Crime & Safety Reports
How safe each part of Cape Town is, and what kind of crime to watch for. Built from the police's own figures for every station, compared with the whole city.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Crime and safety data for Cape Town's Atlantic Seaboard: Sea Point, Mouille Point, Green Point, Three Anchor Bay, Fresnaye, Bantry Bay.
2,421 crimes recorded by police in the 12 months to June 2026 up 14%
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Table View
Crime and safety data for the Table View SAPS precinct: Table View, Bloubergstrand, Parklands, Sunningdale, Big Bay, West Beach, Sunset Beach and Flamingo Vlei
3,379 crimes recorded by police in the 12 months to June 2026 up 9%
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Camps Bay & Clifton
Crime and safety data for the Camps Bay SAPS precinct: Camps Bay, Bakoven, Clifton and Llandudno.
411 crimes recorded by police in the 12 months to June 2026 about the same
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City Bowl
Crime and safety data for the Cape Town Central SAPS precinct, covering Vredehoek, Gardens, Oranjezicht, Tamboerskloof, De Waterkant, Bo-Kaap, and the CBD.
8,278 crimes recorded by police in the 12 months to June 2026 down 15%
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Hout Bay
Crime and safety data for Hout Bay, including the harbour, Hangberg, and Imizamo Yethu areas. Hout Bay SAPS precinct.
1,268 crimes recorded by police in the 12 months to June 2026 down 8%
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Milnerton
Crime and safety data for the Milnerton SAPS precinct: Milnerton, Century City, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Sanddrift, Royal Ascot, Joe Slovo Park and Marconi Beam
3,545 crimes recorded by police in the 12 months to June 2026 about the same
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Muizenberg
Crime and safety data for the Muizenberg SAPS precinct, covering Muizenberg, Kalk Bay, St James, Costa da Gama, and Marina da Gama.
1,679 crimes recorded by police in the 12 months to June 2026 down 7%
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N2 Airport Route
Weekly-updated safety report for the N2 airport corridor between Cape Town International and the city, built from news reports, each linked to the outlet that published it. Covers Hospital Bend, Settlers Way, the Jakes Gerwel interchange, Borcherds Quarry and Airport Approach Drive.
14 news reports in the 12 months to November 2026
News reports
Peninsula Hiking Trails
Safety report for the Cape Peninsula mountain chain, built from verified incident reports (news and community). Covers Table Mountain, Lion's Head, Signal Hill, Devil's Peak, the Twelve Apostles and Pipe Track, Newlands Forest and Kirstenbosch, Constantia Nek and Cecilia, the Hout Bay mountains, Silvermine, the Kalk Bay and Muizenberg trails and Cape Point. Hiker deaths and missing hikers with no crime suspected are counted separately and never added to the crime figures.
7 news reports in the 12 months to November 2026
News reports
Stellenbosch
Crime and safety data for Stellenbosch: the historic town centre, the university, Kayamandi, Cloetesville, Idas Valley, Die Boord, Technopark and Jamestown
4,956 crimes recorded by police in the 12 months to June 2026 down 10%
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Woodstock
Crime and safety data for the Woodstock SAPS precinct, covering Woodstock, Salt River, Observatory, and Walmer Estate.
2,380 crimes recorded by police in the 12 months to June 2026 about the same
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District comparison
Police statistics · SAPS station figures
Source: SAPS station figures, 12 months to 30 June 2026 against the 12 months before. Seven crime types: murder, sexual offences, robbery, assault, break-ins, car crime and theft. Drug offences are left out because they mostly count police action. Bubble size is the number of these crimes. Police stations do not follow district borders exactly. City Bowl's station (Cape Town Central) also covers the city centre. Not shown: N2 Airport Route, Peninsula Hiking Trails (no police station figures of their own). Tap a district to open its report.
| District | Crimes in 12 months | Violent share | Change on the year before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Seaboard | 2,421 | 14% | +14% |
| Table View | 3,379 | 39% | +9% |
| Camps Bay & Clifton | 411 | 17% | +1% |
| City Bowl | 8,278 | 34% | -15% |
| Hout Bay | 1,268 | 53% | -8% |
| Milnerton | 3,545 | 52% | 0% |
| Muizenberg | 1,679 | 51% | -7% |
| Stellenbosch | 4,956 | 43% | -10% |
| Woodstock | 2,380 | 32% | +1% |
Over time
Police statistics · SAPS station figures
Every quarter since July 2021. Each district has its own scale. The shaded part is the 12 months to June 2026.
Seven crime types: murder, sexual offences, robbery, assault, break-ins, car crime and theft. Drug offences are left out because they mostly count police action. Police stations do not follow district borders exactly. Not shown: N2 Airport Route, Peninsula Hiking Trails (no police station figures of their own).
Crime Hotspot Watch
Places worth knowing about, from news reports: up to six, with the most reports in each district's latest 12 months of reports. Where a district has street reports, the card counts those instead. A count is not a measure of how much crime there is, and a place that is not listed is not necessarily safe.
Street reports · City Bowl Armed ResponseNews reports
Street reports: City Bowl. News reports: Muizenberg, N2 Airport Route, Stellenbosch.
Kloof Street strip (Gardens)
10 street reports in the 12 months to June 2026, mostly theft. Too few to compare with the year before (10 vs 9).
Keep bags on your lap and phones off the table, leave nothing visible in parked cars, and use ride-hailing from inside the venue late at night. None of this should keep you from one of the city's best evenings out.
MuizenbergOvercome Heights and Capricorn edge
10 news reports in the 12 months to June 2026, 8 of them about killings.
Anyone with information about these shootings can report it to Crime Stop on 08600 10111, anonymously if they prefer.
City BowlBo-Kaap
5 street reports in the 12 months to June 2026. More than the year before (5 vs 2).
Park in busy, well-lit streets and keep valuables out of sight.
City BowlBuitenkant Street corridor
5 street reports in the 12 months to June 2026, mostly theft. Fewer than the year before (5 vs 8).
Fine on foot in daylight. Late at night, skip the walk and take the short ride-hail hop into the East City instead.
N2 Airport RouteAirport Approach Drive
5 news reports in the 12 months to November 2026.
The approach road into the terminal is busy with airport traffic.
StellenboschKayamandi
5 news reports in the 12 months to June 2026, 4 of them about killings.
Kayamandi lies just north of the town centre.
Quarterly release calendar
Police statistics · SAPS release calendar
The police publish new figures once a quarter. We update every district report within two days of each release. News reports are added every week.
| Data period | SAPS release | Updated reports | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 – Mar 2026 SAPS 2025/26 Q4 | 22 May 2026 | 24 May 2026 | Published |
| Apr 2026 – Jun 2026 SAPS 2026/27 Q1 | 28 August 2026 | 30 August 2026 | Published |
| Jul 2026 – Sep 2026 SAPS 2026/27 Q2 | Expected November 2026 | Within two days of the SAPS release | Upcoming |
| Oct 2026 – Dec 2026 SAPS 2026/27 Q3 | Expected February 2027 | Within two days of the SAPS release | Upcoming |
| Jan 2027 – Mar 2027 SAPS 2026/27 Q4 | Expected May 2027 | Within two days of the SAPS release | Upcoming |
| Source: SAPS quarterly crime statistics. | |||