Table View crime report
Table View · Bloubergstrand · Parklands · Sunningdale · Big Bay · West Beach · Doornbach
12 months to 30 June 2026Police figures released 28 August 2026
Table View is about as safe as a typical Cape Town area for serious violence.
Share of the seven crime types recorded by SAPS, 12 months to June 2026
Serious violence per 100,000 residents a year, five-year average, all 63 police station areas. We count only the most serious cases, which are almost always reported, so areas compare fairly.
Crimes recorded by SAPS per year, July to June
Break-inssteady
All seven typessteady since 22/23
| Table View | Cape Town | |
|---|---|---|
| Against people | 39% | 54% |
| Car crime | 18% | 14% |
| Theft and break-ins | 43% | 32% |
| Table View | Cape Town | |
|---|---|---|
| Murder | 26.4 | 72.6 |
| Robbery | 407 | 556 |
| Position | 25 of 63, fewest first | |
| Year | Break-ins | All seven types |
|---|---|---|
| 21/22 | 370 | 2,855 |
| 22/23 | 462 | 3,620 |
| 23/24 | 410 | 3,328 |
| 24/25 | 394 | 3,099 |
| 25/26 | 386 | 3,379 |
Serious violence here has risen in four years, from 26 to 34 cases a year. If you live here, the chance of a break-in at home is about the same as in the rest of Cape Town. Out and about, serious violence is about as common here as in a typical Cape Town area.
Crimes recorded by the Table View police station, published every quarter by the South African Police Service; residents and households from Census 2022. Latest quarter April to June 2026, released 28 August 2026. How this page is made
Police in Table View recorded 3,379 crimes of these seven types in the 12 months to June 2026: 1,076 thefts, 657 assaults, 593 car crimes, 545 robberies, 386 break-ins, 88 sexual offences and 34 murders.
3 news reports of murders or suspicious deaths in that time: Bloubergstrand (August 2025), Table View (November 2025) and Table View (May 2026).
News reports
What made the news in the 12 months to June 2026. Journalists report only a small share of crime, so this is not a count.
News reports
Places worth knowing about, from the same news reports.
1 news report in the 12 months to June 2026.
Everyday suburban precautions are enough: keep nothing visible in parked cars, check that the gate has closed behind you when you arrive home after dark, and report suspected drug dealing to SAPS on 10111 or anonymously to Crime Stop on 08600 10111.
See it on the mapPolice statistics · SAPS, Table View police station
Table View police station
The station covers Table View, Bloubergstrand, Parklands, Sunningdale, Big Bay and West Beach. Precinct boundaries do not follow suburb lines exactly. July 2025 to June 2026, compared with the 12 months before.
| Crime type | Count | A year earlier |
|---|---|---|
| Murder | 34 | 28 |
| Sexual offences | 88 | 68 |
| Robbery | 545 | 386 |
| Assault | 657 | 568 |
| Break-ins | 386 | 394 |
| Car crime | 593 | 558 |
| Theft | 1,076 | 1,097 |
In the police figures, “break-ins” are break-ins at homes only, and “assault” does not include attempted murder.
Drug offences are not included: police record them when they act, so the count measures police operations.
Similar areas, 12 months to June 2026
| Area | Residents | Violence per 100,000 | Break-ins per 1,000 homes | Car crime | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirstenhof | 39,232 | 507 | 3.9 | 166 | -18% |
| Durbanville | 104,695 | 584 | 6.3 | 417 | -6% |
| Rondebosch | 18,250 | 592 | 10.8 | 325 | -4% |
| Fish Hoek | 28,148 | 597 | 8.6 | 151 | -10% |
| Claremont | 44,090 | 610 | 4.9 | 469 | -2% |
| Pinelands | 26,465 | 744 | 5.1 | 193 | -14% |
| Camps Bay | 6,520 | 1,043 | 11.9 | 109 | +1% |
| Mowbray | 10,951 | 1,096 | 14.4 | 240 | -2% |
| Hout Bay | 58,110 | 1,160 | 7.1 | 94 | -8% |
| Table View (this area) | 113,454 | 1,167 | 7.9 | 593 | +9% |
| Muizenberg | 66,065 | 1,293 | 5.9 | 270 | -7% |
| Sea Point | 24,283 | 1,421 | 7.3 | 1,116 | +14% |
| Milnerton | 119,996 | 1,537 | 7.7 | 557 | 0% |
| Wynberg | 27,336 | 1,606 | 7.3 | 283 | -12% |
| Woodstock | 23,259 | 3,242 | 12.3 | 726 | +1% |
| Cape Town Central | 38,471 | 7,252 | 10.8 | 2,018 | -15% |
Similar areas: busy suburbs and coastal areas that people often compare with Table View. Change: crimes of the seven types against the 12 months before.
Police statistics · SAPS, Table View police station
Every quarter since July 2021. The shaded part is the 12 months to June 2026.
News reports
1 news report since 1 July 2026, not yet in the figures above.
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