Crime Stats for East London

Province
Eastern Cape
Municipality
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality
Population (Census 2022)
76,797 people
Area
219.7 km²

Crime statistics

Crime category202020212022202320242025 (Jan – Sep)
17 Community reported serious Crime6,435.156,754.177,804.998,151.366,948.194,321.78
Contact crime (Crimes against the person)1,906.322,136.802,502.702,540.462,341.241,451.88
Murder48.1867.7159.9070.3257.2948.18
Sexual offences175.79186.21230.48210.95208.3491.15
Rape131.52143.23190.11186.21161.4671.62
Sexual assault35.1632.5532.5516.9337.7611.72
Attempted sexual offences6.5110.425.216.515.215.21
Contact sexual offences2.600.002.601.303.912.60
Attempted murder27.3432.5548.1836.4642.9729.95
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm503.93585.96644.56625.02675.81407.57
Common assault384.13459.65483.09545.59527.36372.41
Common robbery197.92177.09210.95250.01203.13122.40
Robbery with aggravating circumstances569.03627.63825.55802.11626.33380.22
TRIO Crime178.39286.47433.61352.88221.36110.68
Carjacking36.4676.83105.4772.9254.6933.86
Robbery at residential premises42.9733.8669.0172.9244.2728.65
Robbery at non-residential premises98.96175.79259.12207.04122.4048.18
Robbery of cash in transit2.602.602.605.211.301.30
Bank robbery0.000.000.000.000.000.00
Truck hijacking3.912.603.911.302.601.30
Contact-related Crime371.11420.59419.29384.13352.88233.08
Arson1.3013.029.1111.723.912.60
Malicious damage to property369.81407.57410.17372.41348.97230.48
Property-related Crime1,955.811,837.312,438.902,610.781,984.451,173.22
Burglary at non-residential premises480.49442.73683.62717.48408.87348.97
Burglary at residential premises585.96522.16541.69614.61528.67289.07
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle75.5271.62128.91104.1784.6439.06
Theft out of or from motor vehicle781.28772.171,076.861,158.90944.05488.30
Stock-theft32.5528.657.8115.6318.237.81
Other serious Crime2,201.912,359.472,444.112,615.992,269.621,463.60
All theft not mentioned elsewhere1,158.901,212.291,350.311,359.431,019.57782.58
Commercial crime618.51847.69716.17800.81950.56483.09
Shoplifting424.50299.49377.62455.75299.49197.92
Crime detected as a result of police action447.93428.40539.08580.75710.97667.99
Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition35.1654.6963.8072.9272.9255.99
Drug-related crime264.33238.29272.15290.38289.07279.96
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs148.44135.42201.83217.46347.67332.04
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action0.000.001.300.001.300.00
Culpable homicide22.1439.0635.1623.4424.7424.74
Public violence1.301.300.001.301.300.00
Crimen injuria37.7637.7645.5742.9737.7657.29
Neglect and ill-treatment of children2.6010.423.917.817.815.21
Kidnapping15.6335.1657.2929.9553.3922.14
Abduction1.300.000.000.000.000.00