Crime Stats for Wellington

Province
Western Cape
District municipality
Cape Winelands District Municipality
Local municipality
Drakenstein Local Municipality
Population (Census 2022)
51,860 people
Area
307.6 km²

Crime statistics

Crime category202020212022202320242025 (Jan – Sep)
17 Community reported serious Crime6,172.396,056.696,438.496,644.815,107.983,476.67
Contact crime (Crimes against the person)1,747.011,787.502,016.971,962.981,989.971,357.50
Murder34.7152.0638.5755.9250.1317.35
Sexual offences127.27104.13104.13109.91111.8469.42
Rape80.9963.6361.7065.5671.3534.71
Sexual assault34.7127.0030.8528.9232.7821.21
Attempted sexual offences7.715.787.7111.575.7811.57
Contact sexual offences3.867.713.863.861.931.93
Attempted murder34.7159.7827.0028.9255.9234.71
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm443.50439.65514.85539.92536.06325.88
Common assault856.15850.371,043.19927.50923.64721.17
Common robbery55.9288.7069.42102.2088.7075.20
Robbery with aggravating circumstances194.76192.83219.82198.61223.68113.77
TRIO Crime25.0763.6332.7838.5738.5736.64
Carjacking3.867.717.713.8615.4313.50
Robbery at residential premises15.4330.8517.359.6413.509.64
Robbery at non-residential premises5.7825.077.7125.079.6413.50
Robbery of cash in transit0.000.000.000.001.930.00
Bank robbery0.000.000.000.000.000.00
Truck hijacking0.000.001.930.001.930.00
Contact-related Crime634.40622.83709.60850.37634.40366.37
Arson13.5011.5725.0723.1421.211.93
Malicious damage to property620.90611.26684.54827.23613.19364.44
Property-related Crime1,845.351,548.401,504.051,617.821,066.33636.33
Burglary at non-residential premises514.85352.87420.36474.35258.39148.48
Burglary at residential premises721.17651.75584.27649.83470.50266.10
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle61.7038.5755.9228.9230.8525.07
Theft out of or from motor vehicle537.99489.78428.08460.86306.59181.26
Stock-theft9.6415.4315.433.860.0015.43
Other serious Crime1,945.622,097.962,207.872,213.651,417.281,116.47
All theft not mentioned elsewhere1,644.811,683.381,731.591,669.881,158.89890.86
Commercial crime192.83323.95350.94408.79188.97125.34
Shoplifting107.9890.63125.34134.9869.42100.27
Crime detected as a result of police action721.17746.24840.73842.651,106.831,075.97
Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition15.4328.9219.2828.9252.0630.85
Drug-related crime686.46694.18794.45784.811,029.701,020.05
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs19.2823.1427.0028.9225.0725.07
Sexual offences detected as a result of police action0.000.000.000.000.000.00
Culpable homicide15.4321.219.6427.0021.2111.57
Public violence3.865.787.7119.2821.213.86
Crimen injuria281.53335.52366.37362.51399.15295.03
Neglect and ill-treatment of children1.937.719.643.861.933.86
Kidnapping0.000.007.715.785.781.93
Abduction0.000.000.003.860.001.93