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Vehicle Theft in City of Cape Town

SAPS recorded 3,426 vehicle theft cases across 63 City of Cape Town precincts in Apr 2025–Mar 2026, down 7.8% vs Apr 2024–Mar 2025. That is 88% of the Western Cape's 3,907 total.

Latest quarter (Jan–Mar 2026): 809 vehicle theft cases, down 8.1% 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 vehicle theft trend

Vehicle Theft 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
Woodstock170+51.8%
Cape Town Central155-7.7%
Mfuleni1400%
Delft132+46.7%
Milnerton130-10.3%
Mitchells Plain117+42.7%
Bellville112-20.6%
Parow112-31.3%
Athlone111+12.1%
Goodwood103-9.6%
Kleinvlei94-4.1%
Kraaifontein88-34.3%
Muizenberg86-19.6%
Lingelethu-West84+68%
Claremont79+29.5%
Lwandle77+35.1%
Harare73+2.8%
Strand69-51.4%
Rondebosch67-13%
Table View65-3%
Grassy Park63-21.2%
Makhaza61+96.8%
Brackenfell60-38.1%
Kuilsrivier60-13%
Durbanville58-29.3%
Khayelitsha56+21.7%
Sea Point55-32.1%
Elsies River54+3.8%
Nyanga54+22.7%
Somerset West54-55.4%
Maitland50+2%
Mowbray49+58.1%
Lentegeur42-33.3%
Fish Hoek37-52.6%
Lansdowne36-16.3%
Wynberg35-5.4%
Manenberg33+73.7%
Belhar32+6.7%
Gugulethu32-11.1%
Bishop Lavis31+55%
Pinelands29-21.6%
Ravensmead29-23.7%
Bothasig28+40%
Langa28+3.7%
Kensington27+92.9%
Philippi27+17.4%
Kirstenhof26+8.3%
Philippi East26-13.3%
Dieprivier25-50%
Samora Machel24+41.2%
Gordons Bay22-18.5%
Strandfontein18-21.7%
Macassar16-11.1%
Ocean View15-28.6%
Simon's Town140%
Steenberg11-62.1%
Atlantis10-41.2%
Bellville South10-37.5%
Camps Bay6-14.3%
Hout Bay6-72.7%
Philadelphia60%
Melkbosstrand40%
Table Bay Harbour30%
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