Crime Stats for Welkom

Province
Free State
District municipality
Lejweleputswa District Municipality
Local municipality
Matjhabeng Local Municipality
Population (Census 2022)
61,336 people
Area
521.9 km²

Crime statistics

Crime category202020212022202320242025 (Jan – Sep)
17 Community reported serious Crime6,197.016,518.197,253.497,780.107,317.074,582.95
Contact crime (Crimes against the person)1,622.211,651.561,977.632,259.682,199.361,382.55
Murder52.1744.0237.5040.7630.9822.83
Sexual offences138.58141.84182.60213.58174.45120.65
Rape101.08104.34125.54154.88117.3989.67
Sexual assault27.7230.9845.6530.9840.7624.46
Attempted sexual offences4.896.524.8911.418.154.89
Contact sexual offences4.890.006.5216.308.151.63
Attempted murder40.7634.2461.95138.58202.17120.65
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm220.10239.66296.73337.49388.03238.03
Common assault652.15650.52715.73838.01753.23484.22
Common robbery135.32161.41205.43228.25246.18130.43
Robbery with aggravating circumstances383.14379.87477.70463.02404.33265.75
TRIO Crime171.19172.82208.69151.62176.08101.08
Carjacking27.7240.7644.0229.3511.4122.83
Robbery at residential premises53.8042.3963.5834.2461.9540.76
Robbery at non-residential premises89.6789.67101.0888.04102.7137.50
Robbery of cash in transit0.001.631.630.000.000.00
Bank robbery0.000.000.000.000.000.00
Truck hijacking0.000.001.633.260.001.63
Contact-related Crime228.25293.47313.03370.09293.47216.84
Arson8.156.529.784.8913.046.52
Malicious damage to property220.10286.94303.25365.20280.42210.32
Property-related Crime1,964.591,980.892,171.642,460.221,927.091,255.38
Burglary at non-residential premises494.00304.88466.28573.89546.17267.38
Burglary at residential premises795.62898.33983.111,092.34795.62546.17
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle110.86145.1097.82112.5068.4878.26
Theft out of or from motor vehicle511.93601.60577.15653.78482.59334.22
Stock-theft52.1730.9847.2827.7234.2429.35
Other serious Crime2,381.962,592.282,791.182,690.102,897.161,728.19
All theft not mentioned elsewhere1,126.581,345.051,499.931,478.741,618.95973.33
Commercial crime890.18898.33901.59766.27774.42536.39
Shoplifting365.20348.90389.66445.09503.78218.47
Crime detected as a result of police action241.29360.31306.51388.03449.98317.92
Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition37.5066.8439.1330.9834.2422.83
Drug-related crime128.80145.10166.30200.53218.47133.69
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs73.37145.1097.82146.73179.34112.50
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action1.633.263.269.7817.9348.91
Culpable homicide29.3545.6524.4639.1337.5027.72
Public violence1.636.5214.671.6317.939.78
Crimen injuria127.1789.67105.97159.78184.2397.82
Neglect and ill-treatment of children13.0416.3011.4111.419.786.52
Kidnapping21.1927.7276.63154.88107.6086.41
Abduction0.000.003.261.630.000.00