1Batho

Batho, South Africa: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 1 out of 10 High crime

1/10 in South Africa · 1/10 in the world

Compared with 1129 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).

Weighted crime: 53,794 per 100,000 people (12 months to June 2026)

Residents: about 8,631, a WorldPop 2025 modelled estimate summed within the police precinct, not a census count.

Crime by type, as recorded by SAPS (12 months to June 2026)

Type	Count	Per 100,000 a year	All places this source covers
Homicide
Murder	10	115.9	34.6
Sexual offences
Rape	14	162.2	61.8
Sexual assault	2	23.2	11.6
Attempted sexual offences	1	11.6	4
Other contact sexual offences	1	11.6	1.2
Violence
Attempted murder	9	104.3	44.5
Assault with intent to cause serious harm	119	1,378.8	265.1
Common assault	104	1,205	291.2
Kidnapping	5	57.9	28.7
Abduction of a minor	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Armed or aggravated robbery	49	567.7	178.3
Includes carjacking, house and business robbery and cash-in-transit heists.
Common robbery	6	69.5	67.4
Theft and burglary
Home burglary	35	405.5	193.2
Burglary of other premises	13	150.6	66.4
Livestock theft	0	0	33.5
Shoplifting	0	0	59.8
Vehicle theft	3	34.8	45.2
Theft from vehicles	22	254.9	112.4
Other theft	69	799.4	354.3
Drugs
Drug offences	36	417.1	357.5
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Damage and public order
Public violence	4	46.3	1.6
Arson	1	11.6	4.1
Malicious damage to property	62	718.3	160.3
Other
Culpable homicide	1	11.6	15.2
Unlawful killing without intent, mostly on the roads.
Driving under the influence	16	185.4	133.3
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Illegal firearms and ammunition	4	46.3	24.2
Sexual offences found by police action	0	0	20.3
Mainly sex work offences, not attacks on a person.
Child neglect and ill-treatment	3	34.8	3.6
Crimen injuria (serious insult)	21	243.3	40.7
Fraud and commercial crime	5	57.9	228.2

Source: SAPS, updated 28 October 2026.