8Randfontein

Randfontein, South Africa: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 8 out of 10 Low crime

8/10 in South Africa · 1/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 8,150 per 100,000 people (12 months to June 2026)

Residents: about 219,184, 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	24	10.9	34.6
Sexual offences
Rape	28	12.8	61.8
Sexual assault	9	4.1	11.6
Attempted sexual offences	2	0.9	4
Other contact sexual offences	1	0.5	1.2
Violence
Attempted murder	20	9.1	44.5
Assault with intent to cause serious harm	274	125	265.1
Common assault	389	177.5	291.2
Kidnapping	52	23.7	28.7
Abduction of a minor	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Armed or aggravated robbery	267	121.8	178.3
Includes carjacking, house and business robbery and cash-in-transit heists.
Common robbery	88	40.1	67.4
Theft and burglary
Home burglary	168	76.6	193.2
Burglary of other premises	79	36	66.4
Livestock theft	27	12.3	33.5
Shoplifting	108	49.3	59.8
Vehicle theft	184	83.9	45.2
Theft from vehicles	190	86.7	112.4
Other theft	594	271	354.3
Drugs
Drug offences	442	201.7	357.5
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Damage and public order
Public violence	5	2.3	1.6
Arson	3	1.4	4.1
Malicious damage to property	240	109.5	160.3
Other
Culpable homicide	24	10.9	15.2
Unlawful killing without intent, mostly on the roads.
Driving under the influence	292	133.2	133.3
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Illegal firearms and ammunition	25	11.4	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	4	1.8	3.6
Crimen injuria (serious insult)	10	4.6	40.7
Fraud and commercial crime	287	130.9	228.2

Source: SAPS, updated 28 October 2026.