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Ratanda, 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: 39,638 per 100,000 people (12 months to June 2026)

Residents: about 24,242, 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	18	74.3	34.6
Sexual offences
Rape	52	214.5	61.8
Sexual assault	4	16.5	11.6
Attempted sexual offences	2	8.3	4
Other contact sexual offences	2	8.3	1.2
Violence
Attempted murder	16	66	44.5
Assault with intent to cause serious harm	188	775.5	265.1
Common assault	226	932.3	291.2
Kidnapping	11	45.4	28.7
Abduction of a minor	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Armed or aggravated robbery	65	268.1	178.3
Includes carjacking, house and business robbery and cash-in-transit heists.
Common robbery	16	66	67.4
Theft and burglary
Home burglary	183	754.9	193.2
Burglary of other premises	54	222.8	66.4
Livestock theft	17	70.1	33.5
Shoplifting	28	115.5	59.8
Vehicle theft	8	33	45.2
Theft from vehicles	27	111.4	112.4
Other theft	102	420.8	354.3
Drugs
Drug offences	227	936.4	357.5
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Damage and public order
Public violence	2	8.3	1.6
Arson	5	20.6	4.1
Malicious damage to property	92	379.5	160.3
Other
Culpable homicide	7	28.9	15.2
Unlawful killing without intent, mostly on the roads.
Driving under the influence	86	354.8	133.3
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Illegal firearms and ammunition	6	24.8	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	8.3	3.6
Crimen injuria (serious insult)	2	8.3	40.7
Fraud and commercial crime	57	235.1	228.2

Source: SAPS, updated 26 October 2026.