Crime category
Burglary in South Africa
CrimeMap SA grouping: burglary at residential premises plus burglary at non-residential premises. This is a CrimeMap SA grouping of more than one source column, not a figure SAPS publishes under this name.
171 986−8.5%(−16 024) decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
South Africa, 2025/26
National trend
Every financial year in the dataset up to the year you select. Missing years appear as gaps, not as zero.
Area snapshot
2025/26 nationally, compared with this category's own history up to this year.
- 2025/26Latest financial year
- 171 986
- 5-year average2021/22–2025/26
- 202 042
- 10-year average2016/17–2025/26
- 241 160
- Historical high2012/13
- 334 474
- Historical low2025/26
- 171 986
The latest figure is the lowest in the available dataset.
Crime history
- Highest recorded year
- 2012/13 — 334 474 incidents
- Lowest recorded year
- 2025/26 — 171 986 incidents
- Largest year-on-year increase
- 2012/13 — +6.4%
- Largest year-on-year decrease
- 2020/21 — −18.1%
Unusual movements
The selected year's year-on-year change compared with earlier comparable movements in this series.
Latest movement · recorded crime
Notable
The −8.5% movement in 2025/26 is at least 1.5 times the median of earlier comparable year-on-year movements (+3.5% in absolute terms).
Province breakdown
Recorded burglary by province in 2025/26, listed alphabetically. This is not a ranking.
| Province | Recorded | Year-on-year |
|---|---|---|
| 19 090 | −1.7% was broadly unchanged. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 12 910 | −3.3% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 33 711 | −12.7% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 29 143 | −8.0% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 14 544 | −11.2% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 11 299 | −15.6% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 13 644 | −4.3% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 7 097 | +4.3% increased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 24 965 | −12.3% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
Largest recent movements
Provinces whose year-on-year change clears CrimeMap SA's documented thresholds. Listed because the movement is large, not because the province is safer or more dangerous.
Recorded more often
None this year.
Recorded less often
- Mpumalanga−15.6% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- Gauteng−12.7% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- Western Cape−12.3% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- Limpopo−11.2% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- KwaZulu-Natal−8.0% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
Map
The map colours local municipalities by burglary using burglary res, the first source column in this grouping, for 2025/26.