Is Stellenbosch safe?

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.

Kayamandi

• June 2026Murder or suspicious death, Kayamandi novanews.co.za
• May 2026Murder or suspicious death, Kayamandi The Citizen
• April 2026Murder or suspicious death, Kayamandi novanews.co.za
• November 2025Murder or suspicious death, Kayamandi Bolander Lifestyle
• August 2025Assault, Kayamandi Cape Town ETC

Cloetesville

• July 2025Murder or suspicious death, Cloetesville Smile 90.4FM
• January 2026Assault, Cloetesville EWN
• December 2025Assault, Cloetesville bolanderlifestyle.co.za
• April 2026Sexual offences, Cloetesville Cape Argus

Stellenbosch

• January 2026Murder or suspicious death, Stellenbosch News24
• December 2025Sexual offences, Stellenbosch 2oceansvibe News
• May 2026Robbery, Stellenbosch novanews.co.za

Stellenbosch University

• November 2025Assault, Stellenbosch University EWN
• November 2025Sexual offences, Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University

Hotspots

News reports

Places worth knowing about, from the same news reports.

Police figures

Police statistics · SAPS, Stellenbosch and Cloetesville police stations (added together)

Stellenbosch and Cloetesville police stations (added together)

These figures add the Stellenbosch and Cloetesville stations together. Their area takes in the town, the university, Kayamandi, Cloetesville, Idas Valley and the farms around them, and does not follow suburb lines exactly. July 2025 to June 2026, compared with the 12 months before.

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.

Over time

Police statistics · SAPS, Stellenbosch and Cloetesville police stations (added together)

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