8Bholo

Bholo, 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: 9,007 per 100,000 people (12 months to June 2026)

Residents: about 6,850, 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	14.6	34.6
Sexual offences
Rape	6	87.6	61.8
Sexual assault	2	29.2	11.6
Attempted sexual offences	0	0	4
Other contact sexual offences	0	0	1.2
Violence
Attempted murder	1	14.6	44.5
Assault with intent to cause serious harm	20	292	265.1
Common assault	4	58.4	291.2
Kidnapping	0	0	28.7
Abduction of a minor	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Armed or aggravated robbery	0	0	178.3
Includes carjacking, house and business robbery and cash-in-transit heists.
Common robbery	2	29.2	67.4
Theft and burglary
Home burglary	6	87.6	193.2
Burglary of other premises	0	0	66.4
Livestock theft	18	262.8	33.5
Shoplifting	0	0	59.8
Vehicle theft	0	0	45.2
Theft from vehicles	0	0	112.4
Other theft	9	131.4	354.3
Drugs
Drug offences	4	58.4	357.5
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Damage and public order
Public violence	0	0	1.6
Arson	1	14.6	4.1
Malicious damage to property	6	87.6	160.3
Other
Culpable homicide	0	0	15.2
Unlawful killing without intent, mostly on the roads.
Driving under the influence	0	0	133.3
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Illegal firearms and ammunition	2	29.2	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	1	14.6	3.6
Crimen injuria (serious insult)	4	58.4	40.7
Fraud and commercial crime	3	43.8	228.2

Source: SAPS, updated 26 October 2026.