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Daveyton, 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: 35,984 per 100,000 people (12 months to June 2026)

Residents: about 73,347, 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	60	81.8	34.6
Sexual offences
Rape	92	125.4	61.8
Sexual assault	10	13.6	11.6
Attempted sexual offences	6	8.2	4
Other contact sexual offences	0	0	1.2
Violence
Attempted murder	48	65.4	44.5
Assault with intent to cause serious harm	666	908	265.1
Common assault	431	587.6	291.2
Kidnapping	88	120	28.7
Abduction of a minor	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Armed or aggravated robbery	298	406.3	178.3
Includes carjacking, house and business robbery and cash-in-transit heists.
Common robbery	81	110.4	67.4
Theft and burglary
Home burglary	164	223.6	193.2
Burglary of other premises	49	66.8	66.4
Livestock theft	0	0	33.5
Shoplifting	66	90	59.8
Vehicle theft	28	38.2	45.2
Theft from vehicles	40	54.5	112.4
Other theft	214	291.8	354.3
Drugs
Drug offences	439	598.5	357.5
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Damage and public order
Public violence	2	2.7	1.6
Arson	4	5.5	4.1
Malicious damage to property	268	365.4	160.3
Other
Culpable homicide	12	16.4	15.2
Unlawful killing without intent, mostly on the roads.
Driving under the influence	239	325.8	133.3
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Illegal firearms and ammunition	31	42.3	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	2	2.7	3.6
Crimen injuria (serious insult)	62	84.5	40.7
Fraud and commercial crime	251	342.2	228.2

Source: SAPS, updated 26 October 2026.