929 | ↑ 6.9% |
| Elsies River | 1,281 | ↑ 9.8% |
| Fish Hoek | 292 | ↓ 5.8% |
| Goodwood | 885 | → 0.7% |
| Gordons Bay | 262 | ↑ 3.6% |
| Grassy Park | 1,410 | → 0.5% |
| Gugulethu | 1,376 | ↑ 5.2% |
| Harare | 937 | ↓ 2.3% |
| Hout Bay | 438 | ↓ 5.6% |
| Kensington | 431 | ↑ 14.6% |
| Khayelitsha | 1,547 | → 1.6% |
| Kirstenhof | 372 | ↓ 12.9% |
| Kleinvlei | 1,763 | ↑ 4.8% |
| Kraaifontein | 2,101 | ↓ 3.6% |
| Kuilsrivier | 1,182 | ↓ 7.2% |
| Langa | 640 | ↓ 3.2% |
| Lansdowne | 455 | ↑ 4.6% |
| Lentegeur | 1,500 | ↓ 5.1% |
| Lingelethu-West | 952 | ↑ 7.1% |
| Lwandle | 587 | ↓ 16.3% |
| Macassar | 732 | ↑ 23% |
| Maitland | 508 | ↑ 9% |
| Makhaza | 731 | ↓ 3.8% |
| Manenberg | 1,178 | ↓ 10% |
| Melkbosstrand | 112 | ↓ 10.4% |
| Mfuleni | 2,169 | ↓ 2.6% |
| Milnerton | 1,356 | ↓ 7.4% |
| Mitchells Plain | 3,506 | ↑ 3.4% |
| Mowbray | 226 | ↑ 8.1% |
| Muizenberg | 738 | → 1.2% |
| Nyanga | 1,719 | ↓ 4% |
| Ocean View | 262 | → 1.1% |
| Parow | 1,077 | ↓ 2.6% |
| Philadelphia | 129 | → 1.6% |
| Philippi | 956 | ↑ 4.4% |
| Philippi East | 923 | ↑ 11.9% |
| Pinelands | 283 | ↓ 15% |
| Ravensmead | 834 | ↓ 13.8% |
| Rondebosch | 303 | ↑ 10.2% |
| Samora Machel | 436 | ↓ 18% |
| Sea Point | 886 | ↑ 10.5% |
| Simon's Town | 104 | ↓ 9.6% |
| Somerset West | 886 | ↓ 11.7% |
| Steenberg | 868 | ↓ 8% |
| Strand | 1,146 | ↑ 4.3% |
| Strandfontein | 188 | ↓ 10.9% |
| Table Bay Harbour | 146 | → 0% |
| Table View | 1,292 | ↑ 5.7% |
| Woodstock | 910 | ↑ 13.8% |
| Wynberg | 879 | ↑ 4.6% |
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Crime data from SAPS quarterly statistics (Apr–Jun 2026 vs Apr–Jun 2025). Methodology · Disclaimer
This data is for informational purposes only and should not be used as the sole basis for safety or property decisions.