5Devon

Devon, South Africa: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 5 out of 10 Average crime

5/10 in South Africa · 1/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 16,355 per 100,000 people (12 months to June 2026)

Residents: about 12,950, 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	38.6	34.6
Sexual offences
Rape	5	38.6	61.8
Sexual assault	0	0	11.6
Attempted sexual offences	1	7.7	4
Other contact sexual offences	0	0	1.2
Violence
Attempted murder	2	15.4	44.5
Assault with intent to cause serious harm	42	324.3	265.1
Common assault	23	177.6	291.2
Kidnapping	6	46.3	28.7
Abduction of a minor	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Armed or aggravated robbery	15	115.8	178.3
Includes carjacking, house and business robbery and cash-in-transit heists.
Common robbery	3	23.2	67.4
Theft and burglary
Home burglary	21	162.2	193.2
Burglary of other premises	9	69.5	66.4
Livestock theft	14	108.1	33.5
Shoplifting	0	0	59.8
Vehicle theft	1	7.7	45.2
Theft from vehicles	3	23.2	112.4
Other theft	20	154.4	354.3
Drugs
Drug offences	198	1,529	357.5
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Damage and public order
Public violence	0	0	1.6
Arson	0	0	4.1
Malicious damage to property	18	139	160.3
Other
Culpable homicide	10	77.2	15.2
Unlawful killing without intent, mostly on the roads.
Driving under the influence	50	386.1	133.3
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Illegal firearms and ammunition	3	23.2	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	0	0	3.6
Crimen injuria (serious insult)	0	0	40.7
Fraud and commercial crime	11	84.9	228.2

Source: SAPS, updated 26 October 2026.