5Bathurst

Bathurst, South Africa: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 5 out of 10 Average crime

5/10 in South Africa · 1/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 14,223 per 100,000 people (12 months to June 2026)

Residents: about 12,002, 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	1	8.3	34.6
Sexual offences
Rape	23	191.6	61.8
Sexual assault	0	0	11.6
Attempted sexual offences	0	0	4
Other contact sexual offences	0	0	1.2
Violence
Attempted murder	1	8.3	44.5
Assault with intent to cause serious harm	46	383.3	265.1
Common assault	25	208.3	291.2
Kidnapping	1	8.3	28.7
Abduction of a minor	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Armed or aggravated robbery	7	58.3	178.3
Includes carjacking, house and business robbery and cash-in-transit heists.
Common robbery	4	33.3	67.4
Theft and burglary
Home burglary	73	608.2	193.2
Burglary of other premises	4	33.3	66.4
Livestock theft	7	58.3	33.5
Shoplifting	2	16.7	59.8
Vehicle theft	0	0	45.2
Theft from vehicles	13	108.3	112.4
Other theft	38	316.6	354.3
Drugs
Drug offences	6	50	357.5
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Damage and public order
Public violence	0	0	1.6
Arson	0	0	4.1
Malicious damage to property	22	183.3	160.3
Other
Culpable homicide	1	8.3	15.2
Unlawful killing without intent, mostly on the roads.
Driving under the influence	2	16.7	133.3
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Illegal firearms and ammunition	0	0	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	0	0	3.6
Crimen injuria (serious insult)	4	33.3	40.7
Fraud and commercial crime	14	116.6	228.2

Source: SAPS, updated 26 October 2026.