Crime in South Africa

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Crime rates in South Africa

Level of crime	81.95	Very High
Crime increasing in the past 5 years	82.07	Very High
Worries home broken and things stolen	74.66	High
Worries being mugged or robbed	76.49	High
Worries car stolen	70.61	High
Worries things from car stolen	75.54	High
Worries attacked	69.95	High
Worries being insulted	59.66	Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	58.76	Moderate
Problem people using or dealing drugs	72.32	High
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	77.02	High
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	79.67	High
Problem corruption and bribery	83.04	Very High

Safety walking alone during daylight		41.74	Moderate
Safety walking alone during night		15.18	Very Low

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Last update: November 2024

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

City	Crime Index	Safety Index
Pretoria	81.9	18.1
Pietermaritzburg	81.8	18.2
Johannesburg	80.7	19.3
Durban	80.6	19.4
Port Elizabeth	78.0	22.0
Cape Town	73.7	26.3

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Index
Crime Index:	74.63
Safety Index:	25.37