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Theft from Vehicles in City of Cape Town

SAPS recorded 13,879 theft from vehicles cases across 63 City of Cape Town precincts in Apr 2025–Mar 2026, down 8.1% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025. That is 73% of the Western Cape's 19,056 total.

Latest quarter (Jan–Mar 2026): 3,503 theft from vehicles cases, down 2.7% 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.

City of Cape Town theft from vehicles trend

Theft from Vehicles by precinct in City of Cape Town

Bars coloured by direction vs the previous year: green = improved, red = worsened, grey = within ±2%. Top 15 of 63 precincts shown; full list in the table below. Sorted by Apr 2025–Mar 2026 count.

All City of Cape Town precincts

PrecinctApr 2025–Mar 2026vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025
Cape Town Central1,871-24.5%
Sea Point1,002+20.1%
Bellville714-2.3%
Woodstock549+8.9%
Table View480+1.5%
Parow477+7.7%
Goodwood414-5.9%
Milnerton412+5.4%
Durbanville393-16.9%
Claremont373-7.2%
Maitland341-2%
Strand333+9.9%
Kuilsrivier325-0.6%
Bishop Lavis303+93%
Athlone288-12.2%
Mitchells Plain284-26.6%
Brackenfell276+13.1%
Wynberg261-33.6%
Dieprivier235-21.1%
Kraaifontein234-26.6%
Grassy Park230-4.2%
Somerset West229-32.4%
Rondebosch209-24%
Ravensmead199+24.4%
Delft196+1.6%
Pinelands187-9.7%
Mowbray175+8%
Muizenberg174-16.7%
Elsies River166-17.4%
Mfuleni162+7.3%
Kirstenhof151-5%
Kleinvlei145+2.1%
Atlantis140-9.1%
Lansdowne127-18.6%
Macassar118-4.1%
Lentegeur114+2.7%
Bellville South110-24.1%
Manenberg107+4.9%
Gordons Bay103+9.6%
Fish Hoek102-25.5%
Bothasig96+33.3%
Belhar93+12%
Camps Bay92+24.3%
Hout Bay83-38.5%
Philippi74-17.8%
Lingelethu-West72-7.7%
Nyanga66-10.8%
Simon's Town66+20%
Steenberg57-26%
Kensington55-40.2%
Langa54-16.9%
Lwandle46-23.3%
Gugulethu43-39.4%
Makhaza42+31.3%
Ocean View39-13.3%
Strandfontein36-28%
Melkbosstrand35-30%
Khayelitsha26-45.8%
Table Bay Harbour24+9.1%
Samora Machel22+4.8%
Harare20-33.3%
Philippi East18-52.6%
Philadelphia11+37.5%
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