Crime category
Malicious damage to property in South Africa
Cases the source records as malicious damage to property.
104 326−2.7%(−2 939) 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
- 104 326
- 5-year average2021/22–2025/26
- 109 796
- 10-year average2016/17–2025/26
- 109 390
- Historical high2005/06
- 141 776
- Historical low2020/21
- 97 811
The latest figure sits between the historical low of 97 811 and the historical high of 141 776.
Crime history
- Highest recorded year
- 2005/06 — 141 776 incidents
- Lowest recorded year
- 2020/21 — 97 811 incidents
- Largest year-on-year increase
- 2021/22 — +14.0%
- Largest year-on-year decrease
- 2020/21 — −9.1%
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 −2.7% movement in 2025/26 sits within the range of earlier comparable year-on-year changes for this series.
Province breakdown
Recorded malicious damage to property by province in 2025/26, listed alphabetically. This is not a ranking.
| Province | Recorded | Year-on-year |
|---|---|---|
| 10 449 | −0.1% was broadly unchanged. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 6 165 | −3.2% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 22 963 | −5.5% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 14 405 | −2.2% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 7 182 | −0.1% was broadly unchanged. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 4 839 | −4.5% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 6 684 | −0.9% was broadly unchanged. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 3 569 | +2.3% increased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 24 530 | −3.2% 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
- Gauteng−5.5% 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.