10Mutale

Mutale, South Africa: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 10 out of 10 Very low crime

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

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

Weighted crime: 5,089 per 100,000 people (12 months to June 2026)

Residents: about 71,057, 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	7	34.6
Sexual offences
Rape	32	45	61.8
Sexual assault	1	1.4	11.6
Attempted sexual offences	0	0	4
Other contact sexual offences	0	0	1.2
Violence
Attempted murder	15	21.1	44.5
Assault with intent to cause serious harm	98	137.9	265.1
Common assault	63	88.7	291.2
Kidnapping	3	4.2	28.7
Abduction of a minor	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Armed or aggravated robbery	21	29.6	178.3
Includes carjacking, house and business robbery and cash-in-transit heists.
Common robbery	9	12.7	67.4
Theft and burglary
Home burglary	46	64.7	193.2
Burglary of other premises	45	63.3	66.4
Livestock theft	10	14.1	33.5
Shoplifting	6	8.4	59.8
Vehicle theft	1	1.4	45.2
Theft from vehicles	16	22.5	112.4
Other theft	27	38	354.3
Drugs
Drug offences	3	4.2	357.5
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Damage and public order
Public violence	0	0	1.6
Arson	2	2.8	4.1
Malicious damage to property	52	73.2	160.3
Other
Culpable homicide	6	8.4	15.2
Unlawful killing without intent, mostly on the roads.
Driving under the influence	34	47.8	133.3
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Illegal firearms and ammunition	2	2.8	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	4	5.6	3.6
Crimen injuria (serious insult)	5	7	40.7
Fraud and commercial crime	13	18.3	228.2

Source: SAPS, updated 26 October 2026.