Camps Bay & Clifton crime report

Is Camps Bay & Clifton safe?

Q: Is Camps Bay & Clifton safe?

Mostly theft and car crime. About as many crimes recorded as a year earlier. Police in Camps Bay & Clifton recorded 411 crimes of these seven types in the 12 months to June 2026: 193 thefts, 109 car crimes, 41 assaults, 41 break-ins, 15 robberies, 11 sexual offences and 1 murder.

Camps Bay · Bakoven · Clifton · Oudekraal

12 months to 30 June 2026Police figures released 28 August 2026

Compared with Cape Town, and over five years

Camps Bay & Clifton is among the safest parts of Cape Town for serious violence, and most of its crime is against property.

What kind of crime? Mostly cars and property, not people.

Share of the seven crime types recorded by SAPS, 12 months to June 2026

Against people: violence, robbery and sexual offences
Car crime
Theft and break-ins

Across Cape Town, 54% of recorded crime is against people. Here it is 17%.

How safe is it for you? Among the safest parts of Cape Town.

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.

Camps Bay & Clifton ranks 7th of 63, counting from the lowest: 6.1 a year per 100,000 residents, against 72.6 across Cape Town.

Getting better or worse? Break-ins down, all seven types down.

Crimes recorded by SAPS per year, July to June

Break-insmore than halved

All seven typesdown

Across Cape Town, the seven crime types fell 6% this year.

Show the numbers

Share of the seven crime types recorded by SAPS, 12 months to June 2026
	Camps Bay & Clifton	Cape Town
Against people	17%	54%
Car crime	27%	14%
Theft and break-ins	57%	32%

Per 100,000 residents a year, five-year average
	Camps Bay & Clifton	Cape Town
Murder	6.1	72.6
Robbery	583	556
Position	7 of 63, fewest first

Crimes recorded by SAPS per year, July to June
Year	Break-ins	All seven types
21/22	119	536
22/23	93	609
23/24	137	584
24/25	73	406
25/26	41	411

If you live here, the chance of a break-in at home is higher than in most of Cape Town, and much lower than four years ago. Out and about, serious violence is rarer here than in most of Cape Town.

Crimes recorded by the Camps Bay 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 Camps Bay & Clifton recorded 411 crimes of these seven types in the 12 months to June 2026: 193 thefts, 109 car crimes, 41 assaults, 41 break-ins, 15 robberies, 11 sexual offences and 1 murder.

1 news report of a murder or suspicious death in that time: Camps Bay (December 2025).

Reported in the news

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.

Camps Bay

December 2025Murder or suspicious death, Camps Bay EWN
July 2025Assault, Camps Bay EWN
December 2025Robbery, Camps Bay novanews.co.za

Lion's Head & Pipe Track

January 2026Assault, Lion's Head & Pipe Track Cape Town ETC
September 2025Robbery, Lion's Head & Pipe Track Cape Town ETC

Hotspots

News reports

Places worth knowing about, from the same news reports.

Lion's Head, Pipe Track and mountain paths

2 news reports in the 12 months to June 2026.

Hike in a group and before mid-afternoon; busy weekend mornings are the best window. Leave jewellery and spare cards at home and carry an old phone if possible.

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Police figures

Police statistics · SAPS, Camps Bay police station

Camps Bay police station

The station covers Camps Bay, Bakoven, Clifton and Oudekraal; the mountain paths above, such as Lion's Head and the Pipe Track, may fall under a neighbouring station. Llandudno belongs to Hout Bay police station. July 2025 to June 2026, compared with the 12 months before.

Camps Bay police station
Crime type	Count	A year earlier
Murder	1	0
Sexual offences	11	10
Robbery	15	29
Assault	41	35
Break-ins	41	73
Car crime	109	80
Theft	193	179

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 (this area)	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	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 Camps Bay & Clifton. Change: crimes of the seven types against the 12 months before.

Over time

Police statistics · SAPS, Camps Bay police station

Every quarter since July 2021. The shaded part is the 12 months to June 2026.

Murder

Sexual offences

Robbery

Assault

Break-ins

Car crime

Theft

Since July 2026

News reports

No news reports of the seven crime types since 1 July 2026. 2 other news reports since then (drug offences and other incidents) are on the incidents page.