Imizamo Yethu
2 news reports in the 12 months to June 2026.
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Is Hout Bay safe?
Hout Bay · Hangberg · Imizamo Yethu · Llandudno
12 months to 30 June 2026Police figures released 28 August 2026
Compared with Cape Town, and over five years
Hout Bay is about as safe as a typical Cape Town area for serious violence.
What kind of crime? A similar mix to the rest of the city.
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
How safe is it for you? About the same as a typical Cape Town area.
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.
Getting better or worse? Break-ins down, all seven types steady.
Crimes recorded by SAPS per year, July to June
Break-insdown
All seven typessteady since 21/22
Show the numbers
| Hout Bay | Cape Town | |
|---|---|---|
| Against people | 53% | 54% |
| Car crime | 7% | 14% |
| Theft and break-ins | 39% | 32% |
| Hout Bay | Cape Town | |
|---|---|---|
| Murder | 54.0 | 72.6 |
| Robbery | 237 | 556 |
| Position | 37 of 63, fewest first | |
| Year | Break-ins | All seven types |
|---|---|---|
| 21/22 | 139 | 1,285 |
| 22/23 | 165 | 1,300 |
| 23/24 | 161 | 1,481 |
| 24/25 | 151 | 1,376 |
| 25/26 | 103 | 1,268 |
Serious violence here has risen by half in four years, from 22 to 33 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, and lower than four years ago. Out and about, serious violence is about as common here as in a typical Cape Town area.
Crimes recorded by the Hout 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 Hout Bay recorded 1,268 crimes of these seven types in the 12 months to June 2026: 516 assaults, 397 thefts, 103 break-ins, 94 car crimes, 90 robberies, 35 sexual offences and 33 murders.
5 news reports of murders or suspicious deaths in that time: 2 in Hout Bay Harbour, 2 in Imizamo Yethu and 1 in Hout Bay.
Since 1 July 2026, 1 news report of a murder or suspicious death, not yet in the figures above: Imizamo Yethu (October 2026).
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.
Hout Bay Harbour
- Murder or suspicious death, Hout Bay Harbour Sentinel News
- Murder or suspicious death, Hout Bay Harbour Sentinel News
Imizamo Yethu
Hout Bay
Hotspots
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Places worth knowing about, from the same news reports.
Police figures
Police statistics · SAPS, Hout Bay police station
Hout Bay police station
The station covers Hout Bay, including Hangberg, Imizamo Yethu and Llandudno. Precinct boundaries do not follow suburb lines exactly, and the mountain paths around the valley may fall under a neighbouring station. July 2025 to June 2026, compared with the 12 months before.
| Crime type | Count | A year earlier |
|---|---|---|
| Murder | 33 | 36 |
| Sexual offences | 35 | 32 |
| Robbery | 90 | 127 |
| Assault | 516 | 470 |
| Break-ins | 103 | 151 |
| Car crime | 94 | 148 |
| Theft | 397 | 412 |
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 (this area) | 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 Hout Bay. Change: crimes of the seven types against the 12 months before.
Over time
Police statistics · SAPS, Hout Bay police station
Every quarter since July 2021. The shaded part is the 12 months to June 2026.
Since July 2026
News reports
2 news reports since 1 July 2026, not yet in the figures above. Among them, 1 news report of a murder or suspicious death: Imizamo Yethu (October 2026).
- Murder or suspicious death, Imizamo Yethu Sentinel News
- Robbery, Hout Bay Cape Town ETC