Crime category
Commercial crime in South Africa
Cases the source records as commercial crime.
147 230+3.6%(+5 070) increased. 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
- 147 230
- 5-year average2021/22–2025/26
- 125 551
- 10-year average2016/17–2025/26
- 102 076
- Historical high2025/26
- 147 230
- Historical low2005/06
- 51 911
The latest figure is the highest in the available dataset.
Crime history
- Highest recorded year
- 2025/26 — 147 230 incidents
- Lowest recorded year
- 2005/06 — 51 911 incidents
- Largest year-on-year increase
- 2021/22 — +23.1%
- Largest year-on-year decrease
- 2013/14 — −13.9%
Unusual movements
The selected year's year-on-year change compared with earlier comparable movements in this series.
Latest movement · recorded crime
Within the historical range
The +3.6% movement in 2025/26 sits within the range of earlier comparable year-on-year changes for this series.
Province breakdown
Recorded commercial crime by province in 2025/26, listed alphabetically. This is not a ranking.
| Province | Recorded | Year-on-year |
|---|---|---|
| 9 902 | −5.9% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 4 159 | −16.2% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 51 311 | +8.1% increased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 25 113 | +8.0% increased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 7 966 | +1.6% was broadly unchanged. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 7 713 | +1.9% was broadly unchanged. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 6 883 | +6.9% increased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 2 722 | +12.1% increased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 27 968 | −1.1% was broadly unchanged. 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
- Northern Cape+12.1% increased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- Gauteng+8.1% increased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- KwaZulu-Natal+8.0% increased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- North West+6.9% increased. Compared with the previous financial year.
Recorded less often
- Free State−16.2% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- Eastern Cape−5.9% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
Map
Local municipalities coloured by recorded volume for this category in 2025/26. Zoom in for police stations.