6Temba

Temba, South Africa: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 6 out of 10 Average crime

6/10 in South Africa · 1/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 11,908 per 100,000 people (12 months to June 2026)

Residents: about 309,364, 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	31	10	34.6
Sexual offences
Rape	123	39.8	61.8
Sexual assault	25	8.1	11.6
Attempted sexual offences	11	3.6	4
Other contact sexual offences	2	0.6	1.2
Violence
Attempted murder	112	36.2	44.5
Assault with intent to cause serious harm	639	206.6	265.1
Common assault	972	314.2	291.2
Kidnapping	114	36.8	28.7
Abduction of a minor	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Armed or aggravated robbery	565	182.6	178.3
Includes carjacking, house and business robbery and cash-in-transit heists.
Common robbery	221	71.4	67.4
Theft and burglary
Home burglary	581	187.8	193.2
Burglary of other premises	215	69.5	66.4
Livestock theft	42	13.6	33.5
Shoplifting	46	14.9	59.8
Vehicle theft	32	10.3	45.2
Theft from vehicles	139	44.9	112.4
Other theft	753	243.4	354.3
Drugs
Drug offences	586	189.4	357.5
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Damage and public order
Public violence	3	1	1.6
Arson	8	2.6	4.1
Malicious damage to property	391	126.4	160.3
Other
Culpable homicide	12	3.9	15.2
Unlawful killing without intent, mostly on the roads.
Driving under the influence	484	156.5	133.3
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Illegal firearms and ammunition	33	10.7	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	0.3	3.6
Crimen injuria (serious insult)	17	5.5	40.7
Fraud and commercial crime	124	40.1	228.2

Source: SAPS, updated 26 October 2026.