Western Cape Provincial Commissioner Lt Gen (Adv.) Thembisile Patekile, joined by the MEC for Police Oversight and Community Safety, Ms Anroux Marais this week released the fourth quarter crime statistics for the 2025/2026 financial year at the Provincial Police Head Office in Green Point.
The latest statistics for January to March 2026 reflect encouraging reductions in key crime categories compared to the same period last year:
* Murder decreased by 8%
* Attempted murder decreased by 10.3%
* Contact crime decreased by 6.5%
While these reductions are welcomed, SAPS management reiterated that violence in communities across the Western Cape remains unacceptably high. Ongoing policing interventions continue to focus on gang-related violence, retaliation attacks, robbery-related crime, firearm-related offences and violence in certain areas.
The Western Cape SAPS remains committed to intensifying crime-fighting operations, strengthening partnerships and enhancing visibility to create safer communities.
The latest statistics for January to March 2026 reflect encouraging reductions in key crime categories compared to the same period last year:
* Murder decreased by 8%
* Attempted murder decreased by 10.3%
* Contact crime decreased by 6.5%
While these reductions are welcomed, SAPS management reiterated that violence in communities across the Western Cape remains unacceptably high. Ongoing policing interventions continue to focus on gang-related violence, retaliation attacks, robbery-related crime, firearm-related offences and violence in certain areas.
The Western Cape SAPS remains committed to intensifying crime-fighting operations, strengthening partnerships and enhancing visibility to create safer communities.