Serious Assault (GBH) in KwaZulu-Natal
SAPS definition: “Assault with the intent [to] inflict Grievous Bodily Harm is the unlawful and intentional direct or indirect application of force to the body of another person with the intention of causing grievous bodily harm to that person. Note: The victim does not need to sustain serious injuries. The decisive element is the intention to cause serious injuries.” — SAPS Crime Definitions (2012), as published by the Institute for Security Studies.
SAPS recorded 7,550 serious assault (gbh) cases across 184 KwaZulu-Natal precincts in Apr–Jun 2026, up 8.3% vs Apr–Jun 2025.
Latest quarter (Apr–Jun 2026): 7,550 serious assault (gbh) cases, up 8.3% vs Apr–Jun 2025.
Ranked by precinct below.
Most serious assault (gbh) reports come from eThekwini.
Note: Raw reported counts — not adjusted for population. Precincts serving more residents will naturally report more cases.
Is serious assault (gbh) rising or falling in KwaZulu-Natal?
Dashed: Apr–Jun 2026 only (1 of 4 quarters published) — a partial year, not comparable with the full years before it.
Which KwaZulu-Natal districts report the most serious assault (gbh)?
Bars coloured by direction vs the previous year: green = improved, red = worsened, grey = within ±2%. Sorted by Apr–Jun 2026 count.
Drill into a district:
Which KwaZulu-Natal precincts report the most serious assault (gbh)?
| Precinct | District | Apr–Jun 2026 | vs Apr–Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plessislaer | Umgungundlovu | 270 | -1.1% |
| Inanda | eThekwini | 241 | +53.5% |
| Madadeni | Amajuba | 203 | +29.3% |
| Umlazi | eThekwini | 181 | +11% |
| Nongoma | Zululand | 175 | +19% |
| Kwadukuza | Ilembe | 170 | -0.6% |
| Mountain Rise | Umgungundlovu | 163 | -13.3% |
| Ntuzuma | eThekwini | 156 | +34.5% |
| Osizweni | Amajuba | 153 | 0% |
| Empangeni | King Cetshwayo | 131 | +2.3% |
| Verulam | eThekwini | 110 | +89.7% |
| Ladysmith | Uthukela | 109 | -2.7% |
| Pongola | Zululand | 107 | +11.5% |
| Chatsworth | eThekwini | 105 | -4.5% |
| Kwamashu E | eThekwini | 101 | -3.8% |
| Esikhaleni | King Cetshwayo | 94 | -17.5% |
| Taylors Halt | Umgungundlovu | 93 | +16.3% |
| Cato Manor | eThekwini | 92 | +21.1% |
| Port Shepstone | Ugu | 89 | +6% |
| Ulundi | Zululand | 89 | +2.3% |
| Mtunzini | King Cetshwayo | 87 | +55.4% |
| Mondlo | Zululand | 86 | +30.3% |
| Sundumbili | Ilembe | 84 | +27.3% |
| Margate | Ugu | 83 | +6.4% |
| Nquthu | Umzinyathi | 82 | +26.2% |
| Kwamsane | Umkhanyakude | 81 | +28.6% |
| Eshowe | King Cetshwayo | 80 | -19.2% |
| Bhekithemba | eThekwini | 78 | -2.5% |
| Kwadabeka | eThekwini | 77 | -2.5% |
| Melmoth | King Cetshwayo | 77 | +28.3% |
| Tongaat | eThekwini | 75 | +66.7% |
| Kokstad | Harry Gwala | 73 | +4.3% |
| Kwamakhutha | eThekwini | 72 | +1.4% |
| Phoenix | eThekwini | 71 | -10.1% |
| Umhlali | Ilembe | 70 | +9.4% |
| Umzimkhulu | Harry Gwala | 69 | +122.6% |
| Dundee | Umzinyathi | 68 | -31.3% |
| Vryheid | Zululand | 68 | -16% |
| Kwambonambi | King Cetshwayo | 67 | +15.5% |
| Newcastle | Amajuba | 67 | +15.5% |
| Durban Central | eThekwini | 63 | -3.1% |
| Paulpietersburg | Zululand | 61 | -12.9% |
| Richards Bay | King Cetshwayo | 60 | -3.2% |
| Ezinqoleni | Ugu | 58 | +61.1% |
| Ezakheni | Uthukela | 57 | -3.4% |
| Harding | Ugu | 57 | +14% |
| Pietermaritzburg | Umgungundlovu | 56 | +9.8% |
| Gamalakhe | Ugu | 55 | +5.8% |
| Ndwedwe | Ilembe | 55 | 0% |
| Mariannhill | eThekwini | 54 | -8.5% |
| Isipingo | eThekwini | 51 | +18.6% |
| Hillcrest | eThekwini | 50 | +25% |
| Jozini | Umkhanyakude | 50 | +13.6% |
| Gingindlovu | King Cetshwayo | 44 | +109.5% |
| Hibberdene | Ugu | 44 | +25.7% |
| Hluhluwe | Umkhanyakude | 44 | +2.3% |
| Nkandla | King Cetshwayo | 43 | +43.3% |
| Msinga | Umzinyathi | 42 | +31.3% |
| Alexandra Road | Umgungundlovu | 41 | +24.2% |
| Howick | Umgungundlovu | 41 | +64% |
| Mpumalanga (KZN) | eThekwini | 41 | -25.5% |
| Richmond-Kzn | Umgungundlovu | 41 | -4.7% |
| Lamontville | eThekwini | 40 | +14.3% |
| Ekuvukeni | Uthukela | 39 | -20.4% |
| Estcourt | Uthukela | 39 | +18.2% |
| Greenwood Park | eThekwini | 39 | -7.1% |
| Ixopo | Harry Gwala | 39 | +34.5% |
| Newlands East | eThekwini | 39 | +62.5% |
| Dannhauser | Amajuba | 38 | +2.7% |
| Mahlabathini | Zululand | 35 | +29.6% |
| Mbongolwane | King Cetshwayo | 35 | +34.6% |
| Pinetown | eThekwini | 35 | +2.9% |
| Umkomaas | eThekwini | 35 | +16.7% |
| Ibisi | Harry Gwala | 34 | +41.7% |
| Maphumulo | Ilembe | 34 | -2.9% |
| Ntabamhlophe | Uthukela | 34 | -26.1% |
| Nyoni | Ilembe | 34 | -19% |
| Sydenham | eThekwini | 33 | -10.8% |
| Greytown | Umzinyathi | 32 | -17.9% |
| Impendle | Umgungundlovu | 31 | -24.4% |
| Mtubatuba | Umkhanyakude | 31 | +10.7% |
| Mehlomnyama | Ugu | 30 | +36.4% |
| Bergville | Uthukela | 29 | +38.1% |
| Umzinto | Ugu | 29 | +3.6% |
| Ematsheni | Uthukela | 28 | +55.6% |
| Highflats | Harry Gwala | 27 | -25% |
| Kwandengezi | eThekwini | 27 | +8% |
| Mandeni | Ilembe | 27 | +42.1% |
| Wembezi | Uthukela | 27 | +145.5% |
| Bulwer | Harry Gwala | 26 | +8.3% |
| Glencoe | Umzinyathi | 25 | +8.7% |
| Nsuze | Ilembe | 25 | +47.1% |
| St Faiths | Ugu | 25 | -3.8% |
| Umbilo | eThekwini | 25 | +78.6% |
| Amangwe | Uthukela | 24 | +71.4% |
| Dududu | Ugu | 24 | +50% |
| Folweni | eThekwini | 24 | +50% |
| Kranskop | Umzinyathi | 24 | -14.3% |
| Emanguzi | Umkhanyakude | 23 | -17.9% |
| Mooi River | Umgungundlovu | 23 | -11.5% |
| Ekombe | King Cetshwayo | 22 | +15.8% |
| Amanzimtoti | eThekwini | 21 | -4.5% |
| Brighton Beach | eThekwini | 21 | -4.5% |
| Intsikeni | Harry Gwala | 20 | +5.3% |
| Point | eThekwini | 20 | -41.2% |
| Scottburgh | Ugu | 20 | +66.7% |
| Umbumbulu | eThekwini | 20 | +17.6% |
| Inchanga | eThekwini | 19 | +11.8% |
| Mkhuze | Umkhanyakude | 19 | +46.2% |
| Mpophomeni | Umgungundlovu | 19 | +58.3% |
| New Hanover | Umgungundlovu | 19 | -9.5% |
| Ingwavuma | Umkhanyakude | 18 | -18.2% |
| Port Edward | Ugu | 18 | +12.5% |
| Besters | Uthukela | 17 | -5.6% |
| Creighton | Harry Gwala | 17 | +30.8% |
| Hlabisa | Umkhanyakude | 17 | +13.3% |
| Mbazwana | Umkhanyakude | 17 | +54.5% |
| Ntambanana | King Cetshwayo | 17 | +13.3% |
| Thornville | Umgungundlovu | 17 | +21.4% |
| Ceza | Zululand | 16 | +14.3% |
| Elandslaagte | Uthukela | 16 | +128.6% |
| Hlobane | Zululand | 16 | -56.8% |
| Nhlanhleni | Umzinyathi | 16 | +6.7% |
| Utrecht | Amajuba | 16 | -15.8% |
| Wentworth | eThekwini | 16 | -38.5% |
| Donnybrook | Harry Gwala | 15 | 0% |
| Himeville | Harry Gwala | 15 | +25% |
| Louwsburg | Zululand | 15 | +114.3% |
| Msinsini | Ugu | 15 | 0% |
| Weenen | Uthukela | 15 | +66.7% |
| Winterton | Uthukela | 15 | -44.4% |
| Southport | Ugu | 14 | 0% |
| Wartburg | Umgungundlovu | 14 | +27.3% |
| Gowan Lea | Harry Gwala | 13 | +116.7% |
| Nondweni | Umzinyathi | 13 | +30% |
| Camperdown | Umgungundlovu | 12 | +20% |
| Hammarsdale | eThekwini | 12 | +9.1% |
| Mayville-Kzn | eThekwini | 12 | +9.1% |
| Bayview | eThekwini | 11 | -45% |
| Ematimatolo | Umzinyathi | 11 | +10% |
| Hilton-Kzn | Umgungundlovu | 11 | -8.3% |
| Upper Tugela | Uthukela | 11 | -8.3% |
| Bishopstowe | Umgungundlovu | 10 | 0% |
| Gluckstadt | Zululand | 10 | -44.4% |
| Ndumo | Umkhanyakude | 10 | -16.7% |
| Newark | Ilembe | 10 | -33.3% |
| Paddock | Ugu | 10 | -47.4% |
| Umsunduzi | eThekwini | 10 | -9.1% |
| Bellair | eThekwini | 9 | +28.6% |
| Colenso | Uthukela | 9 | +12.5% |
| Durban North | eThekwini | 9 | +50% |
| Mpungamhlophe | Zululand | 9 | 0% |
| Sawoti | Ugu | 9 | +12.5% |
| Ngome | Zululand | 8 | +60% |
| Westville | eThekwini | 8 | +60% |
| Ezibayeni | Umkhanyakude | 7 | -22.2% |
| Glendale | Ilembe | 7 | 0% |
| Harburg | Umgungundlovu | 7 | 0% |
| Helpmekaar | Umzinyathi | 7 | +16.7% |
| Malvern | eThekwini | 7 | +16.7% |
| Mid Illovo | Umgungundlovu | 7 | +16.7% |
| Montclair | eThekwini | 7 | -36.4% |
| Babanango | Zululand | 6 | -25% |
| Dalton | Umgungundlovu | 6 | -45.5% |
| Hattingspruit | Amajuba | 6 | -14.3% |
| Muden | Umzinyathi | 6 | 0% |
| Prestbury | Umgungundlovu | 6 | -60% |
| Wasbank | Umzinyathi | 6 | +50% |
| Charlestown | Amajuba | 5 | +25% |
| Franklin | Harry Gwala | 5 | +400% |
| Magudu | Zululand | 5 | -28.6% |
| Berea | eThekwini | 4 | -42.9% |
| Cramond | Umgungundlovu | 4 | +33.3% |
| Swartberg | Harry Gwala | 4 | 0% |
| Van Reenen | Uthukela | 4 | +33.3% |
| Boston | Umgungundlovu | 2 | -50% |
| Evatt | Harry Gwala | 2 | -33.3% |
| Ingogo | Amajuba | 2 | -50% |
| Nottingham Road | Umgungundlovu | 2 | -50% |
| Rietvlei | Umgungundlovu | 2 | -33.3% |
| Kingsley | Amajuba | 1 | -50% |
| Town Hill | Umgungundlovu | 1 | -66.7% |
| Groenvlei | Amajuba | 0 | -100% |
| Normandien | Amajuba | 0 | -100% |