4Evaton

Evaton, South Africa: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 4 out of 10 Above average crime

4/10 in South Africa · 1/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 18,258 per 100,000 people (12 months to June 2026)

Residents: about 181,508, 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	78	43	34.6
Sexual offences
Rape	105	57.8	61.8
Sexual assault	10	5.5	11.6
Attempted sexual offences	1	0.6	4
Other contact sexual offences	0	0	1.2
Violence
Attempted murder	169	93.1	44.5
Assault with intent to cause serious harm	497	273.8	265.1
Common assault	551	303.6	291.2
Kidnapping	152	83.7	28.7
Abduction of a minor	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Armed or aggravated robbery	548	301.9	178.3
Includes carjacking, house and business robbery and cash-in-transit heists.
Common robbery	62	34.2	67.4
Theft and burglary
Home burglary	278	153.2	193.2
Burglary of other premises	81	44.6	66.4
Livestock theft	6	3.3	33.5
Shoplifting	272	149.9	59.8
Vehicle theft	48	26.4	45.2
Theft from vehicles	98	54	112.4
Other theft	288	158.7	354.3
Drugs
Drug offences	692	381.3	357.5
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Damage and public order
Public violence	0	0	1.6
Arson	2	1.1	4.1
Malicious damage to property	261	143.8	160.3
Other
Culpable homicide	18	9.9	15.2
Unlawful killing without intent, mostly on the roads.
Driving under the influence	546	300.8	133.3
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Illegal firearms and ammunition	44	24.2	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	3	1.7	3.6
Crimen injuria (serious insult)	1	0.6	40.7
Fraud and commercial crime	48	26.4	228.2

Source: SAPS, updated 26 October 2026.