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Meloding, South Africa: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 2 out of 10 High crime

2/10 in South Africa · 1/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 33,350 per 100,000 people (12 months to June 2026)

Residents: about 21,874, 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	5	22.9	34.6
Sexual offences
Rape	43	196.6	61.8
Sexual assault	9	41.1	11.6
Attempted sexual offences	3	13.7	4
Other contact sexual offences	1	4.6	1.2
Violence
Attempted murder	33	150.9	44.5
Assault with intent to cause serious harm	194	886.9	265.1
Common assault	199	909.8	291.2
Kidnapping	15	68.6	28.7
Abduction of a minor	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Armed or aggravated robbery	48	219.4	178.3
Includes carjacking, house and business robbery and cash-in-transit heists.
Common robbery	17	77.7	67.4
Theft and burglary
Home burglary	69	315.4	193.2
Burglary of other premises	45	205.7	66.4
Livestock theft	1	4.6	33.5
Shoplifting	0	0	59.8
Vehicle theft	4	18.3	45.2
Theft from vehicles	11	50.3	112.4
Other theft	93	425.2	354.3
Drugs
Drug offences	12	54.9	357.5
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Damage and public order
Public violence	0	0	1.6
Arson	4	18.3	4.1
Malicious damage to property	80	365.7	160.3
Other
Culpable homicide	2	9.1	15.2
Unlawful killing without intent, mostly on the roads.
Driving under the influence	14	64	133.3
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Illegal firearms and ammunition	4	18.3	24.2
Sexual offences found by police action	105	480	20.3
Mainly sex work offences, not attacks on a person.
Child neglect and ill-treatment	0	0	3.6
Crimen injuria (serious insult)	51	233.2	40.7
Fraud and commercial crime	15	68.6	228.2

Source: SAPS, updated 26 October 2026.