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| Measure | Richards Bay umhlathuze · KwaZulu-Natal |
|---|---|
| Recorded crime, 2025/26 | 3 751 |
| Change on previous year | −4.7%(−184) decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Change over five years | +18.7% increased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| 5-year average | 3 795 |
| 10-year average | 3 754 |
| Historical high | 5 735 · 2008/09 |
| Historical low | 3 159 · 2020/21 |
| Murder | 16−44.8% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Attempted murder | 70−15.7% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Sexual offences | 97+40.6% increased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Assault (GBH) | 237−2.9% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Common assault | 319−2.1% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Common robbery | 120+9.1% increased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Aggravated robbery | 206−13.8% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Arson | 1−75.0%small base decreased. Percentage based on a small number of recorded cases in the previous year. |
| Malicious damage to property | 143−7.7% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Residential burglary | 392−23.0% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Non-residential burglary | 143−4.0% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Vehicle theft | 29−6.5% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Theft from vehicle | 316−3.1% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Stock theft | 5−37.5%small base decreased. Percentage based on a small number of recorded cases in the previous year. |
| Other theft | 6740.0% was broadly unchanged. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Commercial crime | 747+0.8% was broadly unchanged. Compared with the previous financial year. |
| Shoplifting | 236−0.8% was broadly unchanged. Compared with the previous financial year. |
These are recorded counts, not rates per person. A larger total usually reflects a larger precinct rather than more crime per resident. The source has no population figures per precinct, so CrimeMap SA does not compute rates or rank areas.