Crime Stats for Mitchells Plain

Province
Western Cape
Municipality
City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality
Population (Census 2022)
208,704 people
Area
22.0 km²

Crime statistics

Crime category202020212022202320242025 (Jan – Sep)
17 Community reported serious Crime3,550.003,397.164,012.384,178.173,750.292,482.46
Contact crime (Crimes against the person)1,454.691,335.861,566.331,723.011,701.451,167.68
Murder46.4850.3156.0664.2180.9857.98
Sexual offences91.5280.0285.2984.8176.6648.87
Rape51.7550.3146.9652.2342.1631.14
Sexual assault35.4625.3934.5025.8726.3516.29
Attempted sexual offences1.441.920.962.404.310.00
Contact sexual offences2.872.402.874.313.831.44
Attempted murder66.1261.8177.14103.50124.5873.79
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm169.14186.87203.16182.08162.91128.41
Common assault647.81613.79723.03814.07804.49588.39
Common robbery200.28133.68160.99164.35149.4992.95
Robbery with aggravating circumstances233.34209.39260.66310.01302.34177.28
TRIO Crime40.2541.6953.1959.8955.5826.35
Carjacking15.8117.2525.3926.3530.6716.29
Robbery at residential premises10.0612.9412.4615.3311.024.31
Robbery at non-residential premises14.3711.5015.3318.2113.905.75
Robbery of cash in transit0.960.480.000.000.000.00
Bank robbery0.000.000.000.000.000.00
Truck hijacking1.920.000.000.000.000.00
Contact-related Crime402.48451.36536.17465.73472.44318.15
Arson8.158.1513.908.158.154.79
Malicious damage to property394.34443.21522.27457.59464.29313.36
Property-related Crime636.79547.19663.14690.93499.75290.36
Burglary at non-residential premises65.1655.5861.3383.8540.7319.17
Burglary at residential premises204.60184.95240.53241.97208.91125.54
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle68.0458.9478.1068.5247.9144.08
Theft out of or from motor vehicle298.99247.72283.18296.59202.20101.58
Stock-theft0.000.000.000.000.000.00
Other serious Crime1,056.041,062.751,246.741,298.491,076.64706.26
All theft not mentioned elsewhere844.26821.26974.11947.75728.78448.48
Commercial crime88.64140.87179.20221.37233.82150.93
Shoplifting123.14100.6293.43129.37114.04106.85
Crime detected as a result of police action1,818.842,091.002,304.222,496.842,618.542,332.49
Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition88.1677.6285.7795.35112.6087.68
Drug-related crime1,694.271,970.252,152.812,341.592,442.692,219.41
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs35.9442.6465.6459.8963.2525.39
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action0.480.480.000.000.000.00
Culpable homicide6.718.627.196.716.233.35
Public violence5.273.353.353.831.442.40
Crimen injuria289.88416.38551.50466.69517.96311.93
Neglect and ill-treatment of children6.232.874.313.832.400.48
Kidnapping14.8519.1723.0011.0211.987.19
Abduction0.480.481.921.440.480.48