Western Cape Crime by Category
Compare murder, burglary, robbery, and other crime types across 152 police precincts. Click any column to sort.
Data period: Apr–Jun 2026 vs Apr–Jun 2025. Each cell shows the count and percentage of total crime for that precinct.
Not all crime is the same. An area with high drug arrests but low violent crime has a very different character from one with high murder and robbery rates. This page lets you compare 152 Western Cape police precincts by individual crime category — murder, residential burglary, aggravated robbery, vehicle theft, and drug-related crime.
Sort by count to find which precincts report the most cases, or sort by percentage to see where a specific crime dominates. For example, a precinct where drug crime accounts for 60% of all reported crime tells a different story from one where burglary is the primary concern.
Explore a single crime type across Western Cape:
By precinct By crime category
At a glance
Murder
1,071
1.1% of all crime
Burglary
4,599
4.8% of all crime
Robbery
4,357
4.5% of all crime
Vehicle theft
1,025
1.1% of all crime
Drugs
26,799
28% of all crime
Serious assault
4,931
5.1% of all crime
Category hotspots
Most Drugs
Cape Town Central1,733 cases (39.6% of their crime)
Highest % of crime: Doring Bay (87.3%)
Most Serious assault
Worcester180 cases (9.2% of their crime)
Highest % of crime: Prince Albert (24.3%)
152 precincts · 6 categories
| Precinct | Total ↓ | Murder | Burglary | Robbery | Vehicle theft | Drugs | Serious assault |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town Central | 4,380 | 10.0% | 330.8% | 1252.9% | 441.0% | 1,73339.6% | 290.7% |
| Mitchells Plain | 3,506 | 300.9% | 892.5% | 972.8% | 120.3% | 1,58845.3% | 742.1% |
| Delft | 2,930 | 531.8% | 943.2% | 2759.4% | 250.9% | 1,15039.2% | 1454.9% |
| Mfuleni | 2,169 | 733.4% | 1024.7% | 2139.8% | 502.3% | 38317.7% | 1356.2% |
| Kraaifontein | 2,101 | 432.0% | 954.5% | 24111.5% | 442.1% | 50023.8% | 1316.2% |
| Worcester | 1,948 | 150.8% | 924.7% | 472.4% | 120.6% | 60431.0% | 1809.2% |
| Kleinvlei | 1,763 | 130.7% | 935.3% | 1005.7% | 160.9% | 72140.9% | 583.3% |
| Nyanga | 1,719 | 563.3% | 402.3% | 21712.6% | 80.5% | 49328.7% | 1347.8% |
| Atlantis | 1,668 | 150.9% | 523.1% | 543.2% | 50.3% | 73844.2% | 332.0% |
| Khayelitsha | 1,547 | 442.8% | 432.8% | 17311.2% | 130.8% | 50532.6% | 1207.8% |
| Bellville | 1,540 | 30.2% | 694.5% | 1117.2% | 342.2% | 30019.5% | 191.2% |
| Bishop Lavis | 1,527 | 241.6% | 412.7% | 634.1% | 80.5% | 49232.2% | 583.8% |
| Lentegeur | 1,500 | 100.7% | 312.1% | 563.7% | 130.9% | 75950.6% | 302.0% |
| Stellenbosch | 1,488 | 231.5% | 976.5% | 825.5% | 312.1% | 21214.2% | 614.1% |
| Hermanus | 1,412 | 10.1% | 906.4% | 261.8% | 40.3% | 68148.2% | 513.6% |
| Grassy Park | 1,410 | 191.3% | 423.0% | 553.9% | 130.9% | 54638.7% | 251.8% |
| Paarl East | 1,409 | 70.5% | 684.8% | 392.8% | 60.4% | 38127.0% | 896.3% |
| Knysna | 1,399 | 40.3% | 1128.0% | 322.3% | 40.3% | 32022.9% | 1158.2% |
| Gugulethu | 1,376 | 372.7% | 413.0% | 866.3% | 90.7% | 52137.9% | 856.2% |
| Milnerton | 1,356 | 272.0% | 533.9% | 15111.1% | 272.0% | 15811.7% | 463.4% |
| Table View | 1,292 | 60.5% | 826.3% | 776.0% | 151.2% | 13110.1% | 322.5% |
| Elsies River | 1,281 | 221.7% | 302.3% | 473.7% | 191.5% | 35327.6% | 503.9% |
| Oudtshoorn | 1,243 | 80.6% | 937.5% | 312.5% | 10.1% | 28823.2% | 1139.1% |
| Kuilsrivier | 1,182 | 90.8% | 635.3% | 504.2% | 151.3% | 25821.8% | 292.5% |
| Manenberg | 1,178 | 141.2% | 312.6% | 282.4% | 121.0% | 36330.8% | 484.1% |
| Athlone | 1,161 | 110.9% | 262.2% | 685.9% | 312.7% | 24921.4% | 242.1% |
| George | 1,156 | 20.2% | 685.9% | 232.0% | 60.5% | 20417.6% | 363.1% |
| Strand | 1,146 | 50.4% | 453.9% | 242.1% | 80.7% | 49543.2% | 201.7% |
| Parow | 1,077 | 00.0% | 494.5% | 807.4% | 363.3% | 20719.2% | 171.6% |
| Philippi | 956 | 222.3% | 121.3% | 262.7% | 60.6% | 44947.0% | 303.1% |
| Lingelethu-West | 952 | 313.3% | 434.5% | 13614.3% | 111.2% | 16617.4% | 464.8% |
| Harare | 937 | 495.2% | 414.4% | 9710.4% | 50.5% | 22624.1% | 798.4% |
| Durbanville | 929 | 91.0% | 646.9% | 374.0% | 171.8% | 20422.0% | 232.5% |
| Philippi East | 923 | 535.7% | 192.1% | 11612.6% | 10.1% | 35238.1% | 475.1% |
| Woodstock | 910 | 50.5% | 384.2% | 434.7% | 475.2% | 14115.5% | 141.5% |
| Paarl | 894 | 00.0% | 293.2% | 293.2% | 60.7% | 17619.7% | 182.0% |
| Somerset West | 886 | 10.1% | 556.2% | 293.3% | 161.8% | 11613.1% | 293.3% |
| Sea Point | 886 | 00.0% | 313.5% | 60.7% | 192.1% | 14716.6% | 70.8% |
| Goodwood | 885 | 00.0% | 343.8% | 364.1% | 384.3% | 16218.3% | 121.4% |
| Wynberg | 879 | 10.1% | 202.3% | 263.0% | 40.5% | 43149.0% | 171.9% |
| Steenberg | 868 | 202.3% | 172.0% | 91.0% | 00.0% | 49456.9% | 60.7% |
| Conville | 839 | 40.5% | 536.3% | 283.3% | 10.1% | 30736.6% | 688.1% |
| Ravensmead | 834 | 81.0% | 283.4% | 131.6% | 121.4% | 25430.5% | 597.1% |
| Wellington | 807 | 20.2% | 415.1% | 162.0% | 30.4% | 22527.9% | 485.9% |
| Malmesbury | 776 | 70.9% | 445.7% | 162.1% | 81.0% | 19725.4% | 425.4% |
| Thembalethu | 766 | 101.3% | 607.8% | 425.5% | 30.4% | 20526.8% | 8711.4% |
| Muizenberg | 738 | 70.9% | 415.6% | 486.5% | 182.4% | 17123.2% | 293.9% |
| Macassar | 732 | 30.4% | 527.1% | 273.7% | 50.7% | 517.0% | 547.4% |
| Makhaza | 731 | 354.8% | 405.5% | 10414.2% | 81.1% | 9913.5% | 689.3% |
| Brackenfell | 683 | 00.0% | 253.7% | 213.1% | 304.4% | 111.6% | 81.2% |
| Grabouw | 670 | 192.8% | 466.9% | 142.1% | 81.2% | 28141.9% | 406.0% |
| Vredenburg | 662 | 30.5% | 456.8% | 345.1% | 30.5% | 9514.4% | 598.9% |
| Claremont | 657 | 10.2% | 223.3% | 142.1% | 274.1% | 274.1% | 30.5% |
| Langa | 640 | 182.8% | 507.8% | 7611.9% | 91.4% | 9915.5% | 7411.6% |
| Pacaltsdorp | 622 | 10.2% | 558.8% | 193.1% | 10.2% | 15324.6% | 304.8% |
| Ceres | 596 | 30.5% | 233.9% | 61.0% | 20.3% | 16427.5% | 488.1% |
| Lwandle | 587 | 213.6% | 315.3% | 7312.4% | 101.7% | 10918.6% | 539.0% |
| Robertson | 587 | 30.5% | 294.9% | 81.4% | 10.2% | 14124.0% | 559.4% |
| Beaufort West | 571 | 10.2% | 488.4% | 132.3% | 00.0% | 7813.7% | 6411.2% |
| Swellendam | 567 | 00.0% | 437.6% | 20.4% | 10.2% | 16428.9% | 284.9% |
| Belhar | 550 | 101.8% | 173.1% | 203.6% | 81.5% | 12823.3% | 336.0% |
| Caledon | 512 | 40.8% | 367.0% | 61.2% | 10.2% | 20239.5% | 336.4% |
| Maitland | 508 | 51.0% | 112.2% | 448.7% | 153.0% | 387.5% | 153.0% |
| Kwanonqaba | 482 | 71.5% | 7315.1% | 122.5% | 00.0% | 449.1% | 428.7% |
| Dieprivier | 472 | 00.0% | 214.4% | 112.3% | 61.3% | 408.5% | 71.5% |
| Da Gamaskop | 460 | 10.2% | 449.6% | 132.8% | 30.7% | 15633.9% | 337.2% |
| Lansdowne | 455 | 30.7% | 184.0% | 245.3% | 112.4% | 6313.8% | 51.1% |
| Vredendal | 450 | 00.0% | 4610.2% | 30.7% | 20.4% | 19242.7% | 327.1% |
| Hout Bay | 438 | 51.1% | 122.7% | 81.8% | 71.6% | 214.8% | 358.0% |
| Samora Machel | 436 | 235.3% | 122.8% | 388.7% | 61.4% | 10524.1% | 347.8% |
| Mbekweni | 436 | 81.8% | 214.8% | 266.0% | 30.7% | 388.7% | 6314.4% |
| Kensington | 431 | 61.4% | 122.8% | 133.0% | 51.2% | 19044.1% | 61.4% |
| Bredasdorp | 424 | 20.5% | 419.7% | 81.9% | 00.0% | 12730.0% | 358.3% |
| Cloetesville | 419 | 10.2% | 143.3% | 163.8% | 00.0% | 9422.4% | 256.0% |
| Bellville South | 398 | 30.8% | 205.0% | 328.0% | 71.8% | 5714.3% | 174.3% |
| Saldanha | 397 | 41.0% | 4411.1% | 153.8% | 00.0% | 6015.1% | 215.3% |
| De Doorns | 395 | 61.5% | 328.1% | 82.0% | 00.0% | 256.3% | 5714.4% |
| Plettenberg Bay | 385 | 20.5% | 266.8% | 41.0% | 30.8% | 7820.3% | 4411.4% |
| Kirstenhof | 372 | 00.0% | 184.8% | 133.5% | 20.5% | 349.1% | 61.6% |
| Franschhoek | 361 | 143.9% | 298.0% | 82.2% | 30.8% | 7219.9% | 3810.5% |
| Villiersdorp | 354 | 30.8% | 174.8% | 10.3% | 00.0% | 11733.1% | 3710.5% |
| Gans Bay | 351 | 00.0% | 5916.8% | 20.6% | 10.3% | 12635.9% | 154.3% |
| Kleinmond | 343 | 10.3% | 267.6% | 20.6% | 30.9% | 12536.4% | 216.1% |
| Piketberg | 329 | 00.0% | 123.6% | 41.2% | 00.0% | 14042.6% | 216.4% |
| Ladismith | 311 | 00.0% | 268.4% | 20.6% | 20.6% | 10935.0% | 144.5% |
| Prince Alfred Hamlet | 309 | 31.0% | 123.9% | 51.6% | 00.0% | 15349.5% | 185.8% |
| Rondebosch | 303 | 00.0% | 124.0% | 93.0% | 237.6% | 20.7% | 00.0% |
| Mossel Bay | 302 | 00.0% | 82.6% | 31.0% | 10.3% | 11036.4% | 103.3% |
| Tulbagh | 301 | 20.7% | 144.7% | 20.7% | 00.0% | 9932.9% | 3812.6% |
| Fish Hoek | 292 | 10.3% | 237.9% | 62.1% | 82.7% | 248.2% | 10.3% |
| Klapmuts | 290 | 10.3% | 248.3% | 165.5% | 00.0% | 5017.2% | 4214.5% |
| Bothasig | 285 | 00.0% | 155.3% | 196.7% | 41.4% | 217.4% | 10.4% |
| Albertinia | 284 | 00.0% | 165.6% | 31.1% | 00.0% | 12243.0% | 124.2% |
| Pinelands | 283 | 10.4% | 62.1% | 113.9% | 165.7% | 144.9% | 20.7% |
| Moorreesburg | 280 | 00.0% | 3913.9% | 41.4% | 00.0% | 7727.5% | 155.4% |
| Riebeek West | 279 | 20.7% | 248.6% | 20.7% | 00.0% | 5118.3% | 2810.0% |
| Riversdale | 278 | 10.4% | 51.8% | 10.4% | 00.0% | 10738.5% | 2810.1% |
| Porterville | 274 | 10.4% | 145.1% | 10.4% | 00.0% | 14452.6% | 176.2% |
| Montagu | 273 | 31.1% | 4014.7% | 00.0% | 10.4% | 4315.8% | 279.9% |
| Ocean View | 262 | 93.4% | 228.4% | 166.1% | 72.7% | 228.4% | 3613.7% |
| Gordons Bay | 262 | 00.0% | 135.0% | 51.9% | 41.5% | 3312.6% | 10.4% |
| Citrusdal | 261 | 20.8% | 114.2% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 11644.4% | 3212.3% |
| Dysselsdorp | 255 | 10.4% | 114.3% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 11946.7% | 187.1% |
| Kwanokuthula | 251 | 10.4% | 239.2% | 93.6% | 10.4% | 6726.7% | 4317.1% |
| Lutzville | 248 | 10.4% | 4116.5% | 31.2% | 00.0% | 249.7% | 3313.3% |
| Darling | 246 | 31.2% | 218.5% | 20.8% | 10.4% | 5422.0% | 197.7% |
| Saron | 236 | 00.0% | 114.7% | 10.4% | 00.0% | 10243.2% | 208.5% |
| Wolseley | 235 | 10.4% | 218.9% | 10.4% | 00.0% | 2510.6% | 3916.6% |
| Ashton | 233 | 00.0% | 187.7% | 20.9% | 00.0% | 3213.7% | 239.9% |
| Langebaan | 230 | 00.0% | 187.8% | 10.4% | 10.4% | 5222.6% | 104.3% |
| Clanwilliam | 228 | 10.4% | 20.9% | 20.9% | 10.4% | 11751.3% | 93.9% |
| Riviersonderend | 227 | 00.0% | 114.8% | 31.3% | 00.0% | 5825.6% | 208.8% |
| Groot Brakrivier | 226 | 00.0% | 135.8% | 10.4% | 00.0% | 3615.9% | 2711.9% |
| Mowbray | 226 | 10.4% | 104.4% | 146.2% | 146.2% | 188.0% | 31.3% |
| Heidelberg(C) | 222 | 20.9% | 146.3% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 10045.0% | 104.5% |
| Napier | 219 | 00.0% | 2310.5% | 00.0% | 10.5% | 9744.3% | 167.3% |
| Touws River | 204 | 00.0% | 73.4% | 21.0% | 00.0% | 7737.7% | 2411.8% |
| Genadendal | 199 | 00.0% | 2311.6% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 8844.2% | 199.5% |
| Strandfontein | 188 | 10.5% | 73.7% | 105.3% | 10.5% | 4624.5% | 63.2% |
| Rawsonville | 184 | 21.1% | 147.6% | 21.1% | 00.0% | 4826.1% | 1910.3% |
| St Helena Bay | 183 | 00.0% | 2111.5% | 10.5% | 00.0% | 5228.4% | 179.3% |
| Groot-Drakenstein | 179 | 00.0% | 179.5% | 63.4% | 00.0% | 73.9% | 2715.1% |
| Uniondale | 171 | 00.0% | 148.2% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 6236.3% | 137.6% |
| Still Bay | 170 | 00.0% | 116.5% | 31.8% | 00.0% | 7644.7% | 105.9% |
| Calitzdorp | 165 | 10.6% | 127.3% | 42.4% | 00.0% | 3018.2% | 3018.2% |
| Laingsburg | 156 | 31.9% | 53.2% | 10.6% | 00.0% | 4226.9% | 1710.9% |
| Stanford | 154 | 00.0% | 1711.0% | 21.3% | 00.0% | 5837.7% | 74.5% |
| Laaiplek | 150 | 21.3% | 85.3% | 10.7% | 10.7% | 2818.7% | 32.0% |
| Table Bay Harbour | 146 | 00.0% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 10.7% | 42.7% | 10.7% |
| Bonnievale | 146 | 10.7% | 2114.4% | 10.7% | 10.7% | 85.5% | 1611.0% |
| Prince Albert | 140 | 00.0% | 1611.4% | 10.7% | 00.0% | 139.3% | 3424.3% |
| Klawer | 130 | 00.0% | 1310.0% | 21.5% | 00.0% | 2720.8% | 129.2% |
| Philadelphia | 129 | 21.6% | 129.3% | 32.3% | 10.8% | 129.3% | 129.3% |
| Lambertsbaai | 125 | 10.8% | 1512.0% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 3729.6% | 118.8% |
| Barrydale | 122 | 00.0% | 108.2% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 3427.9% | 1613.1% |
| Camps Bay | 114 | 00.0% | 43.5% | 10.9% | 21.8% | 21.8% | 10.9% |
| De Rust | 114 | 00.0% | 1210.5% | 10.9% | 00.0% | 2622.8% | 1513.2% |
| Melkbosstrand | 112 | 00.0% | 43.6% | 10.9% | 00.0% | 108.9% | 32.7% |
| Simon's Town | 104 | 00.0% | 54.8% | 00.0% | 32.9% | 32.9% | 65.8% |
| Hopefield | 95 | 00.0% | 44.2% | 22.1% | 11.1% | 1818.9% | 99.5% |
| Struisbaai | 90 | 00.0% | 44.4% | 00.0% | 11.1% | 2831.1% | 910.0% |
| Leeu Gamka | 89 | 00.0% | 89.0% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 55.6% | 1820.2% |
| Murraysburg | 82 | 00.0% | 2226.8% | 00.0% | 11.2% | 56.1% | 911.0% |
| Vanrhynsdorp | 81 | 00.0% | 56.2% | 22.5% | 00.0% | 3543.2% | 89.9% |
| Graafwater | 76 | 00.0% | 56.6% | 11.3% | 00.0% | 2330.3% | 79.2% |
| Suurbraak | 72 | 00.0% | 22.8% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 2230.6% | 912.5% |
| Mcgregor | 71 | 00.0% | 811.3% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 2129.6% | 1216.9% |
| Eendekuil | 59 | 11.7% | 11.7% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 4474.6% | 23.4% |
| Doring Bay | 55 | 00.0% | 35.5% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 4887.3% | 00.0% |
| Redelinghuys | 53 | 00.0% | 23.8% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 3260.4% | 35.7% |
| Elands Bay | 45 | 00.0% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 2862.2% | 36.7% |
| Nuwerus | 17 | 00.0% | 211.8% | 00.0% | 00.0% | 211.8% | 423.5% |
Percentages show each crime type's share of total reported crime for that precinct. Click column headers to sort by count, or click "%" to sort by percentage. Data from SAPS quarterly releases.