SafeSuburb

Western Cape
Crime Statistics

Search any suburb to find your police precinct's crime data — 152 precincts with over a decade of official SAPS statistics, trends, and breakdowns.

Updated quarterly from SAPS · Free and open

2025-2026 vs 2024-2025

Crime rose in 83 of 152 precincts

54 improved year-on-year · See which way your area is heading

83

worsened

54

improved

Biggest improvement

Mcgregor

Crime dropped 30.5% across 207 reported crimes.

-30.5%

Biggest concern

Franschhoek

Crime rose 40% with 753 reported crimes.

+40%

Featured insight

Kidnapping rose 48% over 5 years

See the full breakdown of crime category trends across the Western Cape.

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Free, official crime data for the Western Cape

SafeSuburb makes official South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics accessible and easy to understand. Currently covering the Western Cape, with more provinces coming soon. Whether you're buying a home, renting, choosing a school, or simply want to know how safe your neighbourhood is — we present the data clearly, honestly, and for free.

SAPS publishes crime data at police precinct level, not per suburb. Each precinct covers multiple suburbs, so all suburbs in the same precinct share the same crime statistics. We map over 420 suburbs to their 152 police precincts across the Western Cape, covering 54 improving areas, 83 worsening areas, and data spanning over a decade.

Our data includes violent crime (murder, assault, robbery), property crime (burglary, vehicle theft), and other serious offences — with year-on-year trends, pre-COVID baselines, and category breakdowns. All data is sourced directly from SAPS quarterly releases. Read our methodology · Disclaimer