3Putfontein

Putfontein, South Africa: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 3 out of 10 Above average crime

3/10 in South Africa · 1/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 20,310 per 100,000 people (12 months to June 2026)

Residents: about 65,244, 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	36	55.2	34.6
Sexual offences
Rape	42	64.4	61.8
Sexual assault	9	13.8	11.6
Attempted sexual offences	3	4.6	4
Other contact sexual offences	1	1.5	1.2
Violence
Attempted murder	37	56.7	44.5
Assault with intent to cause serious harm	342	524.2	265.1
Common assault	144	220.7	291.2
Kidnapping	23	35.3	28.7
Abduction of a minor	1	1.5	0.2
Robbery
Armed or aggravated robbery	178	272.8	178.3
Includes carjacking, house and business robbery and cash-in-transit heists.
Common robbery	31	47.5	67.4
Theft and burglary
Home burglary	116	177.8	193.2
Burglary of other premises	23	35.3	66.4
Livestock theft	8	12.3	33.5
Shoplifting	69	105.8	59.8
Vehicle theft	12	18.4	45.2
Theft from vehicles	26	39.9	112.4
Other theft	101	154.8	354.3
Drugs
Drug offences	160	245.2	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	124	190.1	160.3
Other
Culpable homicide	11	16.9	15.2
Unlawful killing without intent, mostly on the roads.
Driving under the influence	129	197.7	133.3
Found through police action, so it rises with policing.
Illegal firearms and ammunition	4	6.1	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	4.6	3.6
Crimen injuria (serious insult)	2	3.1	40.7
Fraud and commercial crime	106	162.5	228.2

Source: SAPS, updated 26 October 2026.