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City of Cape Town Crime Statistics

63 police precincts · 331 suburbs · Data period: 2025-2026 vs 2024-2025

Violent crimes

55,390

2025-2026

Property crimes

22,359

2025-2026

Improving

32

precincts with fewer crimes

Worsening

27

precincts with more crimes

↓ Most improved

Rondebosch↓ 30.3%Fish Hoek↓ 24.8%Dieprivier↓ 20.1%

↑ Most worsened

Makhaza↑ 28.5%Bothasig↑ 20.9%Ravensmead↑ 19.5%

Crime by precinct

Total reported serious crimes (2025-2026). Colour shows year-on-year trend.

Mitchells Plain
9,651↑4.7%
Cape Town Central
8,712↑4.9%
Delft
8,058↑5.5%
Mfuleni
6,785↑9.1%
Kraaifontein
5,788↓5.7%
Nyanga
5,409↑2.8%
Kleinvlei
4,822↑5.7%
Khayelitsha
4,590↓15.5%
Atlantis
4,465↑7.7%
Lentegeur
4,232↓3.5%
Bishop Lavis
4,134↑9.5%
Gugulethu
3,954↓2.1%
Grassy Park
3,745↑5.4%
Manenberg
3,484↑14%
Milnerton
3,314↑8.2%
Elsies River
3,244↑7.9%
Harare
3,059↓6.7%
Athlone
3,050→2%
Kuilsrivier
2,913→0.5%
Bellville
2,831↓5.9%
Strand
2,781↓6.9%
Lingelethu-West
2,777↑3.3%
Steenberg
2,656↑9.9%
Philippi East
2,625↓11.9%
Philippi
2,619↑9.6%
Parow
2,554→0.8%
Table View
2,512↑13.8%
Makhaza
2,393↑28.5%
Ravensmead
2,324↑19.5%
Wynberg
2,194→1%
Durbanville
2,094↓7.4%
Lwandle
2,032↑19.2%
Muizenberg
1,978↑15.1%
Goodwood
1,968↓6.2%
Langa
1,961↑7.9%
Somerset West
1,820↓6.6%
Woodstock
1,775↑4.2%
Sea Point
1,686↑13.6%
Belhar
1,614↑12.1%
Macassar
1,492↓6.4%
Maitland
1,163↓3.8%
Claremont
1,116↓16.4%
Brackenfell
1,071↓7.7%
Kensington
994↑13.5%
Hout Bay
941↓16.6%
Lansdowne
839↓12.9%
Bellville South
826↓8.6%
Dieprivier
774↓20.1%
Ocean View
680↓10.6%
Kirstenhof
618↑8.6%
Bothasig
581↑20.9%
Pinelands
540↓9.9%
Strandfontein
538↓11.3%
Fish Hoek
483↓24.8%
Gordons Bay
482↓9.8%
Mowbray
458↓19.9%
Rondebosch
412↓30.3%
Philadelphia
220↓10.4%
Melkbosstrand
210↓5.7%
Camps Bay
206↓10.4%
Simon's Town
204↓17.8%
Table Bay Harbour
182↓6.9%

Bar = total crimes · ↓ improving · ↑ worsening · → stable (year-on-year)

All precincts

Athlone

→ 2%
3,050 crimes8 suburbs

Atlantis

↑ 7.7%
4,465 crimes7 suburbs

Belhar

↑ 12.1%
1,614 crimes2 suburbs

Bellville

↓ 5.9%
2,831 crimes8 suburbs

Bellville South

↓ 8.6%
826 crimes3 suburbs

Bishop Lavis

↑ 9.5%
4,134 crimes4 suburbs

Bothasig

↑ 20.9%
581 crimes7 suburbs

Brackenfell

↓ 7.7%
1,071 crimes6 suburbs

Camps Bay

↓ 10.4%
206 crimes4 suburbs

Cape Town Central

↑ 4.9%
8,712 crimes14 suburbs

Claremont

↓ 16.4%
1,116 crimes6 suburbs

Delft

↑ 5.5%
8,058 crimes6 suburbs

Dieprivier

↓ 20.1%
774 crimes22 suburbs

Durbanville

↓ 7.4%
2,094 crimes16 suburbs

Elsies River

↑ 7.9%
3,244 crimes6 suburbs

Fish Hoek

↓ 24.8%
483 crimes5 suburbs

Goodwood

↓ 6.2%
1,968 crimes5 suburbs

Gordons Bay

↓ 9.8%
482 crimes3 suburbs

Grassy Park

↑ 5.4%
3,745 crimes6 suburbs

Gugulethu

↓ 2.1%
3,954 crimes2 suburbs

Harare

↓ 6.7%
3,059 crimes3 suburbs

Hout Bay

↓ 16.6%
941 crimes7 suburbs

Kensington

↑ 13.5%
994 crimes3 suburbs

Khayelitsha

↓ 15.5%
4,590 crimes8 suburbs

Kirstenhof

↑ 8.6%
618 crimes2 suburbs

Kleinvlei

↑ 5.7%
4,822 crimes3 suburbs

Kraaifontein

↓ 5.7%
5,788 crimes9 suburbs

Kuilsrivier

→ 0.5%
2,913 crimes5 suburbs

Langa

↑ 7.9%
1,961 crimes2 suburbs

Lansdowne

↓ 12.9%
839 crimes4 suburbs

Lentegeur

↓ 3.5%
4,232 crimes5 suburbs

Lingelethu-West

↑ 3.3%
2,777 crimes2 suburbs

Lwandle

↑ 19.2%
2,032 crimes3 suburbs

Macassar

↓ 6.4%
1,492 crimes3 suburbs

Maitland

↓ 3.8%
1,163 crimes4 suburbs

Makhaza

↑ 28.5%
2,393 crimes2 suburbs

Manenberg

↑ 14%
3,484 crimes4 suburbs

Melkbosstrand

↓ 5.7%
210 crimes3 suburbs

Mfuleni

↑ 9.1%
6,785 crimes2 suburbs

Milnerton

↑ 8.2%
3,314 crimes7 suburbs

Mitchells Plain

↑ 4.7%
9,651 crimes14 suburbs

Mowbray

↓ 19.9%
458 crimes3 suburbs

Muizenberg

↑ 15.1%
1,978 crimes5 suburbs

Nyanga

↑ 2.8%
5,409 crimes8 suburbs

Ocean View

↓ 10.6%
680 crimes6 suburbs

Parow

→ 0.8%
2,554 crimes6 suburbs

Philadelphia

↓ 10.4%
220 crimes2 suburbs

Philippi

↑ 9.6%
2,619 crimes

Philippi East

↓ 11.9%
2,625 crimes2 suburbs

Pinelands

↓ 9.9%
540 crimes4 suburbs

Ravensmead

↑ 19.5%
2,324 crimes3 suburbs

Rondebosch

↓ 30.3%
412 crimes

Sea Point

↑ 13.6%
1,686 crimes6 suburbs

Simon's Town

↓ 17.8%
204 crimes6 suburbs

Somerset West

↓ 6.6%
1,820 crimes9 suburbs

Steenberg

↑ 9.9%
2,656 crimes7 suburbs

Strand

↓ 6.9%
2,781 crimes2 suburbs

Strandfontein

↓ 11.3%
538 crimes2 suburbs

Table Bay Harbour

↓ 6.9%
182 crimes3 suburbs

Table View

↑ 13.8%
2,512 crimes14 suburbs

Woodstock

↑ 4.2%
1,775 crimes3 suburbs

Wynberg

→ 1%
2,194 crimes3 suburbs

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Crime data from SAPS quarterly statistics (2025-2026 vs 2024-2025). Methodology · Disclaimer

This data is for informational purposes only and should not be used as the sole basis for safety or property decisions.